| Name: | Foel Goch |
| Hill number: | 2079 |
| Height: | 611m / 2005ft |
| County/UA: | Conwy, 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: | Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Hewitt, Nuttall, Buxton & Lewis, Bridge, Clem (Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim,Hew,N,BL,Bg,Cm) |
| Grid ref: | SH 95382 42295 |
| Summit feature: | ground 1m N of trig point |
| Drop: | 274m |
| Col: | 337m SH917439  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 125 (1:25k) OL18E |
| Survey: | obvious summit |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 476 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| 2 of 5: From Orddu. With Karen. | ChrisR | 21/06/2024 |
| Glorious sunshine, very wet underfoot on the path from Pandy. Bagged Orddu and Foel Goch, say not a soul all day. Great views all round, even in the haze | Cumbriancyclist | 02/06/2024 |
| I parked by the phone box in Llangwm and took the minor road to the fork leading to Cwm-llan. Here i walked through a couple of sheep paddocks to pick up the footpath to the col and then a footpath to Foel Goch. Great views over to Bala and the Arenigs. After dropping back to the col I quickly wandered up Orddu before returning by way of my ascent. Saw a hen harrier. | Peterb | 08/05/2024 |
| Very cold in the wind. Views somewhat muted by a leaden sky today. Up from the Bala side today. The path from the bwlch between here and y orddu was very wet lower down. With Dan. | stig_nest | 27/01/2024 |
| 33 | MarkFrench | 06/01/2024 |
| Followed the footpath up from Tyddyn Eli, out and back to bag this one before mopping up a few others above Bala. | simocity | 29/12/2023 |
| 611m | The Grouse | 29/12/2023 |
| Very wet slog up, footpath was a stream at times, but a great view from the top... all worth it :-) | AJH | 19/10/2023 |
| 10 miles 1500ft walk, start at Corwen Church carpark to Foel Goch, Orddu, Garnedd Fawr and Cerrig Y Gordref. | stephenbuda | 06/07/2023 |
| From S. Beautiful bluebell mats in open. Warm spring day. | davechaffey | 13/05/2023 |
| https://www.strava.com/activities/8052646210 | rhif7 | 01/11/2022 |
| From small parking spot near Pandy farm, Orddu and Foel Goch. Glorious autumn day with high winds at summit. First Nuttall after lung surgery, felt a struggle. | Lazylizzie | 22/10/2022 |
| With: solo; Ascent from road at Pandy. Followed the Nuttall route but I had no problems with the Nuttalls apparently disappearing path. The one I followed all the way to the summit had clearly been there many decades. | Ian Baines | 08/10/2022 |
| First time back in the mountains for a while, decided to complete this short walk up Foel Goch with Jess. Nice and easy walk with great views from the top of the lakes, Snowdonia, Arans, Berwyns. | Buckleymon | 05/07/2022 |
| From the farm at the end of the western little road in the valley. Anti clockwise circuit to tump tops. This the second after first top to the east I gently contoured round to. | vegibagger | 09/06/2022 |
| Loop from Pandy | andrew.morel | 07/05/2022 |
| Parked SH961397, Pandy and followed Nuttalls to coll, bit rough and couple of ticks. Climbed Orddu then over to Foel Goch. | Flatfield | 24/04/2022 |
| An anticlockwise circuit of 4 Deweys and a revisit to Foel Goch from the parking area by the gate at SH 962 394. Visited 11 summits in total: Pen Coed-y-bedo, Bryn Bras, Orddu, Pen y Cerrig-serth, Foel Goch, Garnedd Fawr, Cerrig y Gordref, Y Gesail, Pen y Bwlch Gwyn, Moel Emoel, and Garw Fynydd. A round trip of 20km with 930m ascent in 6h20m. | silverwolf_alan | 13/04/2022 |
| Start as Nuttall walk 6.4 but done as out and back, with R. | Dan Baddeley | 27/03/2022 |
| From lane end by gate. Pleasant walk up grassy slopes with track/path all the way. | dickscroop | 20/12/2021 |
| Lane to Pentre-tai-yn-y-cwm - Orddu - Foel Goch - Garnedd Fawr - Pen y Bwlch Gwyn - Moel Emoel - Garw Fynydd - lane. | Mark Jackson | 28/10/2021 |
| Parked nr road fork at Pandy, up dead end to farm then public footpath up Cwm Da (becomes very faint). Descended over Moel Darren then trended SE to pick up farm track back to Pandy. Warm and dry. | steve_a | 03/08/2021 |
| From roadside parking at 96247 39485 south of Pandy as suggested on the Nuttall route. Eight mile in just over Five hours for the horseshoe taking in Orddu, the Nuttall Foel Goch, Garnedd Fawr, Pen y Bwlch Gwyn and Moel Emoel. | WAYNE ROWLETT | 18/04/2021 |
| Parked at start of ROW at 965404. Pen Coed-y-Bedo, Garw Fynydd, Moel Emoel, Pen y Bwlch Gwyn, Garnedd Fawr, Foel Goch (repeat), Orddu, Bryn Bras. | PGCE | 15/12/2020 |
| See Kamoot entry for full details/gpx download: https://www.komoot.com/tour/272531046 | outlawcatcher | 15/10/2020 |
| Absolutely foul weather this morning so a quick up and down from the end of the minor road to the North. Under an hour , no views but at least it's another ticked off. | NormanW | 22/08/2020 |
| Bryn Bras > Orddu > Foel Goch > Garnedd Fawr > Pen y Bwlch Gwyn > Moel Emoel from GR: SH 96045 39807 | ronaldo333 | 08/08/2020 |
| Bryn Bras > Orddu > Foel Goch > Garnedd Fawr > Pen y Bwlch Gwyn > Moel Emoel from GR: SH 96045 39807 | Hippster | 08/08/2020 |
| Pleasant walk up from end of public road to north. | lordtonult | 18/02/2020 |
| Pen y Cerrig-Serth, Orddu, Foel Goch, Garnedd Fawr & Cerrig y Gordref running with Rufus. Started in Llangwm and went across the ridge east to west. Excellent crisp morning with snow above 550m. Fantastic views of y Berwyn, Arenig, Cader Idris and all of the 3000ft peaks. | jacobrichmond | 19/01/2020 |
| https://www.strava.com/activities/4195072454 | Sleepwa1ker | 31/08/2019 |
| From Llangwm | Gwastadros | 23/08/2019 |
| Bryn Bras, Orddu, Foel Goch, Garnedd Fawr, Pen y Bwlch Gwyn, Moel Emoel and Garw Fynydd from SH 961 396. Fairly wet for most of the walk after starting out OK and a couple of the higher hills were in cloud. Few paths but only moderately rough going. Had a very quick lunch by the trig - too cold to hang around. 12.45km in 3hr15m. | Herbert Anchovy | 28/07/2019 |
| from orddu good path viewws of arenigs | underhill | 16/06/2019 |
| From end of public road above Llangwm limited parking on grass near gate. Easy short walk up grassy fields/track, quick 70min round trip. Good views | N.Morters | 14/04/2019 |
| 34 years ago I visited this top in mist, wind and rain. I return to find nothing has changed! Very wet approach path from south. With TJB | trimarc2 | 20/02/2019 |
| Revisit. 3 P20s, 2 P30s plus Foel Goch from 1mi W of Llangwm village. The boundary stones along the ridge all have old benchmarks. Chilly breezy grey mostly dry pm. | RHW | 16/12/2018 |
| Foel Goch from Llangwn. Walk included Orddu. | knarf | 10/12/2018 |
| 4/4 Marilyn day. Foel Goch from minor road to the north at SH 962 435. Then went on to visit Orddu. Altogether 5km in 1h15m. (S) | silveracorn_alan | 23/09/2018 |
| From the north. | Winterfloodian | 03/09/2018 |
| From campsite at SH962389 via ROW and Moel Darren with Elizyanne | GmacT | 24/07/2018 |
| With CathyS. Honeymoon. From Llangwm. | masmith | 03/07/2018 |
| Pen Y Cerrig-Serth, Orddu, Bryn Bras, Foel Goch, Garw Fynydd, Moel Emoel, Pen Y Bwlch Gwyn, Garnedd Fawr and Pen Bwlch Y Greigwen. From Llangwm. | Alunrees33 | 15/05/2018 |
| Nice comfortable NE ridge from end of public road. | Topographer57 | 06/05/2018 |
| Clear dry day with little wind, excellent visibility. | PeteEdwards | 08/04/2018 |
| Alan | Glenford | 01/04/2018 |
| CJM | 17/01/2018 | |
| 4/10 (Y Gesail/Pen Bwlch y Greigwen/Garnedd Fawr/Foel Goch/Orddu/Pen Y Cerrig/-Serth/Bryn Bras/Garw Fynydd/Moel Emoel/Pen y Bwlch Gwyn) | Fergalh | 02/12/2017 |
| Taken as part of a 6 mile run from Bala Caravan and Camping Club Clubsite at Sarnau Route Pen Coed-y-Bedo, BrynBras, Orddu, Pen-y-cerrig-searth back to Orddu then Foel Goch - a run down the old drovers way to the Farm at Pentre-tai-yn-y-cwm a lovely chat with the farmer Mr Owen about the history of this ancient village (a very interesting bloke!) and a mild rebuke for running up BryBras which is not allowed, apparently, which is a shame because there is an excellent and almost dry path all the way to the top! | Shutterlag | 19/09/2017 |
| 9 mile walk from junction of minor roads south by Pandy farm, followed minor road then field footpath onto Pen Coed-Y-Bedo, then headed along grassy ridge to Bryn Bras, contoured round to Pen Y Cerrig-Serth then headed west onto Orddu and grassy trails onto Foel Goch, carried on along ridge to Garreg Fawr then across barbed wire fences onto Pen Y Bwlch Gwyn and up to conical Moel Emoel back down lane by Nant Cefn-Coch back to car, very showery and a lot of cloud on the bigger mountains surrounding, easy terrain under foot but quite wet. Drove to and bagged Craig Rhiwarth later on way home. | DanTrig | 19/08/2017 |