MOUNTAIN PORTRAIT MOEL YSGYFARNOGOD
Aug 14, 2020
3 minutes
TERRY MARSH gives a baroque assessment of the ‘hill of the hare’ [inset]. His verbal assault on this idyllic summit – one of my favourite Welsh hills – concludes with this assessment: “the whole northern section of the ridge, between Moel Ysgyfarnogod and Rhinog Fawr, is six kilometres of the most testing walking to be found in Britain.”
Let’s add a rider here. Safe, swift progress through this unique terrain is dependent on close local knowledge and an ability to read and attune to the lie of the land. It’s not easy ground, but if
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