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| Name: | Arenig Fawr South Top |
| Hill number: | 2054 |
| Height: | 837m / 2746ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2053 Arenig Fawr |
| County/UA: | Gwynedd |
| Topographical area: | WN05 Siabod-arenig |
| SMC/RHB section: | 30D: Barmouth to Betws-y-Coed and Bala |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | The Arenigs |
| Catchment: | Dee (Flint) |
| Class: | Nuttall, Subsimm, Buxton & Lewis, Bridge (N,sSim,BL,Bg) |
| Grid ref: | SH 82687 36657 |
| Summit feature: | cairn |
| Drop: | 25m |
| Col: | 812.3m SH 8267 3679  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 124 125 (1:25k) OL18E |
| Survey: | obvious summit |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 492 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| With Poppy & Esme. Very cloudy to start then cleared to a beautiful but blustery day. Very quiet and lovely views. ⛰️ Moel Llechwedd (2,680 ft) • ⛰️ Arenig Fawr (2,802 ft) • ⛰️ Arenig Fawr South Top (2,743 ft) • ⛰️ Arenig Fawr South Ridge Top (2,336 ft) • ⛰️ Moel Llyfnant (2,464 ft) • 8.85miles 2526ft elevation | nell1583 | 24/08/2024 |
| An overnighter with DB. I swear that more often than not I don’t get clear visibility up this hill.. Camped around 710m a short way past the second top. | stig_nest | 24/05/2024 |
| Parked at SH 8231 3924 for a circuit of 3 Dodds, 2 Nuttalls, 2 ex-Nuttalls and a repeat Marilyn. 6/8 | PGCE | 25/01/2024 |
| 30 | MarkFrench | 25/11/2023 |
| From Minor road off the A4212 Nr. Pont Rhyd-y-fen SH 8170 3936 via farm track and following wall/fence via Moel Llechwedd, Arenig Fawr then onto, Arenig Fawr South Ridge Top. Returned down west to farm track the along track via Amnodd-wen to starting point. | Westdenewalker | 02/06/2023 |
| Acompanied by Westdenewalker. From Minor road off the A4212 Nr. Pont Rhyd-y-fen SH 8170 3936 via farm track and following wall/fence via Moel Llechwedd, Arenig Fawr then onto, Arenig Fawr South Ridge Top. Returned down west to farm track the along track via Amnodd-wen to starting point | Kwalkway | 02/06/2023 |
| From Arenig Fawr main summit. Returned to car via Amnodd-wen. 12 km | ByPathsLessTravelled | 24/05/2023 |
| with M | Fabioski | 13/04/2023 |
| Birthday walk with Paletta. Chose to do the arenigs as they looked so striking from the A4212 on a recent trip. Parked opposite quarry at blocked off carpark. The route which was from Trail mag was labelled easy which probably warrants a complaint letter to them. The route took us south east of the quarry between Daear Fawr and Gelli deg. Any semblance of a path was quickly lost, it was raining and visibility poor. We ended up bashing around in very inhospitable Heather full of deep rivets and surprise holes, the large rocks all seemed unstable and wanted to move, quite litreally everything was slippy. We bashed around here wasting all our energy for 2 hours cursing Trail magazine. My boots were full of water from the get go. We eventually found the higher ground and some vague paths. Once we were on the ridge it was much better and it was apparent that the majority of elevation had been achieved in the Heather struggle. Found moel Lechwed thanks to its big stick, carried on to the fai | tumpawumpa | 23/10/2022 |
| Quick climb from the walk high point | colinfielding | 08/10/2022 |
| 21.2 miles 3630ft walk. Moel Llyfnant, Arenig Fawr and Moel Llechweed. | stephenbuda | 04/06/2022 |
| Up past Llyn Arenig and over Arenig Fawr, with Gareth | derrymark | 29/03/2022 |
| with K | Fabioski | 15/03/2022 |
| Following on from Arenig Fawr, a nice walk across in the snow. | Buckleymon | 25/02/2022 |
| Parked at Arenig, via Amnodd bwll, North ride to Moel Llyfnant, descent south ridge, crossing Ceunant Coch up to Criag Bychau, following Arenig Fawr ridge via Arenig Fawr South ridge and Arenig Fawr south top. Descent via Bwlch blane y Nant to lake, back along track and road to Arenig village/quarry | andrew.morel | 05/01/2022 |
| https://www.strava.com/activities/5680624153 | Sleepwa1ker | 24/07/2021 |
| https://www.strava.com/activities/5652732190 | Sleepwa1ker | 16/07/2021 |
| 10.7 mile circular route of Arenig Fawr and Moel Llyfnant | Gwastadros | 15/07/2021 |
| From layby on the B4391: Moel Llechwedd, Arenig Fawr, Arenig Fawr Sounth Top, Carreg Y Diocyn, Arenig Fawr South Ridge Top, Craig Y Bychau, Moel Llyfnant, Foel Boeth, Gailt Y Daren, Bwlch Y Bi, and Moel Y Slates. Warm day, views would have been better with less haze. Very tough walk, lots of boggy pathless parts. | Lazylizzie | 12/06/2021 |
| From SH829392. Via Llyn Arenig Fawr, Arenig Fawr, it's south top and Moel Llyfnant. Returned along track to West of mountain. | welshe | 05/06/2021 |
| Nuttall Walk 6.1 with R. Started in the fog but turned into a really nice day. | Dan Baddeley | 29/05/2021 |
| After the main summit on the way to other tops and Moel Llyfnant. | NormanW | 27/05/2021 |
| Lovely walk bagging Arenig Fawr and all the outliers. Parked at the start of the track to the north and then over Craig y Hyrddod. Returned via the track from the head of the valley. | Alan Caine | 01/05/2021 |
| 3/5 with Rufus from dismantled railway to N at SH 82302 39249. Took track SW then S as far as stream at SH 82105 35983 marked ‘waterfalls’. Steep direct line to Arenig Fawr South Ridge Top then easy ground to Carreg y Diocyn, back across to ridge and over Arenig Fawr South Top, Arenig Fawr and Moel Llechwedd. Descended wide depression to W and ended up back on track at Amnodd-Wen. Quick round less than 3 hours walk. | jacobrichmond | 07/04/2020 |
| From 822392 along track and up to Moel Llyfnant and over to Arenig Fawr in thickening snowfall. Some shelter at AF summit but wet through by that stage. | lordtonult | 16/02/2020 |
| 8.85 circular walk from Pant-yr-Hedydd, bagging Moel Llechwedd, Arenig Fawr, Arenig Fawr South Top, Carreg y Diocyn and Arenig Fawr South Ridge Top. Great weather and amazing views. | fellowsa | 07/09/2019 |
| Bronaber - Moel Ddu - Craiglaseithin - Moel Oernant - Gallt y Daren - Foel Boeth - Moel Llyfnant - Arenig Fawr S Top - Arenig Fawr -Arenig Fawr S Ridge Top - Foel Boeth (Dewey) - Ffridd Trawsgoed - Moel Hafod yr Wyn - Llanuwchllyn. | Mark Jackson | 29/08/2019 |
| Sunset summit with Mandy. Wet ground and wetter feet! | Sockpan | 26/08/2019 |
| Moel Llechwedd > Arenig Fawr > Arenig Fawr South Top from GR: SH 82284 39265 | ronaldo333 | 12/07/2019 |
| With Richie from SH823392. Revisits of Moel Lechwedd and Arenig Fawr (also 22/09/08) followed by AF South Top, Carreg y Diocyn, AF South Ridge Top and Moel Llyfnant. Very wet and windy and the cloud only started to clear when we got to Llyfnant. Nice sunny decent and lovely walk down to Amnodd-wen, during which the birds, which had all been cowering in the undergrowth, suddenly sprang to life. We were treated to good views of a hen harrier, cuckoo, sparrowhawk, redstarts and buzzard. | Herbert Anchovy | 08/06/2019 |
| A horseshoe walk taking in Arenig Fawr, Moel Llyfnant and Foel Boeth. Parked in layby on B4391. | Claireb | 18/05/2019 |
| From Arenig Quarry SH83236 37726 via Moel Llechwedd and Arenig Fawr, then onto Arenig Fawr South Ridge Top, & Cerreg y Diocyn. Return via Llyn Arenig Fawr. | Westdenewalker | 04/05/2019 |
| Galltywenallt | 22/04/2019 | |
| Parked at wasteland carpark opposite quarry.. Headed east along road until landrover track head south west, followed path all the way around Llyn Arenig Fawr and up to the top. Bagged south peak on return, then down into valley to pick up path that took me past ruined farm and waterfalls. Fantastic little circular on a clear day. | RyParks | 30/03/2019 |
| Moel Llechwedd > Arenig Fawr > Arenig Fawr South Top > Arenig Fawr East Top > Moel Llechwedd NE Top (Y Castell) > Pen Tyrau > Pen Tyrau South - West Top from GR: SH 82284 39265 | ronaldo333 | 23/02/2019 |
| Moel Llechwedd > Arenig Fawr > Arenig Fawr South Top > Arenig Fawr East Top > Moel Llechwedd NE Top (Y Castell) > Pen Tyrau > Pen Tyrau South - West Top from GR: SH 82284 39265 | Hippster | 23/02/2019 |
| Company: Solo | iandesbottes | 22/02/2019 |
| Clogwyn Du, Arenig Fawr, Arenig Fawr South Top, Arenig Fawr South Ridge Top, Moel Llyfnant, Foel Boeth, Gallt y Daren, Bwlch y Bi, Moel y Slates, Clowyn Du. Sunny, but windy. | Winterfloodian | 15/02/2019 |
| P opposite large Quarry to N of Arenig Fawr. Headed W then N along a good track passing a small quarry - path then turns nasty for a wile but soon becomes a good green track up to col. Visited Moel Llyfnant first then return to col & on to Arenig Fawr S ridge top & S top, then Arenig Fawr herself. Arenig tops quite nice. Return roughly N then W to join outward path passing little quarry. | ger | 28/09/2018 |
| A Marilyn day on the Arenigs, visiting Moel Lechwedd, Arenig Fawr, Arenig Fawr South Top, Arenig Fawr South Ridge Top, Moel Llyfnant, before going on to climb Arenig Fach and then Mynydd Nodal. Over 20km in 7h30m. (S) | silveracorn_alan | 24/09/2018 |
| Walked route 6.1 from the Nuttall's book but in reverse order as it was wet wet wet in the morning and I was hoping the clouds might clear by the time I got to Arenig Fawr (didn't really work). Pretty wet underground. Gallt y Daren, Foel Boeth, Moel Llyfnant and the 3 Arenig Fawr tops. Walked past South Ridge Top and had to go back (rookie mistake). | tsharp | 09/09/2018 |
| With CathyS. Honeymoon. Bothy Track from the road. | masmith | 05/07/2018 |
| Moel Llyfnant, Foel Ystrodur Fawr, Foel Boeth, Moel Ymenyn, Arenig Fawr South Ridge Top, Carreg y Diocyn,Arenig Fawr South Top, Arenig Fawr and Moel Llechwedd. Another glorious day | Alunrees33 | 03/07/2018 |
| With JW, from bothy at Llyn Arenig Fawr, Arenig Fawr, Moel Llyfnant. | robertgn | 31/05/2018 |
| Climbed on Stuarts Trans Cambrian Trek | Bannor | 11/04/2018 |
| With Jessie in strong winds, thick cloud and rain. | John Eley | 28/07/2017 |
| From old quarry at Arenig SH 830 392, Via Arenig Fawr & onto Arenig Fawr South Ridge Top. Returned down to the east to pick up path running to the north. | Westdenewalker | 26/06/2017 |
| https://www.strava.com/activities/4464934910 | Sleepwa1ker | 18/06/2017 |
| 3/7 Great walk on sunny day (Moel Llechwedd/Arenig Fawr/Arenig Fawr South Top/Carrig y Diocyn/Arenig Fawr South Ridge Top/Foel y Strodur Fawr/Moel Lyfant) | Fergalh | 02/04/2017 |
| CUHWC Rhyd Ddu trip. With Chris H, Fingal and two others. Cloudy so no views. | AGWilliamson | 12/03/2017 |