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| Name: | Penygadair |
| Hill number: | 7506 |
| Height: | 507m / 1663ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 1965 Carnedd Llewelyn |
| RHB Section: | 30B: Snowdonia |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | The Carneddau |
| County/UA: | Conwy |
| Catchment: | Conwy |
| Class: | Subdodd (s5) |
| Grid ref: | SH 73349 69364 |
| Summit feature: | outcrop |
| Drop: | 20m |
| Col: | 487m SH731691  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 115 (1:25k) OL17E |
| Survey: | obvious summit |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 69 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Parked at Bwlch y Gaer. Along RIW, then up field and over fence. Visited tops E and W of wall. | PGCE | 26/01/2024 |
| Bwlch y ddeufaen up Drum with Lo and Dom | Iam_JoshEdwards | 14/10/2023 |
| Found a couple of nice benchmarks on wall on the way back down. | Dusty | 13/09/2023 |
| https://strava.app.link/Ra3Ww3MORAb | John | 22/06/2023 |
| full QMD in foul weather from Llyn Eigiau car park Melynllyn, Dulyn 700 m countour Cwm Bychan, Pen y Castell, Penygadair Pen y gaer fort return sw | underhill | 02/02/2023 |
| Tal Y Fan, Foel Lwyd, Carnedd Y Ddelw, Drum, Pen Y Castell and Penygadair | alunrees40 | 27/11/2022 |
| From Bwlch y Dduefaen. Followed wall out and back to Foel Lwyd and Tal y Fan then circular route Carnedd Y Ddelw, Drum, Pen Y Castell and Penygadair. Perfect conditions. | muzza2 | 12/06/2022 |
| Bob & Duke. | DukeNukem | 28/04/2022 |
| Came over from Pen y Castellated. Had to climb wall in corner to get to high point. Descended north on Access Land to reach old road. Rescued a lamb trapped by a heavy gate on its neck. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 20/04/2022 |
| Foel-Ganol, Yr Orsedd, Carnedd Y Ddelw, Drum, Pen Y Castell and Penygadair. From Bwlch Y Ddeufan. | alunrees39 | 18/04/2022 |
| Parked at Bwlch y Gaer, went first to Pen y Gaer, where there is a great hillfort, and them to Penygadair. 1 hour 3 mins, 2.45 miles. | clivevilla | 25/01/2022 |
| Didnt have time for a whole day walking so woke up early one morning and bagged a nice looking mountain with a good start point. Perfect clear weather. | Gareth1886 | 23/08/2021 |
| Tal Y Fan, Foel Lwyd, Foel-Ganol, Yr Orsedd, Carnedd Y Ddelw, Drum, Pen Y Castell and Penygadair. First full mountain day in 4 months post lockdown :) | WelshMountainGoat38 | 22/03/2021 |
| QMD 1 from Bwlch Y Ddeufan. Foel-Ganol, Yr Orsedd, Carnedd Y Ddelw, Drum, Pen Y Castel, Penygadair, Tal Y Fan and Foel Lwyd. Mostly great views apart from Drum!! | angelfon37 | 11/10/2020 |
| From Bwlch Y Ddeufan. Carnedd Y Ddelw, Drum, Pen Y Castell and Penygadair. | alunrees37 | 15/06/2020 |
| From Bwlch Y Ddeufaen. Carnedd Y Ddelw, Drum, Pen Y Castell and Penygadair. Very Windy, very claggy and at the end very wet! | alunrees0504 | 23/12/2019 |
| From Ros Lyn, down to Avon Dulyn, up to Penygadair and over Pen Y Castell. Onto Drum, Foel-fras, Carnedd Gwenllian and Foel Granch. South east to Gledrrfordd, scrambled over Craig Eigiau then over Bryn-gwenith. | ByronHaywood | 10/10/2019 |
| Bwlch y gaer car park, up to E top with Emlyn. | PeteF | 24/03/2019 |
| From pub car park in Tal-y-bont, via Pen y Gaer | derrymark | 16/02/2019 |
| 2/3 (Pen y Castell/Pengadair/Waen Bryn-Gwenith) | Fergalh | 25/03/2018 |
| From E, car park. Summit E of wall 1m lower. Back via fine rocky E summit and down to P, smart new stile. Cool sunny morning | RHW | 17/02/2018 |
| Climbed with Peter Thirkettle | psburgess | 15/11/2017 |
| Climbed with Paul Burgess | P.Thirkettle | 15/11/2017 |
| Solo. On descent from Drum on route to Pen-y-garr. | Aimless Rambler | 28/08/2017 |
| From Bwlch Y Ddeufaen. Pen Y Cydgoed, Foel-Ganol, Yr Orsedd, Carnedd Y Ddelw, Drum, Pen Y Castell, Penygadair and Pen Y Gaer. Lovely day, warm and windy!! | Alunrees33 | 22/05/2017 |
| Parked at small car park at head of valley. Foel Lwyd, Tal y Fan, Carnedd y Ddelw, Drum, Pen y Castell then Penygadair (east and west tops). | BobHancock | 12/04/2017 |
| On descent from Drum/Pen y Castell. Great viewpoint. | JohnIvor | 18/06/2016 |
| Parked at Bwlch y Gaer, followed main trackway. Over 2 stiles then about 150 metres after the 2nd dry stone wall on your right an easy path takes you to summit. Barbed wire fence to cross just before the top however one section has wood across the top instead of barbed wire. | Rob50 | 24/04/2016 |
| Nuttall walk 1.3: Tal y Fan - Foel Lwyd - Carnedd y Ddelw NW Top - Carnedd y Ddelw - Drum - Pen y Castell - Penygadair | ronaldo333 | 27/06/2015 |
| Added to Nuttalls walk 1.3, with Lindsay, Steve and Frank | Crib Goch | 24/04/2015 |
| Nuttall walk 1.3 plus others with Martin, Frank ,Steve and Brian | Lou | 24/04/2015 |
| With Martin, Lindsay & Steve visiting Tal y Fan, Foel Lwyd, Carnedd y Ddelw, Drum, Pen y Castell, Penygadair & finishing on the hill fort of Pen y Gaer. Dry, but cloudy for most of the day. | knarf | 24/04/2015 |
| From 743693. Walk included Pen y Castell | JamesD1972 | 24/03/2015 |
| Parked at Bwlch Y Ddeufan. Foel Ganol, Yr Orsedd, Carnedd Y Ddelw, Drum, Pen Y Castell and Penygadair. Good weather, Excellent visibility and some great views. | AlunRees31 | 18/02/2014 |
| Parked near bwlch y Gaer. Headed up Penygadair then on to Pen y Castell | HillboBaggings | 30/07/2013 |
| bagged with my dog on way to foel fras parked at 743/692 | Mad Tom | 17/11/2012 |
| with Tony & Devon | Stuart Hyde | 06/08/2012 |
| me and steve lewis reunion weekend... | Maximus | 21/10/2010 |
| KeithByTheC | 17/04/2007 | |
| with Pen y Castell | Galltywenallt | 23/05/1999 |
| First of a big, bagging walk that was also a satisfying route. This was an 'extra', rocky and worth going over. From the good car park at Bwlch y Gaer. With brother, Pete | pwheeler | 16/02/1999 |
| walked over the top on the way down having celebrated my last Welsh 600m top. | thenomad | 30/05/1994 |
| arjh | 02/12/2023 | |
| Alan Caine | 15/04/2023 | |
| Skarletk | 21/09/2022 | |
| taff | 03/08/2022 | |
| Smog | 26/06/2021 | |
| beckybags | 18/11/2019 | |
| A Peckish | 18/11/2019 | |
| TK | 31/08/2018 |