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Foel Goch (Snowdon)
605m (1985ft)

The Snowdon Area, Snowdonia, Gwynedd, Wales

Foel Goch (Snowdon) means 'Red Bare Hill' in Welsh and is pronounced 'foil gokh'.

The summit of Foel Goch (Snowdon) is marked by a cairn.


Record Foel Goch (Snowdon) as Bagged, Climbed & Conquered


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7th highest in Wales,
12th in England & Wales

You can find Foel Goch (Snowdon) & 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):

OL17 Snowdon/Yr Wyddfa and Conwy Valley/Dyffryn Conwy


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

115 Snowdon & Caernarfon


See Foel Goch (Snowdon) and the surrounding tops on our free-to-access 'Google Style' Peak Bagging Maps:

See Foel Goch (Snowdon) and the surrounding tops on our downloadable PDF Peak Bagging Map:


You can walk to the top of Foel Goch (Snowdon) by using either of these 2 easy‑to‑follow route maps:
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Walk gw118 Moel Cynghorion, Foel Gron and Moel Eilio from Llanberis

Superb views

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Vital Statistics:

Length: 11ml (17.5km)
Ascent:4,175ft (1,273m)
Time:8 hrs
Grade:Walk Grade 7 Icon (Hard)
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Walk gw158 Garnedd Ugain, Snowdon, Moel Cynghorion, Foel Gron and Moel Eilio from Llanberis

Testing hike over Snowdon & her sisters

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Vital Statistics:

Length: 13.25ml (21km)
Ascent:5,651ft (1,723m)
Time:10½ hrs
Grade:Walk Grade 9 Icon (Very Hard)

Other walkers who hiked, climbed, bagged and summited Foel Goch (Snowdon) Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Foel Goch (Snowdon)

Sion Britton walked up Foel Goch (Snowdon) on April 3rd, 2021 [from/via/route] Llwybr Llechi wrth Waunfawr. [with] Rhiannon [weather] Braf.

Iwan Williams climbed Foel Goch (Snowdon) on August 23rd, 2019 [from/via/route] Snowdon Ranger

Mark Davidson, Louis Smith, Tony Deegan and Paul Booth have all walked, climbed & bagged Foel Goch (Snowdon).

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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Foel Goch (Snowdon)

Cairn on Foel Rudd (Mynydd Mawr) with Moel Eilio, Foel Gron and Foel Goch (Snowdon) in the background

Cairn on Foel Rudd (Mynydd Mawr) with Moel Eilio, Foel Gron and Foel Goch (Snowdon) in the background

Photo: Gerald Murphy (134)

Moel Eilio, Foel Gron and Foel Goch (Snowdon) tower above Llyn Celwyn from Foel Rudd (Mynydd Mawr)

Moel Eilio, Foel Gron and Foel Goch (Snowdon) tower above Llyn Celwyn from Foel Rudd (Mynydd Mawr)

Photo: Gerald Murphy (146)

Moel Eilio, Foel Gron and Foel Goch (Snowdon) in the distance with Mynydd Mawr (Llyn Cwellyn) (left), Cwm Planwydd and Foel Rudd (Mynydd Mawr) (right) from Craig y Bera

Moel Eilio, Foel Gron and Foel Goch (Snowdon) in the distance with Mynydd Mawr (Llyn Cwellyn) (left), Cwm Planwydd and Foel Rudd (Mynydd Mawr) (right) from Craig y Bera

Photo: Gerald Murphy (138)

On Y Clegyr above Llyn Padarn (Llanberis) with Crib Goch, Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl), Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa), Moel Cynghorion, Foel Goch (Snowdon), Foel Gron and Moel Eilio (Llanberis) in the background

On Y Clegyr above Llyn Padarn (Llanberis) with Crib Goch, Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl), Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa), Moel Cynghorion, Foel Goch (Snowdon), Foel Gron and Moel Eilio (Llanberis) in the background

Photo: Dan Dennehy (2)


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