Route - A5 to Pen yr Helgi Du and returned via Ffynnon Llugwy Reservoir
Weather - Very mild with low cloud/mist from 500m+ Strong southerly wind.
Learning Points/Skills Practices - Route planning, poor visibility navigation, walking on bearing, dynamic risk assessment on the day decided to reduce walk through an escape route as weather looked to deteriorate.
Group - 5
Camp style - N/A
The individual takes part in the planning and leadership - yes
Navigation skills are required away from marked paths - mostly stuck to marked paths
Experience must be in terrain and weather comparable to that found in UK and Irish hills - Yes Snowdon
Knowledge is increased and skills practised - see above
Attention is paid to safety - Constantly looking out for hazards and advising as appropriate, especially due to high winds.
The journey is five hours or more - No, 4:18 hours in total
Adverse conditions may be encountered - Yes, high winds & poor visibility.
Ascent of a substantial peak would normally be included in the day - Yes, Pen yr Helgi Du
Area :
Carneddau
The Carneddau (lit. "the cairns"; Carneddau is a Welsh plural form, and is sometimes anglicised to Carnedds) are a group of mountains in Snowdonia, Wales. They include the largest contiguous areas of high ground (over 2,500 or 3,000 feet (910 m) high) in Wales and England, as well as six or seven of the highest peaks in the country—the Fourteen Peaks. The range also encloses a number of lakes such as Llyn Cowlyd and Llyn Eigiau, and the Aber Falls waterfalls. It is delimited by the Irish Sea to the north, the Conwy valley to the east, and by the A5 road from Betws-y-Coed to Bethesda to the south and west. The area covers nearly 200 square kilometres, about 10% of the area of Snowdonia.
