Y Garn Wales

Y garn has one more famous scrambling walk along the y garn east ridge.

Y garn wales. One of my favourites is the y garn loop. The route for y garn from carpark to summit takes around 90 mins and coming in at 4 miles in total it s a short but rewarding walk that s perfect to tackle of an evening or when a full day out isn t possible. You ll stay four nights at 3 star hotels or bed and breakfasts and visit national parks and castles during the day. I had y garn on my mountains to do list since 2002 when i thought i had climbed it on my first walking trip to snowdonia.

The walk begins at the ogwen visitor centre and takes you up to llyn idwal. Y garn east ridge. Discover the natural beauty and historical sights of wales on a 5 day tour from london. Despite the short walk in and obvious line this is a relatively neglected route perhaps because all the climbers and scramblers gravitate to the idwal slab s side of the cwm.

Y garn home wales scrambles y garn. Y garn is a mountain in snowdonia north wales part of the glyderau. Y garn is a pretty simple mountain but still deserves respect. Little did i know then that y garn literally translated in welsh to the hilt is the name of several mountains in wales including ones near llangynog rhyd ddu and ganllwyd.

People seem to have confused y garn here there is a second y garn creatively named y garn ii starting near rhyd ddu and is wonderful in itself especially the nantlle ridge. But i believe this snowdonia np attraction is intended to be the y garn of the ogwen valley as. Lets be honest via it s main path from llyn idwal y garn is a horrible mountain to walk up with a long section of man made steps making the most popular ascent route pretty tiresome and hard work. It is one of the welsh 3000s the 15 summits in wales over 3 000 ft in height.

It is the tenth highest peak in wales. Moderate snow accumulations can take place on the western sloping side of the mountain from october to may.