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Name: | Glyder Fawr |
Hill number: | 1967 |
Height: | 1000.9m / 3284ft |
RHB Section: | 30B: Snowdonia |
Nuttall/Wainwright area: | The Glyders |
County/UA: | Conwy, Gwynedd |
Catchment: | Conwy, Catchment Boundaries, Ogwen |
Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Furth, Hewitt, Nuttall, High Hills of Britain, Buxton & Lewis, Bridge, Clem (Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim,F,Hew,N,HHB,BL,Bg,Cm,P600,P500) |
Grid ref: | SH 64246 57956 |
Summit feature: | rock tor |
Drop: | 642m |
Col: | 359m SH647556 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 115 (1:25k) OL17W |
Observations: | rock outcrop 40m SSW at SH 64230 57923 is 1.45m lower; all other rock features lower still |
Survey: | Abney level/Leica 530 Survey of Glyder Fawr (Final).doc |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 1503 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Cambrian Way Stage 20 | Rob Rees | 07/03/2024 |
Today, I joined Karen Webber, Richard Moore and Jason Fulton for the three Furths on the Glyders circuit. 
 
Parking at Llyn Ogwen, we ascended Tryfan (917m), one of the more iconic hills in Wales. Richard and Jason tackled the Canon Stone for a cool picture. The ascent of Tryfan was almost continual scrambling, which was quite draining, but once I ontop Richard bravely (stupidly....) jumped between Adam and Eve, the two stone boulders making the summit. I chose to stand next to Adam, the highest point. 
 
The descent off Tryfan wasn't fun and the easiest ascent up Glyder Fach (994m), took us up a scree path, rather than Bristly Ridge (I couldn't handle more scrambing). 
 
Walking over to Glyder Fawr (1000m) for the final hill of the day, then descended down into Cwm Iwdal, then back to the car, 8:30hrs all in. 
 
This is the final day of the OMC trip to Snowdonia, I bagged seven Furths, with only three of the fifteen Welsh Furths now remaining. | chillyman8 | 23/09/2023 |
Via Seniors Gully & Ridge | Arbie | 18/09/2023 |
Day one of Dragons Back Race | emily | 04/09/2023 |
Ogwen > Llyn Idwal > Glyder Fawr > Glyder Fach > Cwm Bochlwyd > Ogwen | JPW | 09/07/2023 |
Via the Devil's Kitchen with Beyond the Edge mountain skills course | Jael Break | 22/06/2023 |
DBR recce | emily | 17/06/2023 |
From Ogwen Cottage. Via Devil's Kitchen. Glyder Fawr, Glyder Fach. Descended via Tryfan Slopes. | Patrick Molloy | 10/06/2023 |
https://strava.app.link/kuCIkRadrAb | John | 06/06/2023 |
Y Gribin, Castell Y Gwynt, Glyder Fach, Glyder Fawr, Devil's Kitchen | Barns150 | 30/04/2023 |
With Ben on a 3-day backpack over the Welsh 3000ft peaks from Llanfairfechan to Pen-y-pass | alistairpooler | 16/04/2023 |
w/ Josella | dhulmes | 09/04/2023 |
With Gary, then solo to Y Garn. | paulh79 | 02/04/2023 |
From Ogwen Valley. Glyder Fach, Castell Y Gwynt, Glyder Fawr, Y Garn and Foel Goch. | alunrees40 | 12/02/2023 |
service bus from Llanberis to Pen y Pass to begin climb. still, clear and sunny, outstanding views, visisted each of 3 summit outcrops just to make sure | richardrosser | 18/10/2022 |
Glyder Fawr, Glyder Fach | keithouk | 28/08/2022 |
Ascent from Y Garn 
Weather changed to dense mist at the summit with high winds and poor visibility, better weather through the descent. | SophieJPugsley | 19/08/2022 |
Another adventure with Chris and Nathan. After camping in up by Lynn Idwall, we packed up camp and had an awesome morning scrambling up the north face of Tryfan. All of us jumped A&E. After heading down the south ridge, the weather came in a little, with fog and drizzle, so we abandoned Bristly ridge, and headed east along the Miner's Track (another one!) above Cwm Gwern y Gof the onto the east ridge of the Glyder range. After getting to the top of Glyder Fach, successfully locating the cantilever, we walked along the range to the base Castell Y Gwynt for some lunch in the sun. With a bit of itchy feet, I scrambled around the Castell when waiting for the others. A nice stroll along the top to Glyder Fawr, getting a few pics of the stegosaurus and the Llanberis valley then heading down the scree to the top of Devils Kitchen. Onne last slog up Y Garn, then down it's NE ridge (where some flags where set up for an upcoming ultra), quick v cold dip in Llyn Clyd to complete the loop in the r | ByronHaywood | 01/07/2022 |
Glyder loop from Ogwen cottage | Iam_JoshEdwards | 24/04/2022 |
Y Garn and Glyder Fawr from the Ogwen Valley. | alunrees39 | 24/04/2022 |
Up from the parking at a5, 4 Marilyn's, finishing with Tryfan and back down to car, 9hrs 20.74km | Stevooo | 26/02/2022 |
A horrendous misty and foggy trip to the summit, but a beautiful climb and descent on Devil's Kitchen | Iam_JoshEdwards | 26/09/2021 |
UTS 50k: Moel Siabod, Clogwyn Bwlch-y-maen, Carnedd y Cribau, Glyder Fawr, Y Garn, 	Pen yr Ole Wen, Carnedd Dafydd, Carnedd Llewelyn, Pen yr Helgi Du, Mynydd Deulyn. Totally savage race but incredible. 19th woman. | Fionalevey | 11/09/2021 |
https://www.walkingbritain.co.uk/walk-2650-description | bdougherty | 04/09/2021 |
Parked Gorn gof uchaf, up Tryfan North ridge, on to Glyder Fach, via Castell y Gwent to Glyder Fawr. Retrace steps to contour around Glyder Fach and on to y Foel Goch and Gallt yr Ogof, descending via spur to Gorn gif Uchaf. | andrew.morel | 02/08/2021 |
Glorious sunny day | MrD | 15/07/2021 |
ridge walk with K but Castell Y Gwynt 972m/no.3662 was inadvertently missed | Fabioski | 02/07/2021 |
Ascent via North Ridge from A5 at SH 6633 6028,to Tryfan, onto Tryfan Far South Peak then up to Glyder Fach via scree at side of Bristly Ridge, on to Castell Y Gwynt. (Well worth the scramble - this peak is deceptive when approaching from this direction and only looks like a small pile of jagged rock but opens out into the most spectacular climb once you're on it - on to Glyder Fawr and descent via Devil's kitchen and Llyn Idwal. A great, tough day, especially in the heat but a lot of great scrambling. | lindslow | 13/06/2021 |
From Glyder Fach. Then doubled back to descend via Y Gribin | thomasrandall96 | 30/05/2021 |
From layby on the A5. Tryfan, Tryfan far South peak, Glyder Fach, Castell Y Gwynt, Glyder Fawr and Y Garn. Absolutely amazing day! | WelshMountainGoat38 | 30/03/2021 |
From the A5. Bochlwyd horseshoe taking in Tryfan, far south peak, Bristly Ridge, Glyder Fach, Castell Y Gwynt and Glyder Fawr before descending via Y Gribin. Great day in great conditions. | alunrees37 | 12/07/2020 |
Rocky summit ,rocks were covered in ice crystals at the time | freethehilltops | 28/10/2019 |
To Cwm Bochlwyd, then false Gribin to the football field, then the true Gribin onto Glyder Fawr, back down into Cwm Cneifion, then into Cwm Idwal | ByronHaywood | 18/09/2019 |
Llanberis - Capel Curig Glyders Traverse. Perfect weather! | twg27 | 18/09/2019 |
Parked at YHA on A5 at Llyn Ogwen. Up to col between Glyder Fach and Tryfan. Up Bristly ridge onto Glyder Fach and onto Glyder Fawr. On to Y Garn and Elidir Fawr. Descended to starting point via East ridge of Y Garn. | raffemeister | 27/08/2019 |
with Krixm, Nick, Zoe, Charlotte and Becca (F15 fighter pilot).. Boiling day, very toug technical walk Tryfan north ridge, bristley ridge, and two gliders, down through devil's kitchen | James Burrows | 24/08/2019 |
Mist came back & made the scree slog from Llyn y Cwn almost bearable! Think mist almost meant we had to get the compass out. Rather Modorish in the light. | DanMaisieBex | 23/08/2019 |
Up from llyn ogwen via y gribin. Walk from Glyder Fach across the summits to Y Garn. Back down Devils Kitchen. | noxibis | 07/07/2019 |
Ridge Walk | IANL | 07/07/2019 |
After we did Y Garn. | axoree | 16/06/2019 |
Ascent from Ogwen up via the Devil's Kitchen. Drizzle and misty to begin with, brightening up later. | brandybordeaux | 01/06/2019 |
DB Race day 1 | milejunkie | 20/05/2019 |
not as impressive as the earlier mountains even if it is the highest one. | rossdrummond | 18/05/2019 |
welshe | 12/05/2019 | |
with Selevyn amd large group in cloudy weather | Denise | 05/05/2019 |
Up from Nant Peris then the full length of the Glyders to Capel Curig and back on the bus - a great day out. | atreides7887 | 04/05/2019 |
Pen y Pass, Above Llyn Cwmffynnon, Glyder Fawr, below Castell y Gwynt, Cantilever rock, Glyder Fach, Miners path. 
 
Completely missed the path between the rocks at Glyder Fach, so ended up climbing over very rocky ground and then nearly ended going down Bwlch Tryfan, but a combination of a warning in the guide book and talking to people going down that way put us right. | WaggaWagg | 04/05/2019 |
Run with Adam | PaulE | 04/05/2019 |
From Ogwen Cottage via Llyn Bochlwyd, Glyder Fach. | philroyle | 28/04/2019 |
Biked to Nant Peris, walked over hills back to Nan-y-pass. Heatwave day, very busy. | Rounsfell | 20/04/2019 |