"Tuesday 13th March 2018. An ascent of Craig Dolfudr 518m/54m and Pt. 519m/75m from Cwm Lliw, Gwynedd. 10.9km, with 500m of ascent. 4hrs 35mins. With the sun at last shining again with another push towards spring, I drove down to Bala, and around the lake, taking a narrow road that heads north-west over the high moors to Trawsfynydd. Parking by a chapel, I headed back down the road past a holiday caravan site to a bridge over the Afon Lliw. A lane, and then a track, took me into the green gloom of Coed Bryn Bras. The ascent on the track through the forest was steep, but eventually I emerged into sunshine again on open moorland above. The track deteriorated into a series of reedy pools. The warming sunshine had roused the frogs to begin their spring spawning, and the pools were a flurry of amphibian activity. Leaving the track, I headed north up between the small crags of Cerrig Chwibanog onto pathless ground of deep heather. The going was hard, and quite a few calories were expended before I stood on the summit of Craig Dolfudr. The view was extensive, with the still snow-whitened peaks of the Snowdon massif seen from an unusual angle from this summit. I picked up a narrow..." — marktrengove2 • Mar 13, 2018