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VARIANT (B): DESCENT TO ABER

A long, undulating ridge descent from Carnedd Llewelyn to the coast.

Distance/Time:

Increases overall distance by 7km (4½ miles), adding 1¾ hours.

Terrain:

Fast going along good paths and tracks.

Main Summer Difficulties:

Length.

Winter Conditions:

Tiring under deep snow.

Special Problems:

Route-finding in bad visibility.

Yr Elen seen from Garnedd Uchaf during the variant descent to Aber (Route A1 (b))

Start:

Carnedd Llewelyn.

Finish:

Roadhead above Aber (676716). Adequate parking.

ROUTE DESCRIPTION

Were it not for complications over transport, this pleasant descent towards the coast would be a more attractive finish than the normal way.

From Llewelyn, the route first makes its way over Foel Grach. A little beyond the summit, tucked beneath small crags on the north side, is the stone-built Foel Grach Refuge. This has the bare necessities of door, roof, and visitors book in which to enter a banal commentary on your situation.

Beyond the refuge, the ridge continues as a broad arm – grass walls, fences, summits, stones – as far as Drum, the last summit of significance. From here the ridge continues to its bitter end above the car park; or it can be quitted for the track leading down from the small reservoir tucked in the hollow down left.