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| Name: | Foel Cynwch |
| Hill number: | 5174 |
| Height: | 326m / 1070ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2082 Foel Offrwm |
| RHB Section: | 30D: Barmouth to Betws-y-Coed and Bala |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | The Arenigs |
| County/UA: | Gwynedd |
| Catchment: | Mawddach |
| Class: | Hump, Tump (300-399m), Clem (Hu,Tu,3,Cm) |
| Grid ref: | SH 73626 21106 |
| Summit feature: | large cairn |
| Drop: | 107m |
| Col: | 219m SH741207  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 124 (1:25k) OL18W |
| Survey: | obvious summit |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 84 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Across from Foel Faner and on to Fedw Felen. Great views today. | PeterD | 05/09/2023 |
| From the Northern end to the summit | M6KIO | 04/09/2023 |
| As many others: up from West, detour from Precipice Walk. | Meanderer | 08/05/2023 |
| https://www.strava.com/activities/8862186803 | Sleepwa1ker | 08/04/2023 |
| On a round from the precipice walk car park. | Moorponder | 17/10/2022 |
| Nice anti clockwise round of the 3 hills from the North East car park. | Alan Caine | 16/10/2022 |
| from Precipice walk up west side, recently cut breaks through heather made easy progress. | Flatfield | 25/04/2022 |
| From South end of Precipice walk carpark (free, with toilets). Followed all ability path to N end of lake. Then cut up steep pathless heathery slope to ridge. Followed ridge to large cairn on top. Surprised nit to find a path? Returned same way, leaving the tumps for another time. Grey day, limited views. | Denise | 07/10/2021 |
| With Sue | Phreerunner | 10/07/2021 |
| Parked at Precipice Walk car park. Very pleasant circuit of 3 summits: Foel Cynwch, Foel Faner, Fedw Felen. | PGCE | 05/02/2021 |
| Precipice Walk Car Park at SH 7457 2120 - From top end of car park, turned right & along Precipice Walk to 240216 - Up ridge to summit cairn, keeping to left of wall & making use of bits of ATV track & some sheep trods. Descended SW & then SE, rejoining Precipice Walk just S. of wooded area by lake. (S) | gerrybowes | 14/10/2020 |
| Foel Cynwch and Foel Faner from the Precipice Walk car park. Got a bit confused in the mist but it was great fun clambering about on these two hills. | clivevilla | 17/03/2020 |
| With Jenx and Bryher from standard car park for Precipice Walk. Cut up from path at first opportunity and direct to top cairn of Foel Cynwch. Damage caused by last years fire very evident. On to Iron Age fort Tump and another on way back | nordicstar | 06/04/2019 |
| A circuit of the three tops. Quick after lazing the morning away at the CAT. | jenx | 06/04/2019 |
| From Precipice Walk car park, with Pete: Foel Cynwch, Foel Faner and Foel Offrwm. We left the Precipice Walk at SH740216 and enjoyed a satisfying traverse of these two hills from NNE to SSW. We found farmers' vehicle tracks and sheep tracks right along the ridge- even a little ovine precipice walk at SH 7332 2087. After a wet morning, it was Pared y cefn hir that stood out amongst the hills, above a silvery Mawddach estuary. A gap and a gate in the walls at SH732206 was the key to the ascent of Foel Faner. | pwheeler | 09/09/2018 |
| 4/4 (Pen Foel-y-Ffridd/Moel Eunant/Y Gribbin/Foel Cynwch) | Fergalh | 28/01/2018 |
| With K. Can't say I enjoyed it. Very rough ascent/descent watched by Sunday tourists enjoying precipice walk. | Ashley | 30/07/2017 |
| Start from Precipice Walk car park: Foel Cynwch - Foel Faner - Fedw Felen. Probably better to rejoin Precipice Walk path rather than follow ridge to Foel Faner. Fedw Faner hillside covered with bluebells. | RobertP | 07/05/2017 |
| From Precipice Walk car park: Foel Offrwm - Foel Cynwch - Foel Faner - Fedw Felen. | Tony J | 04/03/2017 |
| After Foel Felen and Foel Faner to complete loop of lake. | Rob50 | 23/11/2016 |
| Revisit with Adrian, including Fedw and Faner. Noted a car park at S end of Llyn Cynwch. | RHW | 21/08/2016 |
| Did with RHW | Adrian | 21/08/2016 |
| From PW gate then up to summit and ridge to Foel faner | underhill | 04/09/2015 |
| Detour on Precipice Walk from eastern ascent point at SH 73973 21300. Large cairn at highest point. | David Gradwell | 24/08/2014 |
| With Bev and Cabe. | simon and co | 17/08/2014 |
| As previous logs followed Precipice Walk to lake and then faint path/sheep track onto hill. | rhalstead | 20/03/2014 |
| Modified Precipice walk | tim747 | 30/01/2014 |
| follow Precipice Walk from the car park till it goes through a gap in a wall. Strike uphill through bracken to the ridge and SW through a fallen cross wall to the top. | arranc | 29/08/2013 |
| Followed Precipice walk round South side of the hill and climbed up from the west. Steep at first. Bracken, heather and bilberries to the top. with Jessica. | PaulH | 25/07/2013 |
| Plenty of New Year's Day walkers about doing the Precipice Walk. I was the only one however visiting the summit having had already done the Precipice Walk before. | Alex C | 01/01/2013 |
| Followed Precipice Walk to it's southernmost point then back along the ridge. | Chris Peart | 07/10/2012 |
| From SH 745 211 | summitsup | 24/06/2012 |
| As Des, but very rough descent NW to rejoin Precipice Walk path. | Smudge | 02/10/2011 |
| Car park to E. Follow Precipice Walk to 73978 21299 where the path goes through the wall. Then on W side of wall there are bits and pieces to top | destaylor | 16/03/2011 |
| Easy climb up from junction of Precipice Walk - which I've still not done! | chriswatson | 06/11/2010 |
| Adapted 'Precipice Walk'. | Man of Kernow1 | 02/10/2010 |
| a battle through the bracken to reach top - good views | Phil M | 07/08/2010 |
| part of the fantastic precipice walk | DARRENG | 07/03/2010 |
| Did precipice walk with Stephen Boff around this time before summiting to get improved view...long before I ever knew of HuMPs...clear and sunny. | Dugswell2 | 04/08/1996 |
| Date unknown | RHW | 01/01/1990 |
| Rambling Ray | 13/08/2023 | |
| Paulf | 08/05/2023 | |
| daddybond | 04/08/2022 | |
| geoffreycurnock | 19/05/2022 | |
| Cumbriancyclist | 28/03/2022 | |
| RichardM | 07/10/2021 | |
| beckybags | 13/04/2021 | |
| A Peckish | 13/04/2021 | |
| Kendall | 20/12/2019 | |
| GaryJones | 10/09/2019 |