Walking

Walk through this beautiful and varied landscape

Footpaths and tracks are immediately accessible from the grounds of Esgair holiday cottages and provide excellent walking access to the surrounding countryside.

A wealth of information is available on the Snowdonia National Park website: http://www.eryri-npa.co.uk/ and this is a good place to start gathering information on both leisure walks and mountain walks.

A number of leisure walks are close by: Torrent Walk; Glyn Aran Walk and Precipice Walk; all are around the area of the town of Dolgellau which is about 14 miles from Esgair.

www.dolgellau.net/postcards/torrent.html
The Dolgellau website has an interesting collection of old postcards showing the Torrent Walk:

Postcard from Dolgellau website

Also within easy reach are a number of mountain walks,. The Minffordd Path starts from the Dôl Idris car park which is just after the junction of the A487 and the B4405 Dolgellau to Tywyn road. The start point of this walk is also about 14 miles from Esgair.

The Snowdonia National Park website gives the walk as a moderate grade with a return distance of six miles and a return duration of about 5 hours. Grid Ref. - SH 732116

Ascent of Cadair Idris from Minffordd

www.walkingbritain.co.uk

WALK 204 Cadair Idris from Minffordd, Snowdonia

Length : 6 miles - 10 km

Ascent : 2885 ft - 875 m

Grade : Moderate/Hard

Image and walk details from Walking Britain website which has all the details and required maps.

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