The Carneddau (lit. "the cairns"; Carneddau is a Welsh plural form, and is sometimes anglicised to Carnedds) are a group of mountains in Snowdonia, Wales. They include the largest contiguous areas of high ground (over 2,500 or 3,000 feet (910 m) high) in Wales and England, as well as six or seven of the highest peaks in the country—the Fourteen Peaks. The range also encloses a number of lakes such as Llyn Cowlyd and Llyn Eigiau, and the Aber Falls waterfalls. It is delimited by the Irish Sea to the north, the Conwy valley to the east, and by the A5 road from Betws-y-Coed to Bethesda to the south and west. The area covers nearly 200 square kilometres, about 10% of the area of Snowdonia.
A weekend back packing trip with a group of adventurous novice hill walkers. Starting from the Ogwen valley and climbing up the Afon Lloer and then the short scramble onto the SE slopes of Pen Yr Olwen we circuited around to Carnedd Llewellyn then dropped down to camp at Ffynnon Llyffant in upper Cwm Eigiau. Next day hike out towards the bothy at Dulyn then up the grassy slopes to the col between Foel Fras and Garnedd Uchaf. We then completed the round by recrossing Carnedd Llewellyn and dropping down to Ffynnon Llugwy and taking the access road back to the Ogwen Valley.
