Our ‘secret’ view
This is another walk you can take directly from the hut. Unless you know about it you probably wouldn’t do it. It will take you up the forest tracks and give you a different and stunning view of the Snowdon horseshoe and Moel Siabod.
This can either be a circular walk back along the A5, or you can retrace your steps and stick to the forest. The whole circular walk is around 5 miles. There are inclines but if you’re reasonably fit and mobile it should be no problem.
Leave our gate, pass the gate to Glyn Farm immediately outside and then take the next turn right up the farm track. Continue on and after a few hundred metres turn left at the big farm shed. The public pathway is directly ahead of you. Please remember to close all farm gates. Also please don’t run as you may startle any livestock that’s around.
Continue through the gate and you’ll climb up a narrow field. At the top you’ll see a stile to the right of a metal gate. Climb over the stile (the gate is always locked) and take the path that goes left. This is the start of the forest track that you’ll be walking on.
After around half a mile you’ll see the path bend to your left. This is the first turning you’ll come to. Take this and you’ll drop down and then start to climb towards a viewing point where you will get a gorgeous view over the valley.
Now head up the track and when it levels off you’ll see Siabod and Snowdon ahead of you. It’s quite a sight and you’ll probably want to stop and take it all in. Grab a drink maybe and shoot some photos as a keep sake. This can be spectacular but there’s more to come!
From here, you can turn back and retrace your steps. When you get back to the main track (the one you turned left from) you could either turn right back to the hut. Or you could turn left and continue up towards Llyn Bychan. (See the post ‘Walk the forest track’ for details).
If you decide to continue, go through 2 metal gates (please close them after you). You’ll cross a small stream and then you’ll come to a stile. Go over this and you’ll see the Crimpiau mountain range on your right, Siabod on your left and the Snowdon Horseshoe and the Carneddau ahead.
Follow the path down and veer left. You’ll pass a clump of trees on your right and you’ll see Siabod slightly to your left. You’ll then see another stile ahead. Cross this and keep left at the way marker. Go down a dip in the ground and cross yet another stile. Be careful here as the ground and rocks are uneven. When it’s wet it’s also slippery.
You are now on another track. Keep going ahead and follow it over a few streams and then take the second right-hand fork where you’ll descend and see yet another stile and a metal gate. Cross this and you’ll see a house soon your left and another metal gate in front of you. Go through this and you’ll now be on the road. You can now turn left and follow it for just over a mile to return to the hut. You’ll also pass a pub called the Tyn-y-coed and if it’s open you can enjoy a well deserved snack and drink!