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Name: | Y Garn |
Hill number: | 1972 |
Height: | 947m / 3107ft |
RHB Section: | 30B: Snowdonia |
Nuttall/Wainwright area: | The Glyders |
County/UA: | Gwynedd |
Catchment: | Ogwen, Catchment Boundaries, Seiont |
Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Furth, Hewitt, Nuttall, High Hills of Britain, Buxton & Lewis, Bridge, Clem, Trail 100 (Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim,F,Hew,N,HHB,BL,Bg,Cm,T100) |
Grid ref: | SH 63092 59572 |
Summit feature: | cairn/shelter |
Drop: | 235m |
Col: | 712m SH635584 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 115 (1:25k) OL17W |
Survey: | Abney level |
Comments: | Added to Trail 100 list Jan 2020 |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 1262 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Up from ogwen via east. Decending Twll Du. | Yr Eryr Aur | 24/03/2024 |
with Y | Fabioski | 12/02/2024 |
Up Y Garn then down through Devils Kitchen | ThomasSmith_07 | 10/12/2023 |
with K | Fabioski | 10/10/2023 |
From Ogwen Valley. Foel-Goch and Y Garn. 11.5km with 860m of ascent in 3hrs52m. | alunrees1983 | 07/10/2023 |
From Nant Peris: Elidir Fawr, Mynydd Perfedd, Carnedd y Filast, N Top, Foel Goch, Y Garn (revisit). With Kev and Nick. | sebastiencale | 12/07/2023 |
https://strava.app.link/kuCIkRadrAb | John | 06/06/2023 |
Got the bus up to Ogwen Cottage from Bethesda, and walked back along the ridge. Day of glorious sunshine! | andrewroberts | 03/06/2023 |
With Ben on a 3-day backpack over the Welsh 3000ft peaks from Llanfairfechan to Pen-y-pass | alistairpooler | 17/04/2023 |
With Gary to Glyder Fawr, 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 |
Start at SH 593, 631, rough post code LL55 3NA. 
Circular route; Elidir Fach, Elidir Fawr, Y Garn, Foel-Goch, Mynydd Perfedd & Carnedd y Filiast. | paulh79 | 05/01/2023 |
Y Garn via Devil's kitchen in winter conditions. | alunrees40 | 11/12/2022 |
Up via Devil's Kitchen descent down the nose on a very wet and windy day. | sebastiencale | 29/10/2022 |
From Pen-y-Pass, clear, still and sunny. unusual inset fitting at summit, looks like a form of trigpoint. | richardrosser | 18/10/2022 |
East ridge grade 2 scramble 
Good weather and some lovely variation of possible routes | SophieJPugsley | 19/08/2022 |
Lyn Ogwen to Devil’s Kitchen. Up Y Garn. Descended n/e ridge. Down to Llyn Idwal. Perfect conditions. | Patrick Molloy | 06/08/2022 |
From campsite below Tryfan, up E ridge of Y Garn, then along to Foel Goch, Mynydd Perfedd, Carnedd y Filiast and Elidir Fawr. Return via contour path to Y Garn and Devil's Kitchen. Warm and sunny. | richard69 | 16/07/2022 |
Carnedd y Filiast North Top, Carnedd y Filiast, Mynydd Perfedd, Foel Goch, Y Garn a Elidir Fawr. | sionbrit | 09/07/2022 |
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 |
Cwm Dudodyn Round | Arbie | 04/05/2022 |
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 |
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 |
Park Ogwen Valley up via Devil's kitchen to YbGarn, contour round to join ridge path to Elidir Fawr, back to Carnedd Filiast and back over Foel Goch. Descent via Y LlynLlwyd. | andrew.morel | 03/08/2021 |
with K | Fabioski | 01/08/2021 |
And many more times | HelenOs | 28/06/2021 |
20 miles 4753ft walk. Start at Dinas Farm campsite, Penisarallt, follow Slate Trail to Cym Ceunant, take path up to Carnedd-Y-Filiast, Mynydd Perfedd, Foel Goch, Y-Garn and Elidir Fawr down to Marchlyn Reservoir back to Penisarallt. | stephenbuda | 13/06/2021 |
Up NE ridge - Down Twll Du (Devil's Kitchen) | JHes | 30/04/2021 |
Very wintery conditions with snow in valley to summit, sunny one moment, gales and snowfall the next. No ice and no need for crampons. Excellent day. Took ridge path and back same way, with the snow and gales, chose not to descend the Devil's Kitchen. | andydgreen1 | 06/04/2021 |
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 |
7 mile circular from car park at Nant Peris which was very busy with people flocking to Snowdon, we headed away from the crowds and along the road with useful little side path to Gwastadnant, from here we followed nice, clear but very steep path up to col between Y Garn and Glyder Fawr, then ascended Y Garn's summit, on top we were greeted by a swarm of flies, we headed on quickly descending then easily ascending grassy Foel-Goch, from here we followed faint and sometimes non existant path by Cwm Gafr back down to Nant Peris, this path got easier as we headed out of access land. Perfectly clear and sunny weather but no breeze made for very thirsty walking, hardly anyone about strangely, they were all on Snowdon! | DanTrig | 15/09/2020 |
Up from Nant Peris, hard slog to shoulder between Elidir Fawr and Y Garn, then onto summit and down via Devil's Kitchen to Ogwen. | Stuzinho | 12/09/2020 |
Steep climb up but what views | DawnY24 | 31/08/2020 |
From Nant Peris. Circular of the Western Glyders taking in Y Garn, Foel-Goch, Mynydd Perfedd, Carnedd Y Filiast, Carnedd Y Filiast North Top and Elidir Fawr. | alunrees37 | 26/07/2020 |
Ascent via Devil's Kitchen. | philroyle | 04/01/2020 |
From Nant Peris over Y Garn and down to Nant Peris | IWC | 30/11/2019 |
- | freethehilltops | 28/10/2019 |
Bonus after Elidir Fawr. With Rebekah & Delilah. | simonjallen | 24/10/2019 |
Walk up from Llyn Ogwen | dc96 | 28/09/2019 |
Llanberis - Capel Curig Glyders Traverse. Perfect weather! | twg27 | 18/09/2019 |
Climbed through Devil's Kitchen and back to Ogwen Cottage | Iam_JoshEdwards | 14/09/2019 |
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 |
Third peak of the day. The sun had burnt off the cloud earlier, but more was rising so the views were intermittent. Glyders next. | DanMaisieBex | 23/08/2019 |
Descent from Glyder Fawr, long pause on ascent before some chocolate on summit, final peak of the day. | petrhowrth | 17/08/2019 |
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 |
Y Farm and Glyder Fawr today. Didn't rain much! With Nathan. | axoree | 16/06/2019 |
With Selvyn and large group from Idwal cottage | Denise | 05/05/2019 |