Llyn Crafnant - Llyn Geirionydd

Lake Crafnant: a 63 acre natural mountain lake high in
Gwydyr, Snowdonia National Park.

Llyn Crafnant lies in a valley in North Wales where the northern edge of the Gwydir Forest meets lower slopes of the Carneddau mountains. The head of the valley offers a profile of crags, and many people regard the lake as one of the most beautiful spots in North Wales.

Crafnant takes its name from “craf”, an old Welsh word for garlic and “nant”, stream. Even today the valley of Afon Crafnant smells of wild garlic when it flowers.

The lake can be reached by car only from Trefriw via the B5106 in the Conwy valley, though many visitors walk there from the neighbouring lake of Llyn Geirionydd, which runs parallel to it, but a mile distant, the two being separated by Mynydd Deulyn. Walkers also approach the lake from Capel Curig.

There is a Forestry Commission car park with toilets, reached just before the lake itself, and the lakeside cafe, open Easter until late summer. The lake is a popular fishing spot. From the cafe it is possible to hire boats for fishing or for pleasure.

Private boating and swimming is not permitted.

The lake is a reservoir, and was dammed at its north end in 1874, but the dam itself is barely visible as the outflow plunges down steeply. By the outflow is an obelisk, erected in 1896 by the inhabitants of Llanrwst which commemorates the gift of this lake with 19 acres of landfrom a local land owner.

The River Crafnant ("Afon Crafnant" in Welsh) joins the River Conwy in Trefriw.

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Llyn Geirionydd lies in a valley in North Wales where the north edge of the Gwydyr Forest meets the lower slopes of the Carneddau mountains. The lake is almost a mile long and covers 45 acres, but is never deeper than 50 ft. Access is not easy by any route, but this has not stopped the lake being the only one designated in Snowdonia to permit power boats and water skiing. Afon Geirionydd, the outflow of Llyn Geirionydd flows down a steep gorge, popular for gorge walking.

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