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Name: | Foel y Geifr |
Hill number: | 2115 |
Height: | 626.2m / 2054ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2104 Esgeiriau Gwynion [Foel Rhudd] |
RHB Section: | 30E: Bala to Welshpool |
Nuttall/Wainwright area: | The Berwyns |
County/UA: | Gwynedd |
Catchment: | Catchment Boundaries, Dee (Flint), Severn |
Watershed: | Severn Estuary, Cardiff to Cape Wrath, Liverpool Bay |
Class: | Hump, Simm, Hewitt, Nuttall, Buxton & Lewis, Bridge, Clem (Hu,Tu,Sim,Hew,N,BL,Bg,Cm) |
Grid ref: | SH 93712 27529 |
Summit feature: | rock 1.5m from trig point |
Drop: | 111.2m |
Col: | 515m SH 9182 2462 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 125 (1:25k) OL23E |
Survey: | obvious summit/Leica RX1250 |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 370 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Foel y Geifr [S8545] > Cefn Coch > Foel Figenau > Moel Cerigduon > Lledwyn Mawr from GR: SH 94613 27319 | ronaldo333 | 25/02/2024 |
Parked at SH946273 and jumped up on to the ridge to nab the three Nuttalls on this side. Easy walking, even with it being wet under foot, distinct tracks all the way there and back. | simocity | 29/12/2023 |
I decided to extend the day after Foel Cedig and walked this very pleasant whaleback ridge using the same startpoint of 946273. Easy access up on a faint ATV track. Great views of the Arans. | Peterb | 28/08/2023 |
Walk 7.5 | KatyT | 12/05/2023 |
Round of Cwm Hirnant with dad. A wet day in the bogs and thick mist where you wonder what other beasts might be out there. | cumbria mammoth | 29/10/2022 |
With: solo; Nuttalls walk 7.5. Good dry day with light wind and high cloud | Ian Baines | 09/10/2022 |
Updated Nuttall 7.5 from Bwlch yr Hwch: Foel Goch, Trum y Gwragedd (Trum y Gwrgedd), Foel y Geifr, Pen y Cerrig Duon, Pen y Boncyn Trefeilw, Stac Rhos, Cefn Gwyntog North Top, Cefn Gwyntog, Cefn Gwyntog Far North Top, Foel Cedig and Y Groes Fagl. Haxy, dull day, so there weren't even good views to distract from the relentless trudge through heather. | Lazylizzie | 03/09/2022 |
Third mountain today, was about a mile walk from Trum, heading for the distinctive trip point, again great views from the top. | Buckleymon | 15/08/2022 |
From the road. made ADCC on trig. Thought about Simm to the north but too tired | vegibagger | 07/06/2022 |
19miles 4053ft walk. Foel Goch, Trum-Y-Gwrgedd and Foel-Y-Geifr. | stephenbuda | 29/05/2022 |
https://www.strava.com/activities/6570272158 | rhif7 | 23/01/2022 |
From road/track junction at pass. West to Foel y Geifr then north over 612m top and on to Foel Goch and return to pass. Then east along good track to Peny Boncyn Treifeilw use fence to locate) and on to Foel Cedig which took a little bit of searching to find the small cairn. | dickscroop | 03/11/2021 |
Cwm Hirnant road - Foel Goch - Trum y Gwragedd - Foel y Geifr - Pen y Boncyn Trefeilw - Stac Rhos - Cefn Gwyntog - Cefn Gwyntog N Top - Cefn Gwyntog Far N Top - Foel Cedig - Y Groes Fagl - Cwm Hirnant road. | Mark Jackson | 24/10/2021 |
From top of pass, Foel Geifr, Trum y Gwragedd, Foel Goch. Bit boggy but not too much heather. | Chris Williams | 10/07/2021 |
Circular 13.7 mile route of serious heather bashing from Aber-Hirnant Picnic area. 
Foel Goch, Trum y Gwregedd, Foel y Geifr, Pen Cerrig Duon Pen y Boncyn Trefeilw, Stac Rhos, Foel Cedig, Bwlch y Groes-fagl and Foel-y-ddinas. 
The intial very steep ascent to Foel Goch from the road should not be underestimated! | Gwastadros | 12/06/2021 |
TD & C | This Dog | 19/09/2020 |
Parked by road and straight lined to Foel y Geifr. Due north to Foel Goch, descent to road back to car. Up and along track to Pen y Boncyn and the Devil's Mountain 666 (Foel Cedig) | andrew.morel | 11/08/2020 |
Foel y Geifr, Trum y Gwrgedd & Foel Goch from the summit of the Hirnant road with Rufus. Parking opposite track entrance, over gate and a rough/boggy atv track most of the way to the trig point of Foel y Geifr then track along ridge to other 2 summits, returned same way. Flies were awful, must be something to do with the location. Great view of Crib yr Aran. | jacobrichmond | 11/08/2020 |
Nuttall route 7.5 | Neil Midgley | 17/09/2019 |
From high point on road to the east. Wet in the first little dip down but useful trail to the top.With R and B. | jenx | 27/06/2019 |
from quarry hirnant then nutall route inc foel cedig and deleted nutalls and other minor tops back through penllyn forest 9 hrs | underhill | 24/05/2019 |
From Bala to Lake Vyrnwy Road, SH95237 29981. Via, Pen y Cerrig Duon, Then onto Trum y Gwrgedd & Foel Goch. | Westdenewalker | 01/05/2019 |
solo tough walking over heather | colinfielding | 28/02/2019 |
Form the road after Foel Cedig | tim747 | 26/02/2019 |
G,G,J | Idris | 26/12/2018 |
From Hirnault Valley ascended the ridge to the west and summited Foel Goch, Trum y Gwrgedd and Foel y Geifr. | knarf | 30/10/2018 |
Parked at the Hirnant Pass and took in in Pen y Boncyn Trefeilw and Foel Cedig,before returning to the car and climbing Foel y Geifr. | Sprog | 29/09/2018 |
From Foel Goch and Trum y Gwragedd with my dog. Ate a pork, black pudding and quail egg pie bought from Roberts butchers in Bala. Well I had half and the dog the other half. Missed the path on the way down to road, so waded through heather and bog. Poor dog! | HH | 30/08/2018 |
From road summit then on to Trum y Gwragedd by decent trod. | Eddie | 21/08/2018 |
From summit of Bala road: Pen y Boncyn Trefeilw / Stac Rhos / Y Groes Fagl / Cyrniau Nod / Cefn Gwyntog. Then: Foel y Geifr / Trum y Gwragedd / Foel Goch. 
Sunny. | Winterfloodian | 26/07/2018 |
From top of Hirnant pass | Dewi Prysor | 24/07/2018 |
Followed the Nuttall's route. Lovely sunny day with a nice cool breeze. There was some chap sitting on a stool near the summit with a large radio mast, apparently broadcasting to the nation. He was the only person I saw on the walk apart from a couple of farmers replacing a fence. | Herbert Anchovy | 23/06/2018 |
2/9 (Foel Cwm(Sian Llwyn)/Foel y Geifir/Trum y Gwragedd(Trum y Gwredd)/Foel Goch/Mynydd Nodol/Boncyn Foel Bacg/Cefn Ddu/Llysy Frenhwes/Foel Gasnach) | Fergalh | 20/08/2017 |
Walked the route in section 7.5 of the Nuttalls book. Foel Goch, Trum y Gwragedd, Foel y Geifr , Pen y Boncyn Trefeilw, Stac Rhos, Cefn Gwyntog, Cyrniau Nod, Y Groes Fagl. 
 
People call these the boring Berwyns but I don't agree. How many of the hundreds of thousands who climb Snowdon and Cader Idris each year would persevere with this walk. It's a real challenge and there are some good views if the weather holds. 
 
A very steep descent to Foel Goch reminded me how unfit I've become. Great views at the top, could see Arenig Fawr, Aran Fawddy and Snowdon in the distance inbetween the snow showers. The summit of Trum y Gwragedd was tantalisingly 40 foot on the other side of a barb wire fence. I decided not to be a purist but as I walked on the guilt gnawed at me and, 200 metres later at a corner post, I decided to leave my backpack, cross over and go back to the summit. My gloves and trousers already had holes in them and I'm not sure I'd have risked it if I had been wearing new exp | tsharp | 21/03/2017 |
finished the year with solo ascent of Foel Goch, Trum y Gwragedd and Foel y Geifr on a dull windy day. | Lou | 31/12/2016 |
Solo walk during a weekend trip to Llangollen for a friend's Birthday. Aber Hirnant - Foel Cwm-Sian Llwyd - along ridge via all Nuttalls to Pen y Cerrig Duon - road - Foel y Geifr - north along ridge - steep descent by forest to road - road back to Aber Hirnant. A rather dull and heathery set of hills! | AGWilliamson | 18/12/2016 |
With G. Mostly Nuttalls' Route from cattle grid at Bwlch yr Hwch > Foel Goch > Trum y Gwrgedd > Foel y Geifr > Pen y Cerrig Duon > Pen y Boncyn Trefeilw > Stac Rhos > Cefn Gwyntog (faint path from gate near Cefn Gwyntog N Top) > Cefn Gwyntog North Top > Cyrniau Nod > Y Groes Fagl > start via Cwm Gwyn | RT1970 | 17/08/2016 |
KeithByTheC | 30/07/2016 | |
Solo. From Foel Goch and on to Pen Y Cerrig Duon | Aimless Rambler | 29/05/2016 |
With K. RM slept in car. Had planned to add hump to W but terrain rough. Followed ATV tracks. | Ashley | 28/05/2016 |
Nuttalls walk 7.5 | Crib Goch | 13/04/2016 |
with roger and kelly 
 
weather wasnt to bad views were good | Darren-443 | 10/04/2016 |
Nuttall Walk WN 7.5 The Western Berwyns from the foot of Hirnant Pass (952300), visiting Foel Goch, Trum y Gwragedd, Foel y Geifr, Pen y Boncyn Trefeilw, Stac Rhos, Cefn Gwyntog, Cyrniau Nod and Y Groes Fagl. 18.4km with 850m asecnt in 6H30m. (S) | silveracorn_alan | 30/03/2016 |
14 mile hard circular walk from the cattle grid at the bottom of the pass, used ill-defined footpaths up onto Pen Y Boncyn Trefeilw, then along lane to Stac Rhos up the lane to Foel Cedig and Cyrniau Nod, back down taking the pretty much pathless ridge to Cefn Gwyntog, descended and forded the stream west above the waterfall, followed lane to road, then followed lane through forest up onto the moors, struggled through hideous pathless heather up onto Cefn Coch, then across more heather to Foel Y Geifr, then down little path onto Trum Y Gwrgedd and Foel Goch back down to car with half an hour of daylight left. | DanTrig | 13/03/2016 |
Nuttall Walk 7.5: Foel Goch [The Berwyns] - Trum y Gwragedd - Foel y Geifr - Pen y Cerrig Duon - Pen y Boncyn Trefeilw SW Top - Pen y Boncyn Trefeilw - Stac Rhos - Cefn Gwyntog North Top - Cefn Gwyntog - Cyrniau Nod - Y Groes Fagl | ronaldo333 | 14/06/2015 |
From top of pass | emily | 24/05/2015 |
great trig point great views | Aristotle Chip | 11/04/2015 |
Nuttall walk | Ruth | 09/09/2014 |
My last three Berwyns: - a delightful evening walk along the ridge west of the Hirnant valley, having parked at the top of the Bwlch. | ruthatlast | 18/07/2014 |
Followed the Nuttalls route apart from Stac Rhos, Cefn Gwyntog, Cyrniau Nod all done as out and back from the track. Each with a handy cairn to indicate where to leave the track. Latter part of the day it poured with rain and cloud came down. | axe.stephen | 28/05/2014 |