Mynydd Moel

Mynydd Moel

Mynydd Moel from Cadair Idris
Highest point
Elevation 863 m (2,831 ft)
Prominence 67 m (220 ft)
Parent peak Cadair Idris
Listing Hewitt, Nuttall
Naming
Translation Bare Mountain (Welsh)
Geography
Location Gwynedd, Wales
Parent range Cadair Idris
OS grid SH711130
Topo map OS Landranger 124, Explorer OL23
Climbing
Easiest route Hike

Mynydd Moel is a subsidiary summit of Cadair Idris in the Snowdonia National Park, in Gwynedd, northwest Wales. It lies to the east of Cadair Idris and is often climbed as a horseshoe along with Craig Cwm Amarch and Cadair Idris.

The summit bare an rocky and marked with a cairn. The north face like Cadair Idris has large cliffs. To the east is a lower broad plateau topped by the summit of Gau Graig.[1]

References

  1. Nuttall, John & Anne (1999). The Mountains of England & Wales - Volume 1: Wales (2nd edition ed.). Milnthorpe, Cumbria: Cicerone. ISBN 1-85284-304-7.

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Coordinates: 52°41′58″N 3°54′25″W / 52.699428°N 3.907032°W / 52.699428; -3.907032

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