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Moel Emoel

Moel Emoel, Gwynedd, Wales

10.15 KM

A walk up to Moel Emoel (Bare Hill) from Tynddol, near Bala in North Wales. We had a beautiful summer's day for this trek which provided great views of both Bala Lake and Llyn Maen Bras.

8 Jun 2021
Mountainous
4hrs, 30min (3hrs, 0min)
altitude Graph for moel emoel walk

Elevation: Max 544m, Min 189m, Gain 355m

Pictures from the walk

single electricity pylon set in hilly landscape

Pylon in a landscape

walker standing underneath a line of pylons in countryside

Beneath the pylons

sheep a derelict barn

Guard sheep

2 walkers wearing hats sitting in field of buttercups

Summer selfie

fence line with views to lake

The view to Bala

gate post with waymarker

Waymarker

mountain landscape without trees

The English translation of 'Moel Emoel' is Bare Hill

black and white mountain landscape with lake

The view of Llyn Maen Bras from Moel Emoel

all the walks

Some walks nearby

waterfall rocks and trees
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large boulder on the hillside
Rhobell Fawr

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walker with poles scrambling over rocks on Rhinog Fawr
Rhinog Fawr

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