Cwm Idwal Walk | Llyn Idwal Circular in Snowdonia National Park, Wales!

Come and join me on a walk to Cwm Idwal and the Llyn Idwal Circular!

The Cwm Idwal Walk is one of my favourite walks in all of Snowdonia National Park and even Wales. It’s a gradual ascent in Ogwen Valley that takes you to the bottom of the dramatic peaks of the Glyderau Mountain range.

Here, you can take a circular walk around a glittering mountain lake known as Llyn Idwal and fall in love with the perfect mirror reflection of the cirque.

Cwm Idwal is a glacial cirque valley and the rock found here dates back to over 450 million years ago during the Ordovician period! Most of what we see here today, including Llyn Idwal was formed at the end of the last Ice Age around 10,000 years ago.

Cwm Idwal is a glacial cirque valley and the rock found here dates back to over 450 million years ago during the Ordovician period! Most of what we see here today, including Llyn Idwal was formed at the end of the last Ice Age.

In the 12th century, Owain Goch ap Gruffydd or Owain Gwynedd entrusted the care of his son Prince Idwal Foel to his trusted advisor Nefydd Hardd. 

Unfortunately, Nefydd and his son Dunawd were jealous of Idwal as he was so smart and Dunawd was not talented like he was. So, Dunawd decided to push Idwal into the icy lake and he ended up drowning.

Owain then banished Nefydd from the kingdom and decided to name this lake ‘Idwal’ in memory of his lost son. 

You can access this walk from the Ogwen Visitor Centre and it should take you around 2 hours or so to complete.

I loved this walk so much that I actually did it four times whilst I was in Snowdonia National Park, even in the dark so I could see the stars! It was that spectacular and dramatic and a great way to disconnect into nature.

You’d be forgiven for thinking that you weren’t in Wales at all here as you wander around Cwm Valley. In fact, this reminded me so much of New Zealand.

Here is a video of the Llyn Idwal circular and how to do the Cwm Idwal walk in Snowdonia National Park, Wales! I hope you enjoy the video!

Read more details for this walk on my blog: https://thirdeyetraveller.com/cwm-idw...

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