OREAD MOUNTAINEERING CLUB HUTS

 For over 60 years the Oread Club has been very active, climbing and mountaineering in the Peak District and North Wales.  We have mountaineering huts in Derbyshire and in Snowdonia, which our members and guests visit regularly on official and unofficial meets.  They are also regularly hired by other clubs for mountaineering, climbing, walking and other outdoor activities. 

Tan Yr Wyddfa   -   Our Welsh Hut in the Heart of Snowdonia

 Tan Yr Wyddfa our mountaineering hut in Snowdonia, is at Rhyd Ddu.  On a clear day you can see the top of Snowdon and you can walk from here all the way to the summit on the well marked Rhyd Ddu path. 

The hut is also a superb base for walks onto the Nantlle ridge, Moel Hebog, Mynydd Mawr and Yr Aran.  There is a pub, a café and a Welsh Highland Railway station close by.  The shops, restaurants and pubs of Beddgelert are only five miles away. The hut is well placed for rock climbing in Snowdonia anywhere - being within easy driving distance of Tremadog, the Moelwyns, the Llanberis pass and most other popular mountains crags and paths within central Snowdonia.  Even Gogarth is only an hour’s drive away.   When we climb on Cloggy, we walk there!  

The hut is fitted with electrical storage heaters, which makes it comfortable.  It has four bedrooms and sleeps 22 people in bunk beds.  One room (with 6 beds) is always reserved exclusively for use by Oread members – leaving up to 16 beds available for hire by other clubs. 

 There are three toilets and both men’s and women’s washrooms with showers.  The kitchen is fully equipped with gas cookers, microwave oven, electrical kettles, hot water boiler and toasters, plus all the necessary cooking utensils, crockery and cutlery.  The dining room is adjacent to the kitchen.  There is also a good-sized utility room with fridges, food storage racks and a drying room for wet clothes.  We have a large lounge with an open fire.  Wood and coal are supplied.  Outside there is a lockable bike shed, wood store and coal bunker.

 We have our own car park adjacent to the hut, which accommodates 10 cars. 

Booking  Tan yr wyddfa

All bookings should be made through the Hut Booking secretary.   All bank holiday weekends are reserved for Oread Club use – as is the summer holiday period, from mid-July to the end of August.  Visiting clubs must have a legitimate interest in outdoor activities.

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