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Name: | Penllyn Forest Top |
Hill number: | 7553 |
Height: | 551m / 1808ft |
Parent (Ma): | 19413 Foel Cedig |
RHB Section: | 30E: Bala to Welshpool |
Nuttall/Wainwright area: | The Berwyns |
County/UA: | Gwynedd |
Catchment: | Dee (Flint) |
Class: | Subdodd (s5) |
Grid ref: | SH 97431 29800 |
Summit feature: | no feature: scattered spruce |
Drop: | 28m |
Col: | 523m SH976295 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 125 (1:25k) OL23E |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 20 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
Fought up to the summit, not too much fun. Coming down just as tough, very glad to make it to a track. | AJH | 17/10/2023 |
from east after trum y sarn path start 9779 2968 on map not present use drainage channels take straight to top open heather descend south initially ok then very dense young spruce about 50 m of crawling to track path shown on map near 540 contour not seen | underhill | 26/10/2022 |
https://www.strava.com/activities/5914433314 | Sleepwa1ker | 03/09/2021 |
From Pennant, after Y Groes Fagl. Attacked from S, thru scattered spruce; HP is heather among scattered spruce. Descent W to rejoin forest road ran into dense young spruce - best return S. Then to Geifr | RHW | 24/11/2018 |
On way back from Foel Cedig. Not as bad as I feared. I left the track when due south of top and managed to avoid most of the thick forest although there do indeed to seem to be too many ditches. On the way back I tried to cut corners and did get in a bit of trouble. | clivevilla | 04/09/2018 |
6/11 (Pen Y Cerrig Duon/Pen y Boncyn Trefeilw/Stac Rhos/Cyrniau Nod/Y Groes Fagl/Penllyn Forest Top/Foel y Geifir/Cefn Gwyntog North Top/Cefn Gwyntog/Garreg Wen/Rhwngy Ddwynant) | Fergalh | 17/06/2017 |
As nearby Foel y Geifr from AberHirnant along forest rides. This top is even worse than FyG. 
all looks promising but the forestry track that links the lower very good track to the upper doesnt exist. 
once at the summit area its knee deep heather, slippery tree stumps and an absurd number of deep ditches. Some of the ditches are 2ft deep and as wide. Some as deep but only 9 inches wide and all but obscured by the heather and rough grass.. Its an absolute pig of a place-The worst summit in 30E. Will be a cold day in hell when I come back here. | stig_nest | 06/09/2016 |
Solo From Y Groes Fagl on the way down to the road. I wouldn't have bothered except I had time to kill and foresting had removed a large portion of the trees. Still a tough one. | Aimless Rambler | 29/05/2016 |
Fought my way through the trees, not the easiest summit to reach. Approached through a gate (at the closest point of the forest edge to the summit conveniently). | JohnStoneham | 14/11/2013 |
From track SH974295, NE through trees then NW heather bashing to top. | Anton | 18/02/2013 |
This would be easyish in dry but horrible today in wet. | Dusty | blank |
Rob50 | 01/07/2021 | |
jonglew | 24/11/2018 | |
TK | 07/09/2018 | |
andrew brown | 26/08/2018 | |
DARRENG | 26/08/2018 | |
stevent0809 | 29/08/2015 | |
dicky | 23/06/2013 | |
MM | 05/03/2013 | |
andrew.allum | 01/01/2000 |