The Nantlle Ridge ( cy, Crib Nantlle) is the name given to a small range of mountains in

Snowdonia Snowdonia or Eryri (), is a mountainous region in northwestern Wales and a national park of in area. It was the first to be designated of the three national parks in Wales, in 1951. Name and extent It was a commonly held belief that the na ...

, north

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which runs south-west from the village of

Rhyd Ddu Rhyd-ddu ( Welsh for 'black ford') is a small village in Snowdonia, North Wales which is a starting point for walks up Snowdon (via the Rhyd Ddu Path), Moel Hebog, Yr Aran and the Nantlle Ridge. It lies on the A4085 between Beddgelert and Cae ...

for a distance of about , ending above Nebo in the

Nantlle Valley The Nantlle Valley ( cy, Dyffryn Nantlle, ) is an area in Gwynedd, North Wales, characterised by its numerous small settlements. The area is also historically important geologically, and featured in one of the most contentious disputes of the 1 ...

. The Nantlle Ridge offers excellent hill walking with fewer crowds than on the more popular parts of Snowdonia. It can be started from either end, but the Rhyd Ddu end tends to be the more popular. There are no great technical difficulties, although a little

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may be required on some parts of the ridge.

Summits

Starting from the Rhyd Ddu end, the Nantlle Ridge is composed of the following peaks (see hill lists in the British Isles for an explanation of the terms "Nuttall", "Hewitt" and "Marilyn"): * Y Garn (); ) — sub-Hewitt, Nuttall * Mynydd Drws-y-Coed (); ) — Hewitt, Nuttall * Trum y Ddysgl (); ) — Marilyn, Hewitt, Nuttall * Mynydd Tal-y-Mignedd (); ) — Hewitt, Nuttall * Craig Cwm Silyn (); ) — Marilyn, Hewitt, Nuttall * Garnedd Goch (); ) — sub-Hewitt, Nuttall * Mynydd Graig Goch (); )— Hewitt, Nuttall Craig Cwm Silyn is the highest point on the ridge, and can be reached by following the minor road running from

Llanllyfni Llanllyfni () is a village and a community in Gwynedd, Wales. It is in the historic county of Caernarfonshire. The community consists of the villages of Drws-y-coed, Nantlle, Nasareth, Nebo, Penygroes, Talysarn and the village of Llanllyfni ...

towards Llynnau Cwm Silyn, or as part of a traverse of the Nantlle Ridge from

. The crag of Craig yr Ogof is popular with rock climbers.

References

*Terry Marsh (1993) ''The summits of Snowdonia'' (Robert Hale) {{ISBN, 0-7090-5248-0

External links

''Nantlle Ridge Walk'' on Mud and Routeswww.geograph.co.uk : photos of the Nantlle Ridge and surrounding area
Betws Garmon Clynnog Dolbenmaen Llanllyfni Mountains and hills of Gwynedd Mountains and hills of Snowdonia