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Llanfihangel-Y-Pennant

View of Llyn Cau from Craig Cwm Amarch

Mountain Peaks

Llanfihangel-Y-Pennant

View of Llyn Cau from Craig Cwm Amarch

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This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri

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Location: Llanfihangel-Y-Pennant, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom

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1. Cadair Idris loop on the Minffordd path — Eryri / Snowdonia National Park

10.5km

05:09

850m

Expert hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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2. Mynydd Moel Summit – View of Llyn y Gader loop from Aberllefenni

13.6km

06:01

880m

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3. Nant Cader Footbridge – View of Llyn Cau loop from Corris Uchaf

12.6km

04:59

700m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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Alex Foxfield

October 19, 2021

From Cwm Cau, the impressive pointed summit of Craig Cwm Amarch looks even mightier than Cadair Idris' main Penygadair summit. It is certainly the most airy summit in the massif and care must be taken when treading close to its cliff edge, which plunges down to Llyn Cau.

The summit is an exceptional viewpoint, with Penygadair to the north, the cwm below and the gentle green of the Tarren Hills to the south.

Tom

April 29, 2019

This is a ledge where you can sit down, have something to eat (jelly babies count) and take in what you have actually just walked up, this is not the peak by a long shot, but the view is deserving of being appreciated.

David Howells

December 18, 2020

Craig Cwm Amarch is not synonymous with Craig y Cau but names the headwall of Cwm Amarch on Cadair Idris in the Snowdonia National Park, in Gwynedd, north-west Wales.
There seems to be some confusion over naming by people who are not local. 'Craig Cwm Amarch' refers to the crags heading Cwm Amarch, which impinge from the south into the ridge of Mynydd Pencoed, a spur of the Cadair Idris range. The eastern end of Mynydd Pencoed overlooking Llyn Cau is known as Craig y Cau. (Daear Fawr, the ‘large ground’, may refer to an area of the Pencoed ridge. Mountain slopes in Wales are commonly named after the farms to whom the grazing belonged, hence Mynydd Pencoed is named after the farm (its buildings now derelict) at its western foot. Craig Cwm Amarch is a UK listed Nuttall.

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Location: Llanfihangel-Y-Pennant, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom

View of Llyn Cau from Craig Cwm Amarch

1. Cadair Idris loop on the Minffordd path — Eryri / Snowdonia National Park

2. Mynydd Moel Summit – View of Llyn y Gader loop from Aberllefenni

3. Nant Cader Footbridge – View of Llyn Cau loop from Corris Uchaf

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