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.
Started at Joe Browns Junction. Made my way North East towards Llyn Crafnant. headed North up through the forest and carried on to the dam of Llyn Cowlyd reservoir. Pushed North West towards Llyn Eigiau. Then followed the route up to Carnedd Gwenllian. From here I headed South along the high ground through Foel Grach, Carnedd Llewelyn and down through Y Braich to the river. I then follwed this river to the start of the reservoir and then back South to the road junction where I started. Conditions were good today which meant I could cover a fair bit of ground quicker and get off some of the main tracks and explore the more open ground using features and walls etc to help with navigating.
