Cyrn Y Brain, Llangollen, North Wales (Marilyn)
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 4.29 mi
- Elevation gain
- 577 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 577 ft
- Max elevation
- 1,864 ft
- TrailRank
- 31
- Min elevation
- 1,310 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- one hour 17 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1426
- Uploaded
- August 28, 2020
- Recorded
- August 2020
near Llandegla, Wales (United Kingdom)
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Itinerary description
Cyrn Y Brain and Moel Y Gamlin
Cyrn Y Brain 565m and Moel Y Gameli 577m, north of Llangollen (Marilyns)
Both of these Marilyns are located just North of Llangollen and you can park at the ample but busy car parks on the Llangollen Horshoe Pass. There are car parks there for free or for customers at the Ponderosa cafe.
Both of these Marilyns can be done in the same outing by parking at the pass. I did them both in the same outing but will give separate route information for both. I had a rainy day on my outing so don’t be put off with my view comments.
Cyrn Y Brain
Basically a walk along a gravel track uphill to a long plateau. You go to the far end of the plateau and turn left along a narrow trail to the TP summit. Easy stuff.
Route Summary: Gravel/concrete track and a boggy path. Views were so so today.
Route Statistics: 7km, 206m height gain done in 1hr 20 mins.
Moel Y Gamlin
A steep hike uphill along a well trodden path over the first big lump of a hill. You then hit a wide gravel track and this drops down and up another fairly big lump of a hill to the cairned summit. Simple enough.
Route Summary: Good stiff uphill hike along a path/gravel track with good views.
Route Statistics: 5km, 325m of ascent done in 1hr 10mins.
Cyrn Y Brain 565m and Moel Y Gameli 577m, north of Llangollen (Marilyns)
Both of these Marilyns are located just North of Llangollen and you can park at the ample but busy car parks on the Llangollen Horshoe Pass. There are car parks there for free or for customers at the Ponderosa cafe.
Both of these Marilyns can be done in the same outing by parking at the pass. I did them both in the same outing but will give separate route information for both. I had a rainy day on my outing so don’t be put off with my view comments.
Cyrn Y Brain
Basically a walk along a gravel track uphill to a long plateau. You go to the far end of the plateau and turn left along a narrow trail to the TP summit. Easy stuff.
Route Summary: Gravel/concrete track and a boggy path. Views were so so today.
Route Statistics: 7km, 206m height gain done in 1hr 20 mins.
Moel Y Gamlin
A steep hike uphill along a well trodden path over the first big lump of a hill. You then hit a wide gravel track and this drops down and up another fairly big lump of a hill to the cairned summit. Simple enough.
Route Summary: Good stiff uphill hike along a path/gravel track with good views.
Route Statistics: 5km, 325m of ascent done in 1hr 10mins.
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