Solo wild camp.
I parked at Llyn Gwynant campsite, the weather was reasonable but the cloud base was down to 400m I walked anti clockwise around the Llyn to Nantgwynant and then made my way across the A498 road to Plas Gwynant and followed the track until it reached the road. I followed the road to Hafodydd Brithion and followed the track that runs alongside Afon Llynedno.
I stopped at the sheepfold which would make a great spot for a bivi site and then made my way into the cloud upto where the tack meets the fence next to Moel Merich. The vis was quite poor now so I turned right and followed the fence line until I hit Llyn Edno and then followed the edge to the southernly point. I had read this was the best spot to camp, it was very foggy here and the vis was down to about 20-30m. It was a trade off between bog and wind for the actual spot for my tent and I decided upon wind. The plan was to look for flora and fauna, I found some devils matchsticks and reindeer moss but the wind was picking up as per the forecast and the light was fading. So I had dinner and a brew and settled down for 12 hours in my sleeping bag, it was now quite cold so I was happy to refuge. The rain had stayed off until this point but it was only light rain.
I awoke at 0600hrs after a good nights sleep and stared to get ready to move, the wind had subsided but the vis was still poor and there was more water in the air. I had breakfast as it got lighter and left at 0730hrs. I retraced my steps to the fence and track junction and made my way onto Moel Meirch. There wasn`t much to see due to the poor vis. My original plan had been to descend into Cwm Edno but I decided to follow Cerrig Cochion as the nav would be easier and it would be less boggy. Once off the crag it was a short walk to Bwlch y Rhediad and from here I turned left and followed the track down toward the road and across it to Hafod Rhisgl and back to were I had parked my car.
I had really enjoyed the trip but I hadn`t seen very much and I was very glad I had packed my gaiters.
Area :
Moelwynion
The Moelwynion (a Welsh plural, sometimes anglicised to Moelwyns) are a group of mountains in central Snowdonia. They extend from the north-east of Porthmadog to Moel Siabod, the highest of the group. The name derives from the names of the two largest mountains in the group, Moelwyn Mawr (great white hill) and Moelwyn Bach (little white hill).
