A very nice gill scramble. Grade 3 and approximately 200m long. Park as for reservoir and follow the main road up towards higher reservoir. Gill is on your right.

A better discritption exists in the roc ...

Blackden Brook is Accessed from the A57 'Snake Pass' road and is the obvious wide gulley to the left of The Wicken above Blagden Barn running SW from OS 131895.

The scrambling occurs if you stick ...

The Geirionydd Gorge lies in the hills to the north of Betws y Coed. The route offers a hard start followed by easy walking up a scenic gorge.

Old lead mines surround the gorge and offer some tunnel ...

Willdboar Cough Car parking is available at Torside SK 068981.

From the back the car park you reach the Trans pennine Bridleway follow this 150 metres to where a footpath is is clearly marked Wildboar ...