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.
46.(4) Afon Llafar wild camp. Group: Craig. Summits: Carnedd Llewellyn, Foel Grach, Gwenllian (Uchaf), Foel Fras, Y Drum. Bethesda to Sychnant Pass. Should’ve paid a bit closer attention to the final bit, it was dull! Actually only took 1 hour longer than Naismith. Mainly because the sea fog came in after Drum, so we practiced our nav with pacing. Good fun wild camp with a big rat for company (Weil’s Disease alert!), Up the Crib Lem Spur, then over Dafydd, Llewellyn, Gwenllian, Drum, then pretty much across scrubby horribleness back to the car at Sychnant Pass. I didn’t spend enough time to plan the last half properly, so it was further than expected. Weather was generally warm with light winds (fog excepted).
