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).
The weather began murky with low cloud but conditions improved as the day progressed, with some sun in the afternoon. I began from Capel-Curig and headed South to Pont-Cyfyng where I picked up a track to disused quarry buildings and an unusual feature looking like a flower on the map, which was a pool with steep crags around it, presumably man-made. I headed over boggy ground past Llyn y-foel (tarn) and ascended the mountain via a steep rocky scramble along Daear Ddu which everyone apparently raves about but I did not enjoy (I'm not a scrambling fan!). The summit was a mass of boulders and rocks. I chose a much easier route down, heading along a path just off the North ridge of Moel Siabod, this being on a grassy slope much gentler than the opposite side. I descended into spruce woodlands and followed a track back to Capel Curig.
