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Name: | Foel Offrwm |
Hill number: | 2082 |
Height: | 405m / 1329ft |
RHB Section: | 30D: Barmouth to Betws-y-Coed and Bala |
Nuttall/Wainwright area: | The Arenigs |
County/UA: | Gwynedd |
Catchment: | Mawddach |
Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Tump (400-499m), Clem (Ma,Hu,Tu,4,Cm) |
Grid ref: | SH 74987 20991 |
Summit feature: | SW corner of large square cairn |
Drop: | 236m |
Col: | 169m SH760220 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 124 (1:25k) OL18W |
Observations: | knoll 10m W at SH 74976 20994 may be as high |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 228 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
As others parked at precipice walk car park and followed signs, but also followed a3.5 mile route across peak, down to southern edge where route meets the bigger circular track. Wet and no visibility. Good to see a junior school party up there! With Mo. | gbeniston | 12/03/2024 |
Excellent parking, and toilets, at SH745212. No nav skills needed. Aided upwards, and braked downwards, by substantial transfer of momentum from high speed dense fog | Isbjorn | 02/02/2024 |
From Precipice walk car park following good track wound it’s way uphill to large cairn. | PeterD | 03/09/2023 |
An easy walk up from the free carpark at 7454 2117. | Peterb | 17/04/2023 |
https://www.strava.com/activities/8862186778 | Sleepwa1ker | 08/04/2023 |
Path from car park, round to north and east side | jef | 26/03/2023 |
Out and back from the precipice walk car park. | Moorponder | 17/10/2022 |
By bike from Dolgellau. | davechaffey | 17/10/2022 |
With JG from car park to the west. | Alan Caine | 14/10/2022 |
Parked at Precipice car park. With Gmac guiding from behind, followed the route up. All straightforward! | elizyanne | 15/07/2022 |
From Precipice walk carpark up signed path. Then precipice walk | Flatfield | 25/04/2022 |
5.3 mile walk from Precipice Walk car park. We crossed road and then followed the main track north-west until a good path not marked on the OS maps signposted to Foel Offrwm Gopa came off. This leads nicely up to the big square cairn on summit. Lovely views from a small hill especially of Cadair Idris. We then retraced our steps to the car park and did the Precipice walk circuit. We were too tired to climb onto Foel Cynwch's pathless summit after climbing 880m on Manod Mawr earlier that day. The precipice walk is very easy with not much ascent. Sunny and fairly warm conditions. A few people about on the walk. | DanTrig | 25/04/2022 |
From Precipice Walk car park following signs to Foel Offrwm Copa. 1.8 miles under 1hr round trip. Really pleasant hill. | JulieB | 03/01/2022 |
Revisit for trig block which is on lower S summit. Bright day, chilly wind. From car park to W | RHW | 05/12/2021 |
Foel Offrwm from GR: SH 74569 21184, track round to North Ridge and then up. | ronaldo333 | 17/10/2021 |
Foel Offrwm from GR: SH 74569 21184 | Hippster | 17/10/2021 |
Cracking little hill with views to four different mountain ranges. Parked at the Precipice walk trail head and up the signed path from here makes a lovely easy hill on our long journey home. | nickywood1 | 23/09/2021 |
Impromptu after aborting camping trip over forgotten sleeping bag. Some sun, stiff breeze, clouds. | Rounsfell | 11/07/2021 |
With Sue | Phreerunner | 10/07/2021 |
Lovely climb on good path from public car park with toilets SH 745211. Operated SOTA (Ham Radio) from summit. Fabulous views on a sunny day. | G4OBK (Phil) | 15/06/2021 |
Lovely little stroll up to summit. Windy but a good view. Company: Mrs D. | iandesbottes | 11/03/2020 |
From car park to west. Up the way marked path. 1/4 Marilyn | N.Morters | 18/01/2020 |
Pont Fronwydd - Dduallt - Rhobell Fawr - Cerniau - Cerniau W Top - Moel y Llan - Foel Offrwm - Dolgellau. | Mark Jackson | 30/08/2019 |
From car park NE along path which contours around the hill to the foot of the north ridge. Then up zig-zag path to the summit. Return by same route. Excellent views. | Winterfloodian | 31/03/2019 |
From the Precipice Walk carpark (SH 7457 2114). Took the permissive path south for 150m then straight up steep grassy, heathery, dead-brackeny slope to over-sized square cairn at top. ***Revisited 14 Oct 2022, from same car park but more sedate route... track all the way. | jonglew | 07/10/2018 |
From Precipice CP turning R along good path - at the first opportunity I made a direct ascent weaving through bracken (on grass), then some incipient animal/people paths through heather & gorse. Fine little hill. An embedded rock with about a 0.6m projection from ground, on SE side of large cuboid cairn, may well mark the summit. Good summit views. | ger | 29/09/2018 |
2/4 Marilyn day. Foel Offrwm from the Precipice Walk car park. A round trip of 3.8km in 1 hour. (S) | silveracorn_alan | 23/09/2018 |
Route as described by Gill, though we varied it a bit by keeping nearer the wall on the way up and descending a bit further W. Paths all the way. We also enjoyed fine views on an afternoon of improving weather. With brother, Pete- his second ascent! | pwheeler | 09/09/2018 |
Found the OS Surface Block whilst on top. | Dusty | 11/05/2018 |
From Precipice car park, around to north ridge. Steep and short. | Topographer57 | 09/05/2018 |
A sneaky last Marilyn on the way home. Parked at the Precipice walk car park (free), over the road, through the gate and S up the new path until a decent grassy path heads NNE through the dead bracken, and contours ever upwards round to the N side of the hill to pick up a good path, grassy, and then mown heather all the way to the top. An easy and pleasant walk, sadly with views curtailed by mist at the top. | Gill | 18/02/2018 |
From Precipice walk cp. Excellent views. | ngthack | 15/02/2018 |
6/6 (Moel Heulen/Mynydd Cwmeidden/Godre Fynydd/Mynydd Fron-Fraith/Ceiswyn/Foel Offrwm) | Fergalh | 04/11/2017 |
Parked in the Precipice Car Park as others describe. A new path has been constructed up this hill by the NT. In fact when we came back down we met the man who was doing the work and described the tools used to cut a path through the heather. Another good Marilyn giving good views for not too much effort. | Father Ted | 06/10/2017 |
From Precipice car park with RW on way to bridge opening in Dinas Mawddwy. Fine hill with good all round views to higher surrounding hills. | JohnIvor | 04/08/2017 |
Parked at Precipice Car Park - cross the road through the gate and the slopes of Foel Offrwm rise steeply above. We zig - zag our way to the ancient summit fort and square cairn just as the mist clears to give a stunning view. Pick up the second lower ancient fort as we return, then down very steep slopes following the wall back to the car. A quiet hill everybody goes the other way. | briandavies | 12/03/2017 |
From Precipice Walk car park: Foel Offrwm - Foel Cynwch - Foel Faner - Fedw Felen. | Tony J | 04/03/2017 |
With Trefor. From car park. North along track then straight up to summit | mike.hoult | 29/11/2016 |
From Precipice walk car park along track then up, returned same way. | Rob50 | 23/11/2016 |
Got up ok to superb views from massive square solid cairn at top but could not find what are only sketchy paths back down and ended up scrambling down very steep slopes covered in bracken and gorse- not pleasant | Mark Sims | 16/06/2016 |
From Precipice Walk car park out track and path to wall then up north ridge to summit. Returned same way. | SS | 30/04/2016 |
Final marilyn of 5 today. 
From Precipice carpark. Pretty much a straight up assault. Hard work this late in the day but well worth it for the stunning vista. Sun setting behind the end of the Rhinog ridge.Snowy Cad Idris lit up in reds and purples.. A real corker of a hill and a great place to test your hill i.d. skills. 
Whoever built the cairn...fair play! | stig_nest | 28/02/2016 |
Revisited for Lorna Smith's HoF entry. | Smudge | 15/11/2015 |
With Lorna on her 600th Marilyn | SteveG | 15/11/2015 |
A repeat to help Lorna Smith enter the Marilyn Hall of Fame. Too windy to feel the champagne tickling my nose. | Martin R | 15/11/2015 |
Lorna Smith's 600th Marilyn party | Denise | 15/11/2015 |
Lorna Smith's 600th Marilyn group of twelve of us.Surprisingly after a short squall as we parked it then stayed dry for the walk although very strong winds on top. | vegibagger | 15/11/2015 |
Everything a Marilyn should be - short, sharp steep and stunning views. Climbed at dusk on return from work trip to N Wales. Take faint path immediately after gate on the track to North, for quickest route up. | huwthomas | 20/10/2015 |
from big CP with bog to S. Head E for 250m. Immediately after you leave the trees, there is a path through the bracken and gorse to a lovely summit. | Thearlaichdubh | 18/09/2015 |
From Precipice Walk car park follow track across road and ascend hill when you can. Sketchy path becomes obvious marked by small wooden stakes. | climbingkershaw | 07/09/2015 |