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| Name: | Graig Ddu |
| Hill number: | 3380 |
| Height: | 537m / 1762ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2065 Carnedd y Filiast |
| RHB Section: | 30D: Barmouth to Betws-y-Coed and Bala |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | The Arenigs |
| County/UA: | Gwynedd |
| Catchment: | Dee (Flint) |
| Class: | Dodd (500-599m), Dewey (Tu,5,Dew) |
| Grid ref: | SH 88853 42943 |
| Summit feature: | small cairn 50m N of large cairn |
| Drop: | 69m |
| Col: | 468m SH887447  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 124 125 (1:25k) OL18E |
| Observations: | large cairn at SH 88857 42889 is 1m lower |
| Survey: | Abney level |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 70 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Graig Ddu > Craig yr Hafod from GR: SH 90782 43748 | Hippster | 22/04/2023 |
| Graig Ddu > Craig yr Hafod from GR: SH 90782 43748 | ronaldo333 | 22/04/2023 |
| Left the car at roadside parking at 86502 40873 and walked on the grass verge to the track that swings around to the south of Foel boeth where a short heather bash leads to the summit, back on the track walked East to the building at Cwm Hesgyn one padlocked gate, and then followed a wet track north a further padlocked gate, reaching the track that bends round the south side of Graig Ddu following this before a heather bash over Graig Ddu and Craig yr Hafod, dropping through the heather to reach the track to the West and following this to the ROW through the forest above the car. Just under Nine and half mile and taking Four and Three quarter hours. | WAYNE ROWLETT | 02/10/2022 |
| Parked at Llyn Celyn. An anti-clockwise round of: Craig Y Garn, Graig Ddu, Craig Yr Hafod, Waun Garnedd Y Filiast, Carnedd Y Filiast, Carnedd Llechwedd Llyfn, Foel Boeth, Pen Garneddwen. Some horrible heather bashing en route!! I'd do it this way round again. But you'd have to pay me a lot of money to go clockwise. | Minto | 27/05/2022 |
| from llyn celyn cwm hesgyn tracks then pathless heather then on to Craig Ddu could only find a few sheep paths and Craig Y Garn nice rocky top again no paths with heather and boulders hard going return over farmland could not find the row running east to west marked on map | underhill | 30/01/2022 |
| Moel y Gydros, Craig yr Hafod and Graig Ddu from Llyn Celyn Dam. | rhalstead | 02/01/2022 |
| Various very thin, probably animal tracks lead through the heather to the top from the bwlch just a bit to the South | maknipe | 15/10/2021 |
| https://www.strava.com/activities/5834250321 | Sleepwa1ker | 21/08/2021 |
| On a route to Carnedd y Filiast | JamesD1972 | 08/06/2021 |
| Parked at Celyn reservoir for a round of 6 summits: Foel-boeth, Carnedd Llechwedd-llyfn, Carnedd y Filiast, Waun Garnedd-y-Filiast, Craig yr Hafod, Graig Ddu. Tracks and paths for the first 4, rough going for the final 2. | PGCE | 05/02/2021 |
| 2/3 Dewey Walk. From the layby at SH 864 408 on the A4212. Up the good cart track through the forest and over moor to a height of 550m, just south of the summit of Foel-boeth. Short walk across fairly short heather to summit. Returned to the cart track and followed it east to the valley of Afon Hesgyn. Crossed the river (would be difficult after wet weather) and followed the zig zag track up the west side of Graig Ddu to SH 888 425. Then north along the ridge through fairly deep heather over the summit and down to the col between Graig Ddu and Craig y Hafod. Followed narrow track to up by wall to summit of Craig y Hafod and returned to the col and then down RoW to west to rejoin the cart track and back to the A4214. Unfortunately rather misty on top after a long walk there and back, but generally quick going on the cart track. 16km with 770m ascent in 4h40m. (S) | silveracorn_alan | 20/09/2020 |
| With Rufus from Ysbyty Ifan. Track to Bwlch Blaen y Cwm then atv track to fence junction NE of Waugh Carnedd y Filiast. Along fence to Trum Nant Fach then ruined wall to head of Cwm Hesgyn and Llechwedd Du. Continued straight through thick heather for 2km over Craig yr Hafod (wall on map is ruined and buried under heather) and Graig Ddu. Descended W to Cwm Hesgyn track and returned via track towards Foel Boeth and contouring around the 500m mark to spot height 505m and path then track off the moor to Ysbyty Ifan. Long way round for these hills but a good journey in dry weather. | jacobrichmond | 16/04/2020 |
| As part of Marmot Dark Mountains, with Zoe | Jim T | 25/01/2020 |
| From Craig yr Hafod. Little in the way of tracks but heather was very dry. Both hills 2 hours 20 minutes. Solo. | bolton | 26/03/2019 |
| Circuit from Cwm Hesgyn. | chalky1953 | 29/08/2018 |
| 3/6 (Craig y Garn/Craig yr Hafod/Graig Ddu/Ffrid-y-Fedw/Pen Ffrid-San/Moel Seisog) | Fergalh | 03/12/2017 |
| With Talisker whist Wasdale & Duddon MRT undertake SRT practice | Mountain Goat | 07/10/2017 |
| Climbed early one morning from the cottage I was staying at. | hillexplorer | 31/05/2017 |
| With Alex. | Dusty | 27/03/2017 |
| Parked 907452 off road just past gateway followed good footpath up Llechwedd Ddu then via Craig yr Hafod to top of Graig Ddu returned to car via tracks/footpath. Much easier using paths as much as possible to reduce time spent heather bashing. | Rob50 | 27/11/2016 |
| Craig y Garn, Graig Ddu and Craig yr Hafod from E end of Lynn Celyn. Paths through fields were quite confusing in places and surprisingly wet and boggy in places! Saw a Barn owl perched on a branch just above ground level only a few yards away. | RobertP | 02/10/2016 |
| Parked at Llyn Celyn. Pen Garneddwen, Foel Boeth, Carnedd Llechwedd Llyfn, Carnedd Y Filiast, Waun Garnedd Y Filiast, Craig Yr Hafod, Graig Ddu and Craig Y Garn. Some horrible heather bashing en route!! | AlunRees31 | 08/07/2016 |
| Parked at Llyn Celyn. Pen Garneddwen, Foel Boeth, Carnedd Llechwedd Llyfn, Carnedd Y Filiast, Waun Garnedd Y Filiast, Craig Yr Hafod, Graig Ddu and Craig Y Garn. Some horrible heather bashing en route!! | Alunrees33 | 08/07/2016 |
| From car park at Llyn Celyn, Graig y Garn, Graig Ddu, Craig yr Hafod, Foel-boeth, Pen Garneddwen. Few paths once on access land. | ijpowell | 13/05/2016 |
| Small parking area (2 cars) at start of RoW at SH90782 43748 PRW to Cae-hir & Hafodnwydog Across a mixture of tussock grass, heather & bog to wall corner on the bwlch Up path alongside wall to Craig yr Hafod Back to bwlch & then serious heather-bashing to the summit stones hidden in the heather. (S) | gerrybowes | 10/05/2016 |
| From Llyn Celyn dam car park. Followed RoW past Ysgubor-uchaf and down to late artist's cottage in Cwm Hesgyn. Then crossed Afon Hesgyn by footbridge and followed RoW to its highest point. Then over Pt. 484m, followed by heather bash to the summit. Walk continued to Craig yr Hafod. Solo. | Man of Kernow1 | 23/04/2016 |
| Parked at Cae'r Gerrig and followed the path over the style to climb Craig yr Hafod and then Graig Ddu. Quite a bit of off path stuff, ploughing through boggy land and heather and billberries. | clivevilla | 03/02/2016 |
| Parking near Hafod-yr-Esgob i first climbed Graig Ddu,followed the high ground to Trum Nant-fach and then climbed Moel y Gydros making a great circular walk. | mad max | 23/06/2015 |
| From layby on B4501 up farm track then bit of a trudge through heather over Criag Ddu and Craig yr Hafod, particularly beyond latter. Easy track up Moel y Gydros then down to south and along access route (difficult to follow at first) and a mile of road walk. | SS | 05/10/2014 |
| Second on way round to Carnedd y Filiast, after Craig y Garn. Difficult walking through heather. | Wheelsy | 21/06/2014 |
| Parked easily on road by track to farm about 300m along from the telephone box. Most paths - particularly on Open Access - either tricky to follow or works of fiction. Ample heather and bog. | destaylor | 26/03/2014 |
| eyenose | 13/10/2012 | |
| Cloud layer started at around 400m. | JohnStoneham | 16/11/2011 |
| Start ~ 906454. Followed the ROW. south-west, to the col between the two summits. All heather from there. | steve hudson | 07/10/2009 |
| A return visit (since 1991) to do the (new)Nuttall to this north of the main Carnedd Y Filiast summit ( and to add some Deweys) A 4 hour outing in shorts and bare top on a late sunday afternoon after working on a 90 clients JG pre-exp weekend! | Chris Pearson | 03/09/2000 |
| Dewey bagging, walk 3/3, clockwise from 861411; Foel-boeth - Carnedd y Filiast - Craig yr Hafod - Graig Ddu (fine little hill) | RHW | 07/12/1997 |
| thenomad | 05/02/2024 | |
| TREBORK | 20/03/2022 | |
| Lucky | 15/10/2021 | |
| softsquare | 10/09/2020 | |
| Steve Q | 01/03/2019 | |
| beckybags | 18/11/2018 | |
| A Peckish | 18/11/2018 | |
| Alex C | 27/03/2017 | |
| boxblade | 14/05/2016 | |
| Deedubr | 15/04/2016 | |
| DDAY | 15/04/2016 | |
| dgresty | 04/03/2015 | |
| DARRENG | 09/11/2014 | |
| mae | 06/05/2014 |