Walk
Cwm Idwal and Y Garn loop from Ogwen Cottage
Ogwen Cottage, Bethesda · Eryri (Snowdonia)
- Time
- 3 h 07
- Distance
- 7.3 km · 4.5 mi
- Elevation
- 605 m climb
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Route
- Circular
About this place
Up past Llyn Idwal into Cwm Idwal, then the steep climb onto Y Garn and down by the Devil's Kitchen path. A proper mountain day on rocky ground. If the weather is in, the shorter Llyn Idwal loop from the same car park is the fallback.
Good to know
- Terrain
- Rocky mountain path, pitched stone, some scrambly bits
- Parking
- Ogwen Cottage car park, pay and display, full by early morning. Lay-bys along the A5 as overflow.
- mountain
- lake
- cwm
- summit
- rocky
- komoot
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Sign in to log a visit- GGraham Dodd22 Aug 2024
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