Rhosydd Chapel Ruins – Cnicht Summit loop from Blaenau Ffestiniog

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Rhosydd Chapel Ruins – Cnicht Summit loop from Blaenau Ffestiniog

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Rhosydd Chapel Ruins – Cnicht Summit loop from Blaenau Ffestiniog

05:45

16.6km

830m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: July 31, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that may be dangerous

A part of this route comprises technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience may be required.

After 6.36 km for 877 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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115 m

Cwmorthin Falls

Highlight • Viewpoint

Car park gets full up top so park sensibly park close to next car gives more space for others. Don’t park in front of gate as this is used by …

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327 m

Cwmorthin Slate Mill

Highlight • Historical Site

Cwmorthin Slate Quarry is an impressive area, a magical hanging industrial valley above Tan y Grisiau that highlights Wales' industrial heritage with its massive works and ruins. It was in …

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707 m

Ruins of Slate Building by the Lake

Highlight • Historical Site

971 m

The haunting remains of the chapel that used to serve the men who worked at the Rhosydd Quarry. It makes for a stunning foreground for your photographs. This area is peppered with remains of the slate mining industry's infrastructure.

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2.61 km

Rhosydd Quarry — Ruins and Waterfall

Highlight • Waterfall

A poignant vestige of the area’s slate mining heritage. These mines produced around 200 million slates from the 1830s until the beginning of the 20th century. Conditions for the workers, …

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5.94 km

Cnicht North Top

Peak

6.32 km

Cnicht Summit

Highlight • Natural Monument

Nicknamed the Welsh Matterhorn, albeit 12,431 feet (3,789 m) lower than its Swiss counterpart, what Cnicht lacks in height it makes up in shapely attractiveness. It is a fantastically pointy, …

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