North Wales natural trail conditions (again) for this time next week

Sorry another trails conditions thread…

Off to North Wales this time next week. Was planning on doing Snowdon, but, erm, looking at the trail conditions / snow reports that might not be a good idea!

So will need to do some re-planning of plans

Looking at other threads it looks like Penmachno might be OK given a chance to thaw a bit this week, and CYB sounds like it might be OK too.
I don’t really rate it, but what about the Marin?

Don’t really just want to do trail centres though. What of the natural stuff in the area though? Being a bit more coastal, how is Cadair Idris looking? What about the trails round the Pont Scethin area?

We are staying near Betws y coed – how are the local trails around there looking?

Thanks for any advice

facebook search “penmachno mountain bike trails”

their post today:-

“OK, so the trails are still pretty snow-bound. Although the sunny sections are virtually clear, there are still a lot of sections that have snow, especially the wooded sections. We’ll go with Eric’s split of 60% pushing & 40% riding. We just need the temp to rise a bit to melt the snow! Definitely Penmuchsnow…..”

mate went walking around Cowlyd area yesterday (thurs), from his piccies still looks pretty bogged up with the white stuff round there.

Marin Trail facebook page 27th Marcch update..

“One of the local Forestry Commission Staff said “The forest Roads are bad up on the Pen Y Parc and I struggled getting up last Saturday. There is 6inch of snow on the Roads and Marin singletracks are treacherous. Also, there was another inch of snow last night. I`ve cancelled a night ride tonight as well because of the conditions, sorry no Pics.” So things are tricky if you are trying to ride the Marin trail this week.”

might’ve changed since though..

here’s how it looked across Ogwen Valley yesterday, Cowlyd and capel are out of picture to the behind and to the right of that big lump (Pen Llithrig Y Wrach)
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cheers Kevevs, much appreciated