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Route outline for walk cw202:

Llyn Ogwen  -  Ogwen Cottage  -  Pont Pen-y-benglog  -  Afon Lloer  -  Clogwyn Llys  -  South Western Ridge of Pen yr Ole Wen  -  Pen yr Ole Wen  -  Cwm Lloer  -  Ffynnon Lloer  -  Afon Lloer  -  Tal y Llyn Ogwen Farm  -  Glan Dena  -  Llyn Ogwen  -  Pont Pen-y-benglog  -  Ogwen Cottage.

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Points of Interest/Notes on this walk:

The South Western ridge of Pen Yr Ole Wen is very, very steep & best tackled in dry, clear conditions. After the intitial rock scramble, the early sections are formed of stone steps. After a short flat area, the gradient steepens &, while it is not severe enough to officially be graded as a scamble, route finding is difficult & you will need to use both hands in lots of places.

Try and find time to have a look underneath Pont Pen-y-benglog (near Ogwen Cottage at the western end of Llyn Ogwen) where the remains of the original stone arched bridge built by Thomas Telford can be seen. Access the river bank is via a stile on NW side of the bridge.

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Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

1 Welsh Mountain

0 Wainwrights

1 Welsh Nuttall

0 Welsh Deweys

0 Wainwright Outlying Fells

0 Welsh Marilyns

0 Bridgets

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Pen yr Ole Wen at 978m (3210ft). Pen yr Ole Wen is classified as a Welsh Mountain (Hewitt) (7th highest in Wales, 7th highest in England & Wales)

Pen yr Ole Wen is also known as a Welsh Nuttall (7th highest in Wales, 7th highest in England & Wales). Pen yr Ole Wen means 'Light White Top' in Welsh and is pronounced 'pen-ur-olli-oo-en'.

The summit of Pen yr Ole Wen is marked by a cairn.

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