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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)ByDate of Ascent
Up from ogwen via east. Decending Twll Du.Yr Eryr Aur24/03/2024
with YFabioski12/02/2024
Up Y Garn then down through Devils KitchenThomasSmith_0710/12/2023
with KFabioski10/10/2023
From Ogwen Valley. Foel-Goch and Y Garn. 11.5km with 860m of ascent in 3hrs52m.alunrees198307/10/2023
From Nant Peris: Elidir Fawr, Mynydd Perfedd, Carnedd y Filast, N Top, Foel Goch, Y Garn (revisit). With Kev and Nick.sebastiencale12/07/2023
https://strava.app.link/kuCIkRadrAbJohn06/06/2023
Got the bus up to Ogwen Cottage from Bethesda, and walked back along the ridge. Day of glorious sunshine!andrewroberts03/06/2023
With Ben on a 3-day backpack over the Welsh 3000ft peaks from Llanfairfechan to Pen-y-passalistairpooler17/04/2023
With Gary to Glyder Fawr, then solo to Y Garn.paulh7902/04/2023
From Ogwen Valley. Glyder Fach, Castell Y Gwynt, Glyder Fawr, Y Garn and Foel Goch.alunrees4012/02/2023
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.paulh7905/01/2023
Y Garn via Devil's kitchen in winter conditions.alunrees4011/12/2022
Up via Devil's Kitchen descent down the nose on a very wet and windy day.sebastiencale29/10/2022
From Pen-y-Pass, clear, still and sunny. unusual inset fitting at summit, looks like a form of trigpoint.richardrosser18/10/2022
East ridge grade 2 scramble Good weather and some lovely variation of possible routesSophieJPugsley19/08/2022
Lyn Ogwen to Devil’s Kitchen. Up Y Garn. Descended n/e ridge. Down to Llyn Idwal. Perfect conditions.Patrick Molloy06/08/2022
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.richard6916/07/2022
Carnedd y Filiast North Top, Carnedd y Filiast, Mynydd Perfedd, Foel Goch, Y Garn a Elidir Fawr.sionbrit09/07/2022
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 rByronHaywood01/07/2022
Cwm Dudodyn RoundArbie04/05/2022
Y Garn and Glyder Fawr from the Ogwen Valley.alunrees3924/04/2022
Up from the parking at a5, 4 Marilyn's, finishing with Tryfan and back down to car, 9hrs 20.74kmStevooo26/02/2022
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.Fionalevey11/09/2021
https://www.walkingbritain.co.uk/walk-2650-descriptionbdougherty04/09/2021
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.morel03/08/2021
with KFabioski01/08/2021
And many more timesHelenOs28/06/2021
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.stephenbuda13/06/2021
Up NE ridge - Down Twll Du (Devil's Kitchen)JHes30/04/2021
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.andydgreen106/04/2021
From layby on the A5. Tryfan, Tryfan far South peak, Glyder Fach, Castell Y Gwynt, Glyder Fawr and Y Garn. Absolutely amazing day!WelshMountainGoat3830/03/2021
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!DanTrig15/09/2020
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.Stuzinho12/09/2020
Steep climb up but what viewsDawnY2431/08/2020
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.alunrees3726/07/2020
Ascent via Devil's Kitchen.philroyle04/01/2020
From Nant Peris over Y Garn and down to Nant PerisIWC30/11/2019
-freethehilltops28/10/2019
Bonus after Elidir Fawr. With Rebekah & Delilah.simonjallen24/10/2019
Walk up from Llyn Ogwendc9628/09/2019
Llanberis - Capel Curig Glyders Traverse. Perfect weather!twg2718/09/2019
Climbed through Devil's Kitchen and back to Ogwen CottageIam_JoshEdwards14/09/2019
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.raffemeister27/08/2019
Third peak of the day. The sun had burnt off the cloud earlier, but more was rising so the views were intermittent. Glyders next.DanMaisieBex23/08/2019
Descent from Glyder Fawr, long pause on ascent before some chocolate on summit, final peak of the day.petrhowrth17/08/2019
Up from llyn ogwen via y gribin. Walk from Glyder Fach across the summits to Y Garn. Back down Devils Kitchen.noxibis07/07/2019
Ridge WalkIANL07/07/2019
Y Farm and Glyder Fawr today. Didn't rain much! With Nathan.axoree16/06/2019
With Selvyn and large group from Idwal cottageDenise 05/05/2019