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 very wet start and finish in poor vis. spotting on the steeper upper section then a blustery walk up the ridge to the summit 978m. Quick look at the Dwarf Willow we moved off the summit as it was very windy and cold. we walked to the cairns at 1044mand then down Rhos Modesi to Bryn Mawr and back south to the start at Glen Dena. one other instructor and myself with 8 novice hill walkers.
