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Bwlch Tryfan (Tryfan Pass)

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Bwlch Tryfan (Tryfan Pass)

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Bwlch Tryfan (Tryfan Pass)

Name: Bwlch Tryfan (Tryfan Pass)
Rating: 2

Recommended by 46 hikers

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Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri

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Location: Capel Curig, Conwy, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom

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1. Glyder Fach & Glyder Fawr loop via Bristly Ridge from Ogwen Cottage — Snowdonia National Park

8.84km

04:13

730m

Hard hike. Good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required.

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2. Tryfan North Ridge scramble loop from Llyn Ogwen — Snowdonia National Park

4.61km

02:47

530m

Hard hike. Good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required.

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3. Bochlwyd horseshoe (avoiding Bristly Ridge) — Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri | Snowdonia National Park

7.01km

04:02

800m

Hard hike. Good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required.

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Tips

Alex Foxfield

June 10, 2022

Bwlch Tryfan is the pass between two of Wales' finest mountains: Tryfan and Glyder Fach. A number of trails meet here and the adventures it gives access to are wonderful.

The South Ridge scramble to Tryfan's airy summit begins here which, as an easy grade one scramble, is the easiest way up the mountain. Head south for Bristly Ridge, a much trickier grade one scramble that leads straight up to Glyder Fach's moonscape summit.

Zoe Evans

February 27, 2024

Tryfan South Ridge is a route up the easier, yet never that easy, side of Tryfan. Tryfan’s South Ridge starts from Bwlch Tryfan and there are a number of approaches you can take to arrive at this point, including tacking it onto a circuit of the Glyderau. This loop however, takes in the approach via Cwm Tryfan towards Bwlch Tryfan before descending via Cwm Bochlwyd to the start. You could extend the outing by descending via Cwm Bochlwyd and then Cwm Idwal, and returning along the far shore of Llyn Ogwen and negating the need for the short section of road at the end.

Clive G

October 12, 2025

A meeting of the ways as well as the col between Tryfan and Glyder Fach

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Elevation 730 m

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Location: Capel Curig, Conwy, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom

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Bwlch Tryfan (Tryfan Pass)

1. Glyder Fach & Glyder Fawr loop via Bristly Ridge from Ogwen Cottage — Snowdonia National Park

2. Tryfan North Ridge scramble loop from Llyn Ogwen — Snowdonia National Park

3. Bochlwyd horseshoe (avoiding Bristly Ridge) — Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri | Snowdonia National Park

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