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Name:Manod Mawr
Hill number:2068
Height:661m / 2169ft
RHB Section:30D: Barmouth to Betws-y-Coed and Bala
Nuttall/Wainwright area:The Moelwyns
County/UA:Gwynedd
Catchment:Glaslyn
Class:Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Hewitt, Nuttall,
Buxton & Lewis, Bridge, Clem
(Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim,Hew,N,BL,Bg,Cm)
Grid ref:SH 72442 44667
Summit feature:boulder with shelter
Drop:265m
Col:396m  SH797414  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 124
(1:25k) OL18W
Observations:this feature is 50m E of trig point base in shelter
Survey:Abney level
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Sunset, star gazing walk from Blaenau Ffestiniog with Kelly.paulh7924/11/2023
Ascent from Blaenau Ffestiniog via North Top, descent via Manod Bach. Dry, clear with good visibility. Paths generally good, though interesting by the Manod Mawr quarry. Many paths not oft trod!Cumbriancyclist13/09/2023
12.65 miles 2937ft walk ,start at A470 Blaenau Ffestiniog layby to Moel Farwyd, Moel Penamnen, Foel Fras and Manod Mawr.stephenbuda05/07/2023
Walked up from Blaenau, bit exciting using the quarry track to get to the top to the next one. The walk over to Penamnen is quiet boggy, but the old slate buildings are impressive. I didn't trust the footpath back down to BF would avoid the active quarry below so got a little lost on the tracks going down, but used arial view to find my way down.andrewroberts26/06/2023
with K, included Manod Mawr North topFabioski02/01/2023
https://www.strava.com/activities/8196507828Sleepwa1ker01/12/2022
From Blaenau Ffestiniog station on the way to Manod Bach.derrymark19/11/2022
Followed Nuttalls route 5.4 over Moel Penamnen, then Foel Fras to North top. From the North top follow the fence down steeply until it reaches the point at which it is below the steep slate. Contour around to the quarry road, then turn right past a little pond to the public right of way (there is a yellow arrow pointing the direction after walking along a short bit of road). Follow this up nearly to its highest point where a path leads off to the left up to the summit of Manod Mawr. Descend North (a path on the ground leads that way past a couple of cairns back to the quarry road). Turn left down the road and follow to the end where a disused level leads down to 2 small lakes. At the end turn right and then left by a wall down another disused level. Through a couple of gates and then choose a route either by footpaths or lanes back to the car park. 9.2 miles 2,380ft climbing for full circuit.JulieB03/10/2022
Quite difficult coming from Manod Mawr North Top with the quarry, had to go South East and use a section of the quarry road to get to where I wanted to go.Buckleymon05/09/2022
7.5 mile walk from Bethania, Blaenau Ffestiniog. Up old quarry incline from town to old quarry ruins then following a path to Llyn Y Manod. We followed the odd sheep track up to Manod Bach. No proper path. Descended same way, then walked along path by lake and onto track diagonally up the side of Manod Mawr eventually heading across to summit. The quarry was unsurprisingly very active (it was a Monday)so we headed back down to the lake then incline following a path past Llyn Du Bach and climbing steeply on not bad terrain to Manod Mawr North Top. This involves a lot of descent/ascent but it completely avoids the working quarry. We retraced our steps back to town. 880m ascent in sunny conditions. Great views all around. Afterwards we drove to Foel Offrwm and the Precipice walk.DanTrig25/04/2022
Main reason for coming out here today was to visit the Huws top Tomen y Mur, but this a hill I've been meaning to revisit for several years so it was very enjoyable to take another wander up this way.Twice Shy26/03/2022
6/8 (Moel Farlwyd/Moel Pennamnen/Foel-fras/Y Ro Wen/Manod Mawr North Top/Manod Mawr/Manod Bach/Ffrid yr Allt-Llwyd)Fergalh20/03/2022
From Bethania, a round of Manod Mawr, Manod Mawr North top and Moel Penamnen. All straightforward, was told by truck driver I should not be on the quarry track approaching last top but he was OK about it. Need to follow it for about 500 metres really to get to decent ground for ascent. Descent down steeply to south and on to quarry tracks to LLechwed quarry and the road.dickscroop11/01/2022
661mThe Grouse25/11/2021
Moel Penamnen, Manod Mawr North Top, Manod Mawr. V diff in fog, navigating through the quarry. Follow the obvious quarry roads at the beginning, rhododendrons are impossibleChris Williams03/09/2021
Walked up from the bottom of the incline at the back of Bethania, easy walking up to this summit.simocity13/08/2021
Nuttalls routeGary Heath01/06/2021
Glad to be back in Wales after Covid lockdown. Easy walk up from the slate quarry designated car park. Operated on VHF for SOTA from the summit, much enjoyed walk and activation.G4OBK (Phil)25/04/2021
Parked in Manod used the incline to Llyn Manod then anticlockwise loop to take it Manod Mawr, Manod Mawr North Top and Moel Penmaenandrew.morel02/04/2021
A beautiful day for a walk. We started in Manod village and headed up past Llyn Manod to the quarry workings and then shortly after that we headed for the summit and then back down to the new quarry, down the road and back to the car.greboicus26/09/2020
Ffestiniog, Manod Bach, Manod Mawr & North Top, down quarry RoadFlatfield17/09/2020
From Manod in poor conditions. Whole area worthy of further exploration in better weather.lordtonult17/02/2020
From Blaenau Ffestiniog taking in Moel Penamnen,Foel-Fras, Manod Mawr North Top & Manod Mawr. Beautiful clear winter day with a hoar frost, blue skies and extensive views. Difficult to navigate, finished in darkness with head torches.Lazylizzie30/11/2019
From N Top with big diversion around quarry to east.Jim T17/09/2019
From the car-park at SH708443. Manod Bach, Monad Mawr, Foel Fras, Moel Penamnen, Moel FarlwydGeoff Briggs18/08/2019
From the railway station via Bethania and the Llyn. Then on to the North Top via East of Graig-Ddu quarry.NormanW16/07/2019
from Bethania, Blaenau Ffestiniog, via old inclines and east ridge.IanHHill27/05/2019
Nuttall walkDan Baddeley20/04/2019
Hazy sun and light breeze, working quarry to the immediate north.vegibagger17/04/2019
Fron Cae Clyd, path then miners track to higher ground.N.Morters08/04/2019
https://www.strava.com/activities/4272107642Sleepwa1ker03/03/2019
From CP at Cae Clyd (SH7077444321). Path, track then pathless.ger25/02/2019
From Cae CP, up to road end then path through numerous stone wall gates and traversing up west face to NW ridge.Topographer5713/09/2018
With Val. Showers. From car park ay Cae Clyd. Followed path to Llyn y Manod then track climbing diagonally across hillside to old quarries. Up to summit from the north. Very interesting views of all the slate quarries. An enjoyable walk.mike.hoult10/08/2018
With MikeVal Deisler10/08/2018
From Cae Clyd car park. Manod Mawr, Manod Mawr north top and Manod Bach. Beautiful dayAlunrees3325/03/2018
great views. be careful of the quarryAristotle Chip12/01/2018
A great walk from Cae Clyd car park. At Bron Manod, I eschewed the footpath in favour of the track leading up and over a bridge to some stone sheds, then followed nice dry ATV tracks across the fields, hopping over gates and then a last openable gate out onto the open hill. Up alongside a BWF, which I climbed on the way up, but there's a gate closer to Llyn y Manod, and a dry track linking to the nice track slanting up the hillside. Up a nice wide ridge onto the summit plateau, and an easy stroll thereafter to the top. Nice soft snow to make the climb most enjoyable. Good views.Gill26/11/2017
From north top descending to quarry road and then east to disused tip and sw to summit. Too much activity in the quarry to risk a short cut.jrj26/09/2017
THERE IS NO PARKING BEYOND THE BIG CAR PARK AT CAE CLYD, so park here, and avoid a twenty bzillion point turn near the end of the track. Public FPs to Llyn y Manod, then lovely diagonal track up and round hill to quarry due N of summit. S, steep at first then easier to summit. Low cloud so saw nothing. Onward to the north top.Minto11/06/2017
With CH, KF, MH, in thick mist. Easy to park where the inclines come down in Bethania. Followed the fascinating inclines up to Graig-ddu Quarry, then things got interesting. Tried to find the track that emerges from the SW edge of the quarry, but the track we were on swung right round to a bulldozed junction near Llyn Pysgod. Eventually a phone GPS saved the day giving us a relatively straightforward bearing to the summit. Then tried to come straight down the W slope to the lake path. Not recommended - steep, rocky, laborious!Mark Jackson30/05/2017
From Cae Clyd car parkJamesD197222/05/2017
Nuttalls walk 5.4 with Frank.Crib Goch09/04/2017
With Martin Roberts from Blaenau Ffestiniog taking in Moel Penamnen, Manod Mawr North Top & Manod Mawr. Rather grey overcast day.knarf09/04/2017
Lovely weather. Great views. Trying to complete all Nuttalls. Now only one left after this ascent - Garreg Lwydjohnjennison02/10/2016
Up incline from Bethania in hot weather.Wycombe Wanderer17/09/2016
From car park at Cae Clyd. RoWs to about 200m S of Llyn y Manod, before cutting E to well camouflaged sheep fold. Straight up hill from there, roughly following line of quartz. Route and write-up at: http://gayleybird.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/manod-fawr-and-moel-siabod.htmlGayle15/08/2016
I parked at the quarry car park and used the footpath that starts behind the nearest machine shed on the right. Easy 4 pointer for SOTAM0YDH27/05/2016
Nuttall Walk WN 5.4 East of and from Blaneau Ffestiniog. Moel Penamnen, Foel-fras, Manod Mawr North Top, Manod Mawr and Manod Bach. 13.7km with 850m ascent in 5 hours. (S)silveracorn_alan11/05/2016
Nuttall walk - getting round the quarry was a bit confusingRuth07/05/2016