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The Welsh 3000s

The Welsh 3000s

Andrew planned a hike

July 6, 2022

The Welsh 3000s

Hard

20:57

51.5km

2.5km/h

3,350m

3,700m

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Overview

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

Includes an off-grid segment

Navigation instructions may be limited.

After 8.10 km for 1.79 km

Most people would complete this in 3-6 days

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Waypoints

Pen-y-Pass

Highlight • Parking

Right in the heart of northern Eryri (Snowdonia), Pen-y-Pass is superbly located for adventures on the Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) massif and the Glyderau. It is a popular starting point for …

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2.73 km

Crib Goch Ridge

Highlight • Climb

The Crib Goch main ridge scramble is one of the best in the UK. Renowned for hair-raising drops on either side, the thin and rocky ridge is the most challenging …

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5.21 km

Snowdon Summit (Yr Wyddfa)

Highlight • Summit

Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) is perhaps the most ascended mountain in the world, and with good reason. This is a majestic mountain, as is befitting of Wales' highest point.

Its glory …

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13.4 km

Elidir Fawr Summit

Highlight • Natural Monument

Another of the big mountains in Snowdonia, if staying in Llanberis i suggest going up this and adding the glyders and tryfan. Asling as the weather is good you will …

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15.5 km

Superb hill to hike on a sky blue summer day. Super views of Snowdon and the Glyder range. We came up from the Nant Peris side on a scorching day. For route details and photographs click here: komoot.com/tour/249459675

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19.7 km

Glyder Fawr summit

Highlight • Summit

The summit of Glyder Fawr is magnificent. On a clear day you will see incredible views of Snowdon, Crib Goch and Garnedd Ugain. At 3,284 feet (1,001 m), it is the highest peak in the Glyderau range.

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23.0 km

Tryfan Summit

Highlight • Summit

An incredible rocky adventure playground that rises like the ancient spine of a petrified leviathan, Tryfan is without doubt one of the UK's premier mountains. The North Ridge is an …

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29.3 km

Pen yr Ole Wen

Highlight • Viewpoint

An almost pyramidal peak, Pen r Ole Wen looms over the elbow of Ogwen, watching from above as screaming jets pull hard right to skim along the valley floor. It’s …

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30.8 km

Carnedd Dafydd

Highlight • Summit

After a steep push to the summit, your effort is rewarded with spectacular views over to the Glyderau, Tryfan, Carnedd Llewellyn and Anglesey to the north. At 3,425 feet (1,044 …

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33.8 km

Carnedd Llewelyn

Highlight • Natural Monument

Carnedd Llewelyn is a rugged and wild summit that boasts incredible views of the lake Ffynnon Llugwn. With bracing mountain air to reinvigorate the senses, this peak is a must-climb …

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35.2 km

Yr Elen summit

Highlight • Natural Monument

Many people overlook climbing Yr Elen, which is to the benefit of those that do. With spectacular views and a jagged, highly interesting summit, it's surprising how little-visited this magnificent …

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38.4 km

Foel Grach summit and refuge

Highlight • Viewpoint

Foel Grach, which translates rather unkindly to 'Scabby Hill', is a 3,195-foot (976 m) summit in the Carneddau. Its bouldered top is the least prominent of the Snowdonian mountains over …

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39.5 km

Carnedd Gwenllian

Highlight • Summit

Carnedd Gwenllian is only a minor summit of the Carneddau range. As it rises only slightly above the rest of the ridge, the mountain is not part of the Welsh …

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41.0 km

Foel Fras summit

Highlight • Viewpoint

Foel-fras is probably most notable as the final (or first) summit of the Welsh 3000s – the challenge of conquering all 15 of the region's peaks above 3,000 feet (914 …

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43.1 km

Drum

Peak

51.5 km

End point

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

23.7 km

13.4 km

8.13 km

1.77 km

1.40 km

1.05 km

1.00 km

893 m

Surfaces

19.3 km

13.9 km

9.73 km

5.52 km

1.79 km

1.09 km

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The Welsh 3000s

Pen-y-Pass

Crib Goch Ridge

Snowdon Summit (Yr Wyddfa)

Elidir Fawr Summit

Foel Goch

Glyder Fawr summit

Tryfan Summit

Pen yr Ole Wen

Carnedd Dafydd

Carnedd Llewelyn

Yr Elen summit

Foel Grach summit and refuge

Carnedd Gwenllian

Foel Fras summit

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