Area: Arenig, Eryri
Although I have done the fell race from Llanfachreth a couple of times, I don't think I have ever been up Rhobell Fawr from the south before (although I may have done it as a hillwalk decades ago). It was a lot more comfortable than expected, jogging up from the car park near Rhydymain and taking the steep tarmac northwards past Aran Hall. This stays tarmac for a surprisingly long time before it deteriorates to gravel below Graig Fach. Eventually a side path appears and this leads due west to the main summit, now in dank mist. There are a few very steep rises and the path is predictably tenuous. I gained the trig point in cold, thick mist a little under an hour after starting. A gentle jog back to the gravel track and then I took an excellent extended descent further west along rutted tracks (lots of huge puddles) below Moel Cors y Garnedd. This emerges onto obscure tarmac lanes which I took back to the junction above Aran Hall. Close to 10m/2000ft, in 1.52. Refuelled on ham, egg and chips in the characterful Y Sospan in Dolgellau.
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