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).
Mountain climb with trained paramedic/outdoor education trained friend Deri. Parked at Tyn-y-Coed pub carpark around 11:00. Perfect visibility, sunny, slight breeze. Ascent started. Ground platues around 10 mins in with amazing, clear view of Moel Siabod straight in front of us. Very visible megalithic burial stone just off path. Path diverted momentarily to take a look at it and appreciate the ancient monument. Path continues, taking lower path to Llyn y Foel then steep walk up to old slate mining village where we both took a few moments to eat a local bakery fuelled breakfast and admire the craftsmenship of the abandonded village and the view across the lake and Glyderau. Walk continues, weather still holding and minimal cloud. Reached incredible boggy portion of land, trying to keep to drier patches but was no use, bog became shin-deep, we both assessed the situation to see of it was safe to continue, found an alternate route over to a rocky outcrop which allowed us out of the bog. From the bog, we reached then grade 1 Daeru Ddu ridge scramble , easily climbed as rocks were very grippy and dry. Taking short breaks along the ridge to admire the views and progress we had made. Parts of the scramble gave us 2 paths to choose, one more steep and with less reachable holds and one with a visible path, both of us assessed the situation and accepted the challenge of the more difficult path up. Very physically rewarding. Both reached the rocky summit and admired the view of many of the claimed "13 of 14 summits views from the top" as some further clouds obscured our view over some of them. We took a break in the ring walled enclosure at the summit to chat about the hike and eat some lunch/water before descending the mountain on the opposite side, heading into some woodland area to join on to a path back down to Capel Curig
