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Cribin Fawr
658m (2161ft)

The Cadair Idris Area, Snowdonia, Gwynedd, Wales


Record Cribin Fawr as Bagged, Climbed & Conquered


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Welsh Mountain
99th highest in Wales,
235th in England & Wales

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Welsh Nuttall
133rd highest in Wales,
314th in England & Wales

You can find Cribin 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):

OL23 Cadair Idris & Bala Lake/Llyn Tegid


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

124 Dolgellau & Porthmadog


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

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


You can walk to the top of Cribin Fawr by using either of these 2 easy‑to‑follow route maps:
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Walk gw113 Waun-oer and Cribin Fawr from Bryn Coedwig, Aberllefenni

Superb mountain walk

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Vital Statistics:

Length: 9.5mls (15km)
Ascent:2,777ft (846m)
Time:6½ hrs
Grade:Walk Grade 6 Icon (Moderate)
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Walk gw167 Waun-oer, Cribin Fawr and Maesglase from Bryn Coedwig, Aberllefenni

Superb mountain walk

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Vital Statistics:

Length: 12.5ml (20km)
Ascent:3,738ft (1,139m)
Time:8.25hrs
Grade:Walk Grade 8 Icon (Hard)

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

Stephanie Doyle walked up Cribin Fawr on May 20th, 2023 [with] Solo [weather] Beautiful - Still boggy in parts even though it's been nice for days ❤️

Mark Davidson climbed Cribin Fawr on June 30th, 2006 [from/via/route] Walk gw167 Waun-oer, Cribin Fawr & Maesglase from Bryn Coedwig, Aberllefenni [with] Alone [weather] Nice & sunny

Donovan Suddell bagged Cribin Fawr on August 24th, 2021 [from/via/route] Aberllefenni using gw167 [with] solo [weather] cloudy, especially at the peaks

Bleddyn Rhys hiked Cribin Fawr on June 17th, 2017 [from/via/route] Cerdded o Dinas Mawddwy i'r Cross Foxes fynnu Maesglase, Cribin Fawr a Waun Oer. Gyrru fynnu a gwersylla noson yn Dinas. [with] Gyda Siwan! [weather] Diwrnod braf iawn a poeth - angen lot o ddwr. Diwrnod poethaf y flwyddyn hyd yn hyn. - Cymeryd tipyn yn hirach nag oeddwn wedi feddwl. Cyraedd Cross Foxes chydig cyn 8 a taxi mynd a ni i'r Llew Coch yn Dinas am swpar.

Christina Lander summited Cribin Fawr on May 20th, 2015 [from/via/route] Aberllefenni - Waun-oer - Cribin Fawr - Craig Portas - Maesglase - Mynydd Dolgoed - Aberllefenni [with] Dick & Suzanne [weather] Sunny, very good visibility - Amazing & massive views of Cadair Idris & the rest of Snowdonia beyond

Paul Booth, Trevor Williams and Kath Edwards have all walked, climbed & bagged Cribin Fawr.

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

Waun-oer from Cribin Fawr

Waun-oer from Cribin Fawr

Photo: Mike Walker (413)

Post marking the summit of Cribin Fawr

Post marking the summit of Cribin Fawr

Photo: Mike Walker (414)

Waun-oer and Cribin Fawr from the summit of Craig Portas

Waun-oer and Cribin Fawr from the summit of Craig Portas

Photo: Mike Walker (423)

Craig Portas from Cribin Fawr

Craig Portas from Cribin Fawr

Photo: Mike Walker (416)

Looking back up to Waun-oer from the bwlch between Waun-oer and Cribin Fawr

Looking back up to Waun-oer from the bwlch between Waun-oer and Cribin Fawr

Photo: Mike Walker (412)

Marker stone on the summit of Cribin Fawr

Marker stone on the summit of Cribin Fawr

Photo: Mike Walker (415)


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