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.
Led group of 11 on sunset & moonrise Harvest Moon walk, with a trainee shadowing & bringing up the rear. Group well-equipped and perfect weather conditions for a glorious sunset over the Menai Straits and impressive moonrise over the Carneddau at 20:15. Successfully led the group down in darkness. All this preceded by a recce on the day before to get the moonrise timings just right.
