Saturday 21st May 2016

In the Footsteps of the Drovers

A walk between the mountains from Capel Curig to Trefriw, in the footsteps of the drovers who would have followed the old road along this route. An excellent opportunity to hear the stories of the drovers and discover more about the wildlife and history of the area.

Duration: 5 hours

Distance: 10km / 6.5 miles

Meet: 9.45am at Trefriw Village Hall (LL27 0JH, SH781631) for transport to Siabod Cafe to start the walk

Walk Leaders: Dave Prime Cerdded Conwy Walks Leader

+++++++++++  Jim Black Trefriw Historical Society

Grade: Moderate

Please ensure that you have read the booking information and conditions

before you attend any walks.

Booking nearly full on this walk, but please note that Sunday’s Walk “Natural History of Snowdonia”  with Jim Langley follows the same route in reverse, with transport back to Trefriw from Capel Curig. There are still places available.

Friday 20th May 2016

Betws to Trefriw

Travel up the Conwy Valley to Betws by public transport, to start the walk back to Trefriw along a high level route through the Gwydir High Park. Excellent views of the surrounding hills and Snowdonia Ranges, visiting the lakes and historical sites along the route.

Duration : 5 hours

Distance : 10 Km / 6 miles

Meet :   10.10 am at Trefriw Village Hall (LL27 0JH, SH781631) to catch public transport to Betws

+++++++++++(Fare payable)

Grade : Moderate

Leaders :  John Barber and Dave Prime Cerdded Conwy Walk leader

Suitability:  Anyone who is reasonably fit

Please ensure that you have read the booking information and conditions

before you attend any walks.

Booking now open

Sunday 22nd May 2016

Over The Tops

A journey from Capel Curig to Trefriw over the mountain tops, such as Crimpiau, Craig Wen and Creigiau Gleision. Rough terrain, small paths and steep climbs are the order of the day. Back in time for the Cake Fest.

Duration: All day 6 hrs walking

Distance: 13km / 8 miles

Meet: 8.45 am at Trefriw Village Hall (LL27 0JH, SH781631) for transport to Siabod Cafe to start the walk

Leader: Roger Pierce of rbp.outdoor

Strenuous high mountain

Please note that there is a Half Marathon running on the morning of the 22nd which is partially routed through Trefriw. Local roads may be closed from 8 am, and although vehicle access will be available to Walking Festival Participants, you are advised to allow extra time for your journey.

Please ensure that you have read the booking information and conditions

before you attend any walks.

Booking now open

Saturday 21st May 2016

Photography Walks x 2 sessions
A walk through woodland, visiting Fairy Falls and the beautiful Geirionydd and Crafnant lakes. Nick Livesey will be on hand to offer expert advice on landscape photography and answer any questions about the history and geology of the area.
Duration: 3.5 hours

Distance: 8 km / 5 miles

Leader: Nick Livesey Professional mountain photograper

Grade: Moderate

Morning Session
Meet: 8.45 am  at Trefriw Village Hall (LL27 0JH, SH781631)
Booking now open

Sunday 22nd May

A Walk in Nature for Families 

A family activity walk, led by Pete Kay of Rhyd y creuau, The Drapers’ Field Centre, Betws y coed. This walk will combine environmental games and activities with learning more about the areas history and the wildlife found in the fields, woods and streams above Trefriw.  We will walk from Trefriw up into the Crafnant valley where we will search for life in the streams, go on minibeast and scavenger hunts, have a little forage for wild food and just enjoy ourselves in this beautiful area.

The walk will not be strenuous but may be away from paths and tracks so suitable footwear is required.

Duration: 5 hours

Distance: 5 km / 3 miles

Meet: 9.00 am at Trefriw Village Hall (LL27 0JH, SH781631)

Grade: Easy

Please note that there is a Half Marathon running on the morning of the 22nd which is partially routed through Trefriw. Local roads may be closed from 8 am, and although vehicle access will be available to Walking Festival Participants, you are advised to allow extra time for your journey.

Please ensure that you have read the booking information and conditions
 before you attend any walks.

Booking now open

Sunday 22nd May 2016

Mills & Mines, and more
An uphill walk above the Crafnant valley to the site of the old Pandora Mine above Llyn Geirionydd, with extensive views. Lunch stop at Geirionydd picnic site (bring a packed lunch) where there are toilets. The downhill return route on the far side of the lake and via Klondyke Mill is in places more uneven underfoot.

Local history of all sorts will be encountered throughout the walk, but the emphasis will be on enjoying what is a splendid walk in its own right. We will be back at Trefriw in time to enjoy the CakeFest in the village hall.

Duration: All Day 5 hours

Distance: 11km / 7 miles

Meet: 09.30 am at Trefriw Village Hall (LL27 0JH, SH781631)

Grade: Moderate

Walk Leaders: Tony Ellis author of four local walking books, and a Voluntary Warden on Snowdon

++++++++++++Colin Boyd Outdoor education specialist

Please note that there is a Half Marathon running on the morning of the 22nd which is partially routed through Trefriw. Local roads may be closed from 8 am, and although vehicle access will be available to Walking Festival Participants, you are advised to allow extra time for your journey.

Please ensure that you have read the booking information and conditions
before you attend any walks.

Booking now open

Sunday 22nd May 2016

Natural History of Snowdonia

Follow an old drovers road, through ancient woodlands, past old mining sites and along moorland. Learn about the volcanic and tectonic history which have created the rocks and the landscapes of Snowdonia.

Duration: All day 5 hrs

Distance: 11km / 7 miles

Meet: 9.15 am at Trefriw Village Hall (LL27 0JH, SH781631)

Grade: Moderate

Leader: Jim Langley of Nature’s Work

Please note that there is a Half Marathon running on the morning of the 22nd which is partially routed through Trefriw. Local roads may be closed from 8 am, and although vehicle access will be available to Walking Festival Participants, you are advised to allow extra time for your journey.

Please ensure that you have read the booking information and conditions
before you attend any walks.

Update: Places available so please join the waitlist if you want a chance to secure returned tickets.

Saturday 21st May 2016

Geocaching for All

The aim of the walk is to introduce new-comers to the sport of Geocaching. You will be given a brief talk which will explain the sport and what happens when you go Geocaching. We will then head off to investigate some local caches which we will locate by means of pre-programmed GPS units. We will also be using maps and solving the puzzles set by the people who laid the caches. This is ideal for families, not so much a walk as a treasure hunt!

Duration: 4 hrs

Distance: 5 km / 3 miles

Meet: 1.15 pm at Trefriw Village Hall (LL27 0JH, SH781631)

Grade: Moderate

Suitability:     Families/ all ages

Leader:  Peter Hewlett director of Geocaching Wales

Please ensure that you have read the booking information and conditions
before you attend any walks.

Booking now open

Sunday 22nd May 2016

Pot Luck Walk- Sunday 

Every year many people find their first choice of walk is fully booked. This is frustrating for walkers and leaders alike, so please come along on the day and take POT LUCK !

You will have 3 choices

1. Join one of our published walks that have spaces free last minute
2. Join our Pot Luck Walk: A full-day walk led by someone with local knowledge.
3. Take a self guided walk which we will help you select from our Trefriw Trail series of printed walks so you can still enjoy your festival day out. Don’t forget the Cake fest at 4.00pm

Duration:     Suitable for the group

Distance:     Suitable for the group

Meet:            9 am at Trefriw Village Hall (LL27 0JH, SH781631)

Please note that there is a Half Marathon running on the morning of the 22nd which is partially routed through Trefriw. Local roads may be closed from 8 am, and although vehicle access will be available to Walking Festival Participants, you are advised to allow extra time for your journey.

Although there is no need to book a ticket for this event, our general booking conditions still apply so please ensure that you have read the booking information and conditions before you attend any walks.

Sunday 22nd May

Navigation and Knots

Meet at the Village Hall at 8.30am for a brief introduction to navigation skills. Leave the Hall at 9.00, and walk up to Llyn Geirionydd, over the hill, through the forest, and down to Llyn Crafnant. Along the way the participants will get to practice their new found navigation skills. After a break for lunch at Crafnant, there will be a short demonstration on basic rope work appropriate for mountain walkers. Return to Trefriw via the old mine workings at Klondyke in time for the Cake Fest.

Participants will require the OS 1:25000 OL17 map of the area, and a compass,

Duration: All day: 6 hrs

Distance: 13km/8 miles

Meet: 8.30 am at Trefriw Village Hall (LL27 0JH, SH781631)

Walk Leaders: Ann Bradshaw and Andrew Bradshaw, Mountain Leaders

Moderate / Strenuous

Please note that there is a Half Marathon running on the morning of the 22nd which is partially routed through Trefriw. Local roads may be closed from 8 am, and although vehicle access will be available to Walking Festival Participants, you are advised to allow extra time for your journey.

Please ensure that you have read the booking information and conditions
before you attend any walks.

Booking now open

Saturday 21st May 2016

Beneath the Bandages

This easy walk with St John Ambulance Incident volunteers (St John Ambulance Cymru/Wales) shows you how to deal with some of those common mishaps when out walking – stings, grazes, twisted ankles. We then return to the Hall for an ‘insider’ look at how to create simulated casualties for National Emergency Incidents with a chance to have a go ourselves.

Duration:        All day     5hrs

Distance:      5km/3mls

Meet:             10.00am at Trefriw Village Hall (LL27 0JH, SH781631)

Group size:    12

Suitability:     All ages/families

Leader:   Bernard Owen of ‘Snowdonia Safaris’

St John Ambulance Volunteers: Christine Townley, Michael Evans, Louise Fitzgerald

Please ensure that you have read the booking information and conditions
before you attend any walks.

Booking Now Open

Saturday 21st May

Ten Lakes

A full day from Trefriw into the Gwydir Forest visiting 10 of the area’s hidden lakes

Starting and finishing with the largest and best-known lakes in the area – Geirionydd and Crafnant – this long round from Trefriw will visit a total of 10 lakes in the Gwydir Forest, many with history linked to local metal-mining.  Much of the walk is in the upper, elevated part of the forest, offering excellent views of the mountains, The pace will be easy, and uses a lot of good forest tracks, but is rated as mod/strenuous simply by virtue of its length. We will be passing toilets at 2½ miles, 10½ miles and 12½ miles.

Duration: All day 7-8 hrs walking

Distance: 24 km/15 miles

Meet: 9.15 am at Trefriw Village Hall (LL27 0JH, SH781631)

Walk Leaders: Tony Ellis author of four local walking books, and a Voluntary Warden on Snowdon
+++++++++++++Colin Boyd Outdoor education specialist

Grade: Moderate / Strenuous 

Please ensure that you have read the booking information and conditions

before you attend any walks.

Booking now open

Saturday 21st May 2016

Pot Luck Walk- Saturday 

Every year many people find their first choice of walk is fully booked. This is frustrating for walkers and leaders alike, so please come along on the day and take POT LUCK !

You will have 3 choices

1. Join one of our published walks that have spaces free last minute
2. Join our Pot Luck Walk: A full-day walk led by someone with local knowledge.
3. Take a self guided walk which we will help you select from our Trefriw Trail series of printed walks so you can still enjoy your festival day out.

Duration:     Suitable for the group

Distance:     Suitable for the group

Meet:            Saturday 9 am at Trefriw Village Hall (LL27 0JH, SH781631)

Although there is no need to book a ticket for this event, our general booking conditions still apply so please ensure that you have read the booking information and conditions before you attend any walks.

Sunday 22nd May 2016

Gorge Scramble for the Adventurous
Gorge scrambling is a fun filled activity which involves either ascending or descending a gorge up or down water falls, jumps into plunge pools and also slides, in one of the most beautiful and special places in North Wales, the Afon Ddu.

All safety equipment will be provided and 5mm wetsuits, (please supply your size when booking – S,M,L,XL) helmets and harnesses.

Bring swim suit, towel and old pair of trainers/boots you do not mind getting wet.
Duration: Morning 3.5 hrs

Distance: 3km / 2 miles

Meet: 9.00am start from Trefriw Village Hall to get your gear, then take own car or car-share for short journey to  the gorge

Easy/Moderate

Leader: Andy Jones Director Seren Ventures

Please note that there is a Half Marathon running on the morning of the 22nd which is partially routed through Trefriw. Local roads may be closed from 8 am, and although vehicle access will be available to Walking Festival Participants, you are advised to allow extra time for your journey.

Please ensure that you have read the booking information and conditions
before you attend any walks.
Booking now open