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Name: | Moel-yr-hydd |
Hill number: | 2021 |
Height: | 648m / 2126ft |
Parent (Ma): | 1994 Moelwyn Mawr |
RHB Section: | 30B: Snowdonia |
Nuttall/Wainwright area: | The Moelwyns |
County/UA: | Gwynedd |
Catchment: | Glaslyn |
Class: | Simm, Hewitt, Nuttall, Buxton & Lewis, Bridge (Tu,Sim,Hew,N,BL,Bg) |
Grid ref: | SH 67212 45439 |
Summit feature: | rocky outcrop |
Drop: | 82m |
Col: | 566m SH667452 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 115 (1:25k) OL17W OL18W |
Observations: | rocky outcrop 9m SW may be as high |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 469 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
With Frances | Donpeblo | 03/08/2023 |
Nuttall route 5.3. Complicated and long walk from Cnicht N.Top through Rhosydd Quarry. Steep climb up to this pleasant summit. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 21/07/2023 |
Parked at upper Tanygrisiau car park and took the lower SW footpath (faint at times) up towards the dam and around the upper cwm to Bwlch Stwlan. Clear ridge path out and back to Moelwyn Bach and along to Craigysgafn, Moelwyn Mawr and Moel yr hydd. Return to 566m bwlch and SE descent to tarmac road from power station. Hot but hazy half day walk, very dry underfoot. Solo | richard69 | 12/06/2023 |
Cnicht, Cnicht North Top, Foel Ddu, Moel-yr-Hydd, Moelwyn Mawr North Ridge Top, Moelwyn Mawr, Craigysgafn, Moelwyn Bach | keithouk | 11/06/2023 |
Cnicht, Cnicht north top, moel-yr-hydd, moelwyn mawr, craigysgafn, moelwyn bach. | Yr Eryr Aur | 20/05/2023 |
5/13 (Moelwyn Bach/Craigysgafn/Moelwyn Mawr/Moelwyn Mawr North Ridge Top/Moel-yr-Hydd/Foel Ddu/Craig Llyn Llagi/Ysgafell Wen/Moel Drumman/Allt Fawr/Iwerddon/Y Ro Lwyd/Moel Drynogydd) | Fergalh | 08/04/2023 |
Up the valley from the car park at Tanygrisau and around to Moel Hydd then follow the track around the top of the lake to Moelwyn Bach to bag the last couple of Moelwyns. | andrewroberts | 05/04/2023 |
from Tanygrisiau. Foel Ddu, Moel-Yr Hydd, Moelwyn Mawr North Ridge Top, Moelwyn Mawr, Craigysgafn, Moelwyn Bach and Craig Stwlan. | alunrees40 | 19/03/2023 |
With Tim747.. Longest short walk in a while, beautiful day. | Shutterlag | 23/02/2023 |
with K | Fabioski | 31/01/2023 |
Following on from Cnicht, made my way to the Rhosedd quarry and followed the disused incline to the drum house and continued up to the top keeping left. There is a clear path taking you upto Moel Y hydd. | Buckleymon | 14/09/2022 |
Circuit from car park above Tanygrisiau. In to Meolwyn Mawr next. | Grinner | 04/07/2022 |
https://strava.app.link/DB0WwKtaJqb | rhif7 | 09/06/2022 |
Base layer only all the way today, it doesn't get better than this. Clear and sunny. | WanderingSnowdonian | 05/05/2022 |
From Tanygrisiau | welshe | 16/04/2022 |
Moel-yr-hydd, Molwyn Mawr and Molwyn Bach circular walk from Tanygrisiau. If you follow the footpath on the OS map, it’s hard to find the path. I went upward scrambling, then finally got to the top and found an actual path. Then it was clear to the summit. From Moel-yr-Hydd, there’s a clear path to Molwyn Mawr, a trig point at the top. I went along the ridge as it’s interesting. From Molwyn Mawr, there’s nothing small about Molwyn Bach. You head down to the right and you have to cross two mounds to get the start of the path which is clear to the summit, it’s quite steep. I went over to some interesting stones and pools of water and then descended by the Tanygrisiau reservoir, which has a tarmac path all the way back to the car park. | Skarletk | 26/02/2022 |
From upper car park next to waterfall, along the Slate Trail to far end on Llyn Cwmartin then up NE ridge, good going all the way. Descent sw Ok but should have continued further in that direction to dam and tarmac road back. Took the other path SE which led to problms getting past lower rock band. | dickscroop | 12/01/2022 |
circular Nuttall route, from quarry buildings, up track through tips and good path to summit, then stayed high directly towards Moelwyn Mawr | richardrosser | 06/12/2021 |
Cnicht, Cnicht North Top, Moel yr Hydd, Moelwyn Mawr North Ridge Top, Moelwyn Mawr, Craigysgafn, Moelwyn Bach | Chris Williams | 01/09/2021 |
Was very close to this a good few years ago when visiting Cnicht and the Moelwyns. This is a worthy hill in its own right, approached from the East, and descended down the Northern col. | simocity | 16/08/2021 |
Up from Cwmorthin via quarry and back the same way. | amarillo-oro-como | 25/07/2021 |
From Croesor -Cnicht, Cnicht N Top, Moel-yr-Hydd, wild Camp, Moelwyn Mawr N Ridge Top, Moelwyn Mawr, Moelwyn Bach. | lindslow | 24/07/2021 |
Rick & Jen's final Nuttal, final Yr Wyrddfa Simm... Bridges, Buxton & Lewis, with Barry Smith (Loughborough} , David Dalton (Sherbourne) Chris Watson (Wirral), Brian Kerslake (Greystoke) | vegibagger | 05/07/2021 |
A memorable day when we completed a lot of hill lists on this mountain. With 5 friends and two dogs. | jenx | 05/07/2021 |
confusing walk in the mist, found it eventually, solo | colinfielding | 23/06/2021 |
Paddy Buckley Round recce Capel Curig to Rhyd-Ddu. | twg27 | 04/06/2021 |
Cnicht and the southern Moelwyns from Tanygrisau. | Gary Heath | 30/05/2021 |
Tanygrisau, along road to Llyn Stwlen for short distance before climbing old incline up through tunnel, steady, to upper quarry. South along terrace to path leading round to west and up little gully to summit. Followed old tramway path to quarry above Llyn Stwlen and descended dam access road. | Flatfield | 18/09/2020 |
8 mile circular from minor road south of Croesor, walked down to Croesor then good path up side of Cwm Croesor to the ghostly Rhosydd quarry, from there followed footpath south and traversed grassy slopes onto Foel Ddu, then onto Moel-Yr-Hydd, from here we headed SW past the big quarrying hole and up steep grass slopes to Moelwyn Mawr, from here headed down steeply onto Craigysgafn, then interesting rocky descent down to Bwlch Stylan, up onto Moelwyn Bach then back down to car. Great weather with amazing views of every high peak in Snowdonia and all the way along Cardigan Bay, Moelwyn Mawr is probably my favourite view in Snowdonia, considering it was a sunny sunday there were only a few people about. Afterwards drove to and bagged Y Garnedd and Carreg Y Foel-Gron. | DanTrig | 12/07/2020 |
From Croesor: Cnicht, Cnicht North Top, Moel-yr-hydd, Moelwyn Mawr North Top, Moelwyn Mawr, Craigsgafyn. With a small group from Hiking Manchester. Day started brigt and clear, then became very misty and difficult to navigate. Had to abandon walk and miss out Moelwyn Bach. One for another day... | Lazylizzie | 02/11/2019 |
Climbed with Harry in round of Croesor quarry and surrounding valley | hutonthehill | 18/08/2019 |
Up from Croesor. Wild camped night before for rest the horseshoe. | andrew.morel | 08/08/2019 |
A walk of 4 Nuttalls with a great group of friends from the Cromlech Club. | psteep1968 | 28/07/2019 |
Zoe, Andy, Em and Wilder | Matt Smith | 28/07/2019 |
Croesor, Cnicht, Cnicht North Top, Cwm Corsiog, Moel-yr-Hydd, Moelwyn Mawr North Ridge Top, Moelwyn Mawr, Craigysgafn, Bwlch Stwlan, Moelwyn Bach, Croesor. | Winterfloodian | 30/03/2019 |
Croesor, up Cnicht, through quarries, past Twyll Fawr to Moelwyn Mawr north ridge top, back down valley. | Flatfield | 17/03/2019 |
This was a great walk. Not sunny but dry and cloud was generally quite high. Great view of Porthmadog and other tops. Loved the ruined quarry landscapes. Hard to comprehend how huge these quarries were and how many people they employ unless you actually go there and walk round. Started in Tanygrisia and up to Rhosydd Quarry, Moel-yrHydd, past the huge 'twll', North Ridge Top, Moelwyn Mawr,Craigysgafn, Moelwyn Bach, down to Croesor village, Cnicht, North Top and then back to the quarry via the col and down to Tanygrisia. | tsharp | 10/09/2018 |
Nuttall 5.3 | Dan Baddeley | 10/09/2018 |
https://www.strava.com/activities/4464287965 | Sleepwa1ker | 11/08/2018 |
From layby off A496 near Tan-y-grisiau. 5th of 6 summits in clockwise circuit of the Moelwyns. Straightforward ascent continuing along ridge from Moelwyn Mawr. Great view back to Moelwyn Mawr, Moelwyn Bach and Craigysgafn as well as over Blaenau Ffestiniog/Tan-y-grisiau. Quarry to the north. | muzza2 | 06/07/2018 |
A lovely sunny in the Moelwyns. From Croesor up the quarry track, through the old workings and grassy slopes to summit. | milimana | 09/06/2018 |
Start from Beddgelert return via Foel Ddu to Beddgelert, 18 miles. | stephenbuda | 15/05/2018 |
From Tanygrisiau. Foel Ddu, Moel-Yr-Hydd, Moelwyn Mawr North Ridge Top, Moelwyn Mawr, Craigysgafn, Moelwyn Bach and Craig Stwlan. Cold day with plenty of snow but some good views. | Alunrees33 | 29/11/2017 |
648m | The Grouse | 26/11/2017 |
came up from the lake through the slate mine ascent | iankerr | 25/10/2017 |
Me Alf and Ceri | jrj | 31/08/2017 |
from the village of Tranguirau and up through the tunnel follow the fence up and over | Aristotle Chip | 30/07/2017 |
Aborted Paddy Buckley | DinoF | 22/07/2017 |
Climbed from Tanygrisiau. With year 8 group (12 students)from school and instructor from Arthog outdoor education centre. Via Llyn Cwmorthin and NE ridge (some grade 1 scrambling). Good practice for my MLT as some students nervous and needed spotting on scrambles. Return via 566m bwlch and Llyn y Wrysgan. Explored some old mine workings and tunnels on way down. Good weather (dry, mix of sun and clouds). 5 hours. | jamessteel100 | 06/07/2017 |
Clear windy day, cold on the summit but the views were amazing | Sianj01 | 23/03/2017 |