4 easy-to-follow circular walk route maps of all grades in The Arans area of Snowdonia

The Arans area of Snowdonia National Park is the area enclosed by:

Afon Twrch and Cwm Cynllwyd from Llanuwchllyn to Bwlch y Groes to the North East
The edge of the Snowdonia National Park from Bwlch y Groes to Mallwyd and then the A470 from Mallwyd to Dolgellau to the East & South
The A494 from Dolgellau to Llanuwchllyn to the North West

Tap/mouse over a coloured circle (1-3 easy walks, 4-6 moderate walks, 7-9 hard walks) and click to select.

You can use these checkboxes to show only the grades of walk you are interested in:-

Scroll down the list of walks below & click on each walk title (in blue) to locate it on the map above.

See this list of walks, routes & maps in:

Grade Order | Length Order | Time Order | Walk Number or Start Location Order
NB. To reverse (toggle) this order, click Number Order again

Walk gw185 Gwaun y Llwyni, Aran Fawddwy, Erw y Ddafad-ddu, Aran Benllyn and Pen yr Allt Uchaf from Cwm Cywarch

Glorious views, gloriously quiet

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Route Summary:

Cwm Cywarch - Afon Cywarch - Waun Camddwr - Camddwr - Gwaun y Llwyni - Aran Fawddwy - Erw y Ddafad-ddu - Aran Benllyn - Aran Fawddwy (South Top) - Drws Bach - Drysgol (Aran Fawddwy) - Gwaun Lydan - Pumryd Fawr - Waun Goch - Pen yr Allt Uchaf - Allt Uchaf - Ty'n-y-ddol - Cwm Cywarch

Walk gw157 Llechwedd Du, Esgeiriau Gwynion, Foel Hafod-fynydd and Moel y Cerrig Duon from Bwlch y Groes

Little visited despite the fantastic views

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Route Summary:

Bwlch y Groes - Gwaun Yr Hen-Luest - Clipiau-Duon - Llechwedd Du (Arans) - Afon Twrch - Foel Rhudd - Esgeiriau Gwynion - Bwlch Sirddyn - Foel Hafod-fynydd - Creiglyn Dyfi - Llaethnant - Ceunant y Briddell - Pen y Craig - Natn Llewlyn-goch - Blaen-pennant - Afon Rhiwlech - Foel y Groes - Moel y Cerrig Duon - Bwlch y Groes

Walk gw149 Glasgwm and Pen y Brynfforchog from Cwm Cywarch

Dramatic mountain views

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Route Summary:

Cwm Cywarch - Tai-newyddion - Blaencywarch - Llyn Bach - Glasgwm - Llyn y Fign - Pen y Brynfforchog - Nant y Craig-wen - Craig Cywarch - Y Gribin (Arans) - Cwm Yr Ychen - Cwm Cywarch