From UMHC Hiking Guide
| Carnedd Dafydd | ||
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| [[Image:|280px]] Carnedd Dafydd is a mountain peak in the Carneddau range in Snowdonia, north Wales, and is the third highest peak in Wales, or the fourth if Crib y Ddysgl on the Snowdon ridge is counted. Situated south-west of Carnedd Llewelyn and north of Pen yr Ole Wen, Carnedd Dafydd is on the main ridge of the Carneddau, and on the border between Gwynedd and Conwy. | ||
| Location: | Snowdonia, Wales | |
| Summits: | {{{Summits}}} | |
| Map Coverage: | OS Explorer OL17, BMC mountain map Snowdonia | |
| Summit Grid Ref.: | SH662630 | |
| Prominence: | 1044 m | |
| Listing: | Welsh 3000s | |
Carnedd Dafydd is usually climbed by first ascending Pen yr Ole Wen and then following the ridge along to Carnedd Dafydd. though it is also possible to make a direct ascent from Tal y Llyn Ogwen, first following the stream, Afon Lloer, to the mountain lake of Ffynnon Lloer then climbing up the slope to the summit as little Dave did on the 2007 Capel trip.
Like most of the summits in the southern Carneddau, it has a flat, boulder-strewn summit plateau. Immediately to the north lie the crags of Ysgolion Duon, well-known to climbers.
The origin of its name, which translates as Dafydd's (or David's) cairn, like that of its neighbouring peak, Carnedd Llewelyn (Llywelyn's cairn), is the subject of some confusion.
