Foel-goch
831m (2727ft)
The Glyders (or Glyderau) Area, Snowdonia, Gwynedd, Wales
Foel-goch is on Ordnance Survey Maps:
| OS Explorer Map OL17 | |
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| OS Landranger Map 115 | |
| 1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers) |
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Walk gw194 Y Garn (Glyderau), Foel-goch, Mynydd Perfedd, Carnedd y Filiast (Glyderau) and Elidir Fawr from Nant Peris
High level walk with superb mountain views
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10ml (16km) | |
| Ascent: | 4,369ft (1,332m) | |
| Time: | 8 hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Nant Peris - Gwastadnant - Afon Las - Llyn y Cwm - Y Garn (Glyderau) - Bwlch y Cywion - Foel-goch - Bwlch y Brecan - Mynydd Perfedd - Carnedd y Filiast (Glyderau) - Mynydd Perfedd - Bwlch y Marchlyn - Elidir Fawr - Afon Dudodyn - Nant Peris
Walk gw102 The Welsh 3000's (Glyderau) from Llanberis
5 of the 15 Welsh 3000's
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 12.5ml (18.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 5,327ft (1,624m) | |
| Time: | 9½ hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Pen-y-Gwryd Hotel - Llyn Caseg-fraith - Bwlch Tryfan - Tryfan - (Adam and Eve) - Bwlch Tryfan - Glyder Fach - The Cantilever Stone - Castell y Gwynt (Glyder Fach) - Bwlch y Ddwy-Glyder - Glyder Fawr - Y Garn (Glyderau) - Bwlch y Cywion - Foel-goch - Bwlch y Brecan - Bwlch y Marchlyn - Elidir Fawr - Afon Dudodyn - Nant Peris
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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Foel-goch
Adrian Haywood walked up on April 11th, 2021 [from/via/route] Via devil's kitchen over Y Garn [with] Friends [weather] Nice day, a couple of snow showers at the top
Andy Buxton climbed during August, 1965 [with] Dad
Angela Moroney bagged during 2011 - 2017 3PEAKS
Bleddyn Rhys hiked on October 24th, 2010 [from/via/route] Dyffryn Ogwen - cerdded lawr y lon o Ogwen Cottage, fynnu ar y ridge ac yn ol i'r Dwyrain ar hyd y copaon. [with] Gyda Kev [weather] Braf a chymylog. Golygfeudd gwych! - Diwrnod hir a da. Ymweld a goreuon Cymru.
Kevin Williams summited on March 20th, 2018 [from/via/route] Marchlyn Mawr reservoir road [with] Solo [weather] Sunny, some snow
David Wand conquered on May 28th, 1989 [with] Gayle [weather] Rained in the night but dry for the walk & a light breeze
Rachael Tyler scaled on August 30th, 2017 [from/via/route] Y Garn from Nant Peris on the way to Elidir Fawr [with] Husband [weather] Cloudy, cold & wet up top
Gerald Murphy walked up on August 4th, 2014 [from/via/route] See notes for Y Garn walk, same day. [with] alone [weather] See notes for Y Garn walk, same day. - No other comments
Simon Neilson-Clark climbed on June 17th, 2014 [from/via/route] Tryfan [with] Mrs H [weather] Sunshine had broken through the mist - After Tryfan seemed easier An edae witha great view of the lake below
Robert Taylor-Marriott bagged on January 13th, 2012 [from/via/route] Route 38: Foel-Goch (FG) Completed 13.01.12 [with] Vince Wetton & Robert Taylor-Marriott. [weather] Cloudy with some sun
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Foel-goch
Y Garn (Glyderau), Foel-goch (Glyderau), Mynydd Perfedd and the shoulder of Pen yr Ole Wen from Llyn Ogwen
Foel-goch, Elidir Fawr, Mynydd Perfedd and Carnedd y Filiast from Carnedd Gwenllian (Carnedd Uchaf)
Y Garn (Glyderau) (far left), Foel-goch (Glyderau), Carnedd y Filliast, Ogwen Cottage, Nant Ffrancon and the shoulder of Pen yr Ole Wen (right) from Llyn Idwal
*Y Garn (Glyderau) (far left), Elidir Fawr, Foel-goch, Mynydd Perfedd and Carnedd y Filiast (Glyderau) from Tryfan
The shoulder of Elidir Fawr, Carnedd y Filiast, Mernedd Perfedd and Foel-goch from Y Garn (Glyderau)
*360 degree panorama featuring Carnedd Dafydd, Foel-Goch (foreground), Tryfan and Glyder Fach, Y Garn (foreground), Crib Goch and Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) from the summit of Elidir Fawr
*Carnedd Gwenllian (Carnedd Uchaf), Foel Grach, Carnedd Llewelyn, Carnedd Dafydd, Yr Elen, Foel-goch, Elidir Fawr, Mynydd Perfedd and Carnedd y Filiast from Drosgl
Y Garn (Glyderau), Elidir Fawr (centre) and Foel-goch from near Y Foel Goch
Y Garn (Glyderau) (far left), Foel-goch (Glyderau) and Carnedd y Filliast from Llyn Idwal
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