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.
4 days Gold DofE Training. Start at Betws Y Coed and across Gwydyr Forest to Llyn Crefnant across Crimpiau to camp at Dol-gam. Next day Capel Curig to Llyn Cowlyd over Moel Eilio to wild camp atLlyn Eigiau. Day 3 Cwm Eigiau to Carnedd Llwellyn to drop down grassy slopes to Cwm Lloer and onto camp at Gof Uchaf. Heavy rain and gales overnight with covering of wet snow on tents in the morning and all the tops in full winter conditions. Following morning low level walk back to Betws.
