Details
Date : 04/01/2022
Duration : 5-8 hours
Style : Solo
Type : Quality Mountain Day (QMD)
Weather : Showers - Mixed/Poor Visibility
Wind : Moderate Wind
Camping Type : N/A
Nights Camping : 0
Mountains : Moel Siabod
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Description
A wet day with several hailstorm.
Parking in Capel curig to start the walk going off piste through some thick woodland, eventually following a wall which called for lots of scrambling to get to the base of Moel siabod.
Mid way up I was met by a hailstorm, taking cover in a gully until it had settled I then continued to the summit.
The summit was clear albeit cold and full of ice, aftera short break in the cairn I was greater by a total lack of visibility as another hailstorm came in along with lots of mist.
Some icy and slippy patches on the descent as previous hail had frozen the ground and had settled in patches.
Take a look at my walk here https://youtu.be/S8hoDp7TMLw
A wet day with several hailstorm.Parking in Capel curig to start the walk going off piste through some thick woodland, eventually following a wall which called for lots of scrambling to get to the base of Moel siabod.
Mid way up I was met by a hailstorm, taking cover in a gully until it had settled I then continued to the summit.
The summit was clear albeit cold and full of ice, aftera short break in the cairn I was greater by a total lack of visibility as another hailstorm came in along with lots of mist.
Some icy and slippy patches on the descent as previous hail had frozen the ground and had settled in patches.
Take a look at my walk here https://youtu.be/S8hoDp7TMLw
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).
