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| Name: | Graig Wen |
| Hill number: | 3371 |
| Height: | 555.6m / 1823ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2068 Manod Mawr |
| 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: | Glaslyn |
| Class: | Hump, Dodd (500-599m), Dewey, Submarilyn, Clem (Hu,Tu,5,Dew,sMa,Cm) |
| Grid ref: | SH 73913 39479 |
| Summit feature: | cairn |
| Drop: | 141m |
| Col: | 414.6m SH 7631 4034  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 124 (1:25k) OL18W |
| Survey: | Trimble GeoXH 6000 |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 92 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Walked cross country from Foel Fawr. Rough and wet. | Moorponder | 09/10/2022 |
| Left the car on the bend of a minor road to the west of the summit near to the site of a Roman Ampthitheatre using various trods and tracks heading east to Foel fawr and then onto Graig Wen. Nine and half mile in Five and half hours returning first over Foel Cynfal then Y Garn's north and south tops and finally Moel y Croesau returning to the start via ROW's. | WAYNE ROWLETT | 05/06/2022 |
| 2/8 (Foel Fawr/Craig Wen/Foel Cynfal/Pen Y Foel Ddu/Y Garn South Top/Y Garn/Moel y Croseau/Moel y Geifir) | Fergalh | 05/06/2022 |
| Foel Cynfal > Graig Wen > Foel Fawr (Mynydd Maentwrog) > Foel Fawr (Mynydd Maentwrog) Gillham summit from GR: SH 70956 39703 | ronaldo333 | 22/05/2022 |
| Foel Cynfal > Graig Wen > Foel Fawr (Mynydd Maentwrog) > Foel Fawr (Mynydd Maentwrog) Gillham summit from GR: SH 70956 39703 | Hippster | 22/05/2022 |
| Foel Fawr, Graig Wen and Tomen y Mur Parked in a layby on A470 ***Snowdonia National Park parking area at Tomen y Mur no longer exists*** | Gwastadros | 18/05/2022 |
| From west easy park 70953964 ATV tracks north of Llyn Craig y tan visit 2 Foel Fawr ring contours then accros very wet ground via point 499 to edge of planatation then Graig Wen from north return via forest track starts SH 7332 3990 and path all way to start 8ks 2hrs 20 mins | underhill | 01/12/2021 |
| Parked at the Roman Fort car park for a circuit of Foel Fawr, Graig Wen and Moel y Croesau. Could have parked at the old quarry I think. | PGCE | 14/08/2021 |
| An early morning hike up Graig Wen and Foel Fawr from the car park for the Roman Camp visitors. 9.1km with 370m ascent in 2 hours. (S) | silveracorn_alan | 20/09/2020 |
| With Rufus. Foel Cynfal and Graig Wen from lay-by and track on B4391 at SH 76738 40136. Along track then fence to Llyn Cors-y-barcud and over small crossing over outflow. Over the 2 summits and descended N to forest, good track along forest edge towards pylons, tool high ground S of pylons to avoid bog and another good track from sheepfold at SH 75919 39854 back to starting track. Would be a very strenuous day to do all of the tops in this area. | jacobrichmond | 31/03/2020 |
| From Foel Fawr, took faint grass paths that wind over the high spots between the two hills, with multiple small lakes passed. Just past Llyn y Graig Wen, took a grass ramp right and worked over to the summit cairn. | Amplifier | 06/09/2019 |
| From the car park at 708389.Followed the road/path/Sheep trod via the quarry area to the south end of Llyn y Graig-wen then to two summits. Wandered around both with PM. Headed to Foel Fawr. | CJM | 02/04/2019 |
| From the car park at 708389.Followed the road/path/Sheep trod via the quarry area to the south end of Llyn y Graig-wen then to two summits. Wandered around both with CM. Headed to Foel Fawr. | bolton | 02/04/2019 |
| https://www.strava.com/activities/4464151172 | Sleepwa1ker | 10/11/2018 |
| From parking at 709389 round of Pen Llyn Hiraethlyn, Moel y Croesau, Graig Wen and Foel Fawr. Good track most of the way to Pen Llyn Hiraethlyn then largely pathless. About 7 miles/3 hours. | clivevilla | 23/07/2018 |
| Found two witness rivets but not the OS Bolt. Sunny but very windy. | Dusty | 11/05/2018 |
| Out and back from the summit of the road and start of the path at SH709396. Very pleasant route on a winter's day. | Eddie | 11/01/2018 |
| parked at Tomen-y-mur car park, up lane past mast then path through plantation. Left track at 725 399 just past tin hut and up to Foel Fawr, then across to Graig Wen. Returned by track entering forest at 733 399. | dgresty | 10/01/2018 |
| Parking area at 707389 (space for 7-8 cars) - Up road past mast for about 1km & then RoW/vehicle track up ride (large areas of forest recently felled) to clearing at 734399 - ATV track up edge of forest & then short walk up NNW ridge to summit cairn. Continued to Foel Fawr. (S) | gerrybowes | 17/02/2017 |
| Parked at the car park and walked up road past mast to follow track up through forest. Lot of cutting going on at the start of the forest. Followed the ride to SH 73431 39966 and then to top of Graig Wen. Crossed moor to Foel Fawr. Bit wet and boggy in places. Then down hill following sheep trods and vague quad bike tracks back to mast and car park. | MikeM | 05/10/2016 |
| Via Llyn Craig y tan. Thick mist made navigating quite challenging. Glad of GPS. Plenty of little llyns and bog. Descended using excellent path down firebreak and back to footpath sign. | Campbell Singer | 20/07/2016 |
| From car park nr Llyn yr Orfrl, Foel Fawr, Graig Wen, Foel Cynfal, Moel y Croessau, Y Garn, Y Garn South Top, Pen Llyn Hiraethlyn, Pen Dolbelydr, Craig y Tan. An arduous dayvwith few paths. | ijpowell | 12/05/2016 |
| With the mae party. | Smudge | 14/11/2015 |
| With Michael Earnshaw's party | SteveG | 14/11/2015 |
| MAE final Welsh/English Hump with appropriate wet weather. A repeat for me. | Martin R | 14/11/2015 |
| Mini bus was driven to and parked at Tomen y Mur by Martin then the scenic route to Foel Fawr then onto Michael Earnshaw's final Welsh and English HuMP on Graig Wen in wet and windy condition but a gang of 12 got there. | Dugswell2 | 14/11/2015 |
| 11.15 Mini bus was driven to and parked at Tomen y Mur by Martin Richardson then the scenic route to Foel Fawr then onto Michael Earnshaw's final Welsh and English HuMP on Graig Wen in wet and windy condition but a gang of 12 got there. | vegibagger | 14/11/2015 |
| With a party of 12 for Michael Earnshaw's last Welsh hump. From Roman amphitheatre. Wet. | Denise | 14/11/2015 |
| Another one of the mae party | RichardM | 14/11/2015 |
| By the old track along the firebreak - muddy but enjoyable. This track takes you out of the trees and below the summit to the north | Colin Crawford | 12/03/2015 |
| Parked as Des near footpath sign but used the track along the firebreak. Didn't have time for Foel Fawr, in fading light, so reversed the outward route. | Chris Peart | 31/12/2014 |
| From Roman Amphitheatre via the disused quarries on a decent path up to Craig Wen, then over some wet ground to Foel Fawr and back by another decent path. Rather large breach in the old dam between them. | SS | 29/11/2014 |
| From Car Park Tomen y Mur-round of hills Mynydd Maentwrog,Graig Wen,Foel Cynfal and Moel y Croesau then down track and clear footpath back across to car park.Fantastic views all around. | Rob50 | 18/11/2014 |
| Bagging by bike from Blaenau Ffestiniog train station. Excellent views today. | Alex C | 21/07/2014 |
| From parking on B4407 at SH 74579 42349. Doing a round of several hills including Manod Bach. | Alan Moore | 05/06/2014 |
| Park at Nat Park car park at 710388, along road to foot path signs and across tussock to a lovely forest ride. Walk on a dry path between forests from 719399 for about a mile, rising gently all the way. Onto the open moor and the top (don't forget the OS bolt about 2 metres before the cairn). | arranc | 08/04/2014 |
| Easy parking before footpath sign few hundred metres N of cattle grid. Went direct - mistake - heather bog and ascent descent. Advise using the forest track which is very good!! | destaylor | 04/11/2011 |
| Easy round in evening sunshine with Foel Fras thrown in. hardest bit was the 9' height restriction on the road in - thought I might have to reduce tyre pressures on mobile home! | Martin R | 01/09/2011 |
| Parked by cattle grid at GR 710398 and walked E to forest. Continued on good track through forest eventually emerging onto open hillside then SE to summit. Returned to forest for protection from wind and rain. With SH. | wombourne | 09/08/2010 |
| Start~ 710398 grid. Followed an old track east through a ride in the trees before turning south to the summit. Good walking terrain, lousy weather. | steve hudson | 09/08/2010 |
| Nice little scramble onto the top from Foel Fras if you pick your route. Three broken dams in the area which was really odd. Slogged back to Gellilydan with Josh and Cabe. Cabe's first big day out - he did really well. | simon and co | 10/04/2010 |
| with dad and josh | Cubags | 10/04/2010 |
| Meirionnydd Round attempt, Barmouth start | RHW | 18/07/2009 |
| From SH 708 389. Cairn at the top. Also visited the 550 contour ring to the SE - just in case. | summitsup | 05/04/2009 |
| Ffestiniog Dewey bagging, walk 3/3; Graig Wen (fine top & view) and Foel Fawr from road to W 708389. | RHW | 27/12/1997 |
| Sprog | 16/04/2022 | |
| TREBORK | 18/03/2022 | |
| paulsross | 13/11/2021 | |
| tomcr88 | 24/07/2020 | |
| beckybags | 19/07/2020 |