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Rhinog Fawr
720m (2363ft)

The Rhinogs Area, Snowdonia, Gwynedd, Wales

The summit of Rhinog Fawr is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.


Record Rhinog Fawr as Bagged, Climbed & Conquered


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Welsh Mountain
61st highest in Wales,
148th in England & Wales

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Welsh Nuttall
77th highest in Wales,
185th in England & Wales

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Welsh Marilyn
30th highest in Wales,
548th highest in Great Britain

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Welsh Trig Point (Pillar)

Walk Rhinog Fawr walking UK Mountains in The Rhinogs Area Snowdonia National Park Gwynedd, Wales

Rhinog Fawr Summit

Photo: Justin Pickford

You can find Rhinog Fawr & all the walks that climb it on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)

Snowdonia National Park


1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (the ones with orange/yellow covers):

OL18 Harlech, Porthmadog & Bala/Y Bala


1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (the ones with pink/magenta covers):

124 Dolgellau & Porthmadog


See Rhinog Fawr and the surrounding tops on our free-to-access 'Google Style' Peak Bagging Maps:

See Rhinog Fawr and the surrounding tops on our downloadable PDF Peak Bagging Map:


You can walk to the top of Rhinog Fawr by using this easy‑to‑follow route map:
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Walk gw159 Rhinog Fawr, Rhinog Fach, Y Llethr and Diffwys from Cwm Nantcol

Fantastic - but very long and with two big ascents

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Vital Statistics:

Length: 12mls (19km)
Ascent:4,723ft (1,439m)
Time:9.25hrs
Grade:Walk Grade 8 Icon (Hard)

Other walkers who hiked, climbed, bagged and summited Rhinog Fawr Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Rhinog Fawr

Melfyn Parry walked up Rhinog Fawr on May 17th, 2023 [from/via/route] Started walk from the car park at Maes y Garnedd at 08:45 & followed the route as described on GW159. Notes were generally very good. Path was not easy to follow down from Rhinog Fawr but eventually reached Bwlch Drws Ardudwy & struggled again to find the start of the path up Rhinog Fach, once found it was easy to follow to the summit although it was a hard slog. Once at the top navigation was straightforward to Llyn Hywel albeit quite slow progress due to the nature of the path. Another slog up to Llethr but easy path to follow. From Llethr the grassy path was much easier to make quicker progress & the next three tops (Crib y Rhiw, Diffwys & Diffwys West Top) were reached without difficulty. I decided to go down to Port Scethin & take the bridle path back but this was a mistake as the bridle path as shown on the OS didn't exist. It was hard going through reed beds, boggy land & clumps of heather & bilberry bushes to get back to the path leading back to the carpark, only seeing the bridle path for the final 400m or so. [with] On my own [weather] Sunny spells & quite warm at times especially on uphill sections when in lea of the breeze. On the tops the breeze was chilly. - Stunning views in all directions. Well worth the effort but the ascents are quite hard work, not for the faint hearted.

Mark Davidson climbed Rhinog Fawr on June 2nd, 2010 [from/via/route] Walk gw159 Rhinog Fawr, Rhinog Fach, Y Llethr & Diffwys from Cwm Nantcol [with] Alone [weather] Bright & sunny - perfect walking conditions

Callum Wilson bagged Rhinog Fawr on June 4th, 2022 [from/via/route] Cwm Nantcol car park & first part of route 159. [with] Dad [weather] Rained off & on all day, v.wet on the approach to Cambrian Way Footpath. - Extremely picturesque valley which we will surely return to. Intend to do route 159 but we lost time initially with difficult route finding. Paths very difficult to follow, Cambrian way is not well trodden at all. If we return & complete route 159 we will not include Rhinog Fawr again.

Andy Buxton hiked Rhinog Fawr on June 20th, 1968 [from/via/route] Roman Steps [with] BVGS [weather] Sunny/showers - Training for 14 Peaks (we reckoned that the 14 Peaks were good training for the Rhinogs!)

Christina Lander summited Rhinog Fawr on September 3rd, 2015 [from/via/route] Craigddu-isaf - Bwlch Drws-Ardudwy - Rhinog Fawr - Llyn Du - Craigddu-isaf [with] Dick [weather] Fine & dry, excellent visibility

Robert Taylor-Marriott conquered Rhinog Fawr on June 16th, 2011 [from/via/route] Route 29: Rhinog Fawr (RF). [with] Vince Wetton and Robert Taylor-Marriott. [weather] Sunny/cloudy.

Vince Wetton scaled Rhinog Fawr on June 16th, 2011 [weather] RTM

Kath Edwards walked up Rhinog Fawr on October 25th, 2011 [with] Meg and ted

Mike Harris, Donovan Suddell, Linda Mckeogh, Trevor Williams and Paul Booth have all walked, climbed & bagged Rhinog Fawr.

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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Rhinog Fawr

Looking East from the summit of Rhinog Fawr

Looking East from the summit of Rhinog Fawr

Photo: Justin Pickford (7)

Rhinog Fawr (centre left) and Rhinog Fach (centre right) and Llyn Hywel from Y Llethr

Rhinog Fawr (centre left) and Rhinog Fach (centre right) and Llyn Hywel from Y Llethr

Photo: John Greaves (35)

Rhinog Fawr from the Rhinog Fach summit cairn

Rhinog Fawr from the Rhinog Fach summit cairn

Photo: John Greaves (27)

Rhinog Fawr towers above Bwlch Drws-Ardudwy from the cairn on the North end of the Rhinog Fach ridge

Rhinog Fawr towers above Bwlch Drws-Ardudwy from the cairn on the North end of the Rhinog Fach ridge

Photo: John Greaves (25)

Y Llethr summit cairn with Rhinog Fawr in the distance

Y Llethr summit cairn with Rhinog Fawr in the distance

Photo: John Greaves (36)

Rhinog Fawr across Tremadog Bay from Criccieth

Rhinog Fawr across Tremadog Bay from Criccieth

Photo: Alan Byron (7)

Ruined barn on the lower slopes of Rhinog Fawr above Nantcol

Ruined barn on the lower slopes of Rhinog Fawr above Nantcol

Photo: Justin Pickford (4)

Moelfre (Rhinogs) from the lower slopes of Rhinog Fawr above Nantcol

Moelfre (Rhinogs) from the lower slopes of Rhinog Fawr above Nantcol

Photo: Justin Pickford (3)

Rhinog Fawr and Northern Snowdonia from the cairn on the north end of the Rhinog Fach ridge

Rhinog Fawr and Northern Snowdonia from the cairn on the north end of the Rhinog Fach ridge

Photo: John Greaves (26)

Rhinog Fawr summit from the large cairn on the SW flank of Rhinog Fawr

Rhinog Fawr summit from the large cairn on the SW flank of Rhinog Fawr

Photo: Justin Pickford (5)

Rhinog Fawr across Tremadog Bay from Criccieth

Rhinog Fawr across Tremadog Bay from Criccieth

Photo: Alan Byron (1)

Rhinog Fach and Y Llethr with Bwlch Drws-Ardudwy below from Rhinog Fawr

Rhinog Fach and Y Llethr with Bwlch Drws-Ardudwy below from Rhinog Fawr

Photo: Justin Pickford (9)

The Rhinogs featuring (left to right): Rhinog Fawr, Rhinog Fach, Y Llethr, Diffwys and Moelfre (Rhinogs) (behind the house) from Llandanwg

The Rhinogs featuring (left to right): Rhinog Fawr, Rhinog Fach, Y Llethr, Diffwys and Moelfre (Rhinogs) (behind the house) from Llandanwg

Photo: Steph Nevin (10)

Chris Webb and Chris Golby on Rhinog Fawr

Chris Webb and Chris Golby on Rhinog Fawr

Photo: Oliver Lewis (1)

Looking back up to Rhinog Fawr from the large cairn on Bwlch Drws-Ardudwy

Looking back up to Rhinog Fawr from the large cairn on Bwlch Drws-Ardudwy

Photo: Justin Pickford (10)

Rhinog Fawr across Tremadog Bay from Criccieth Castle

Rhinog Fawr across Tremadog Bay from Criccieth Castle

Photo: Alan Byron (4)

Looking down to Bwlch Drws-Ardudwy from Rhinog Fawr

Looking down to Bwlch Drws-Ardudwy from Rhinog Fawr

Photo: Justin Pickford (8)


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