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Route outline for walk gw120:

Hirnant Pass  -  Foel Goch (Berwyns)  -  Trum y Gwrgedd  -  Trum y Gwragedd  -  Foel y Geifr (Berwyns)  -  Pen y Cerrig  -  Pen y Boncyn Trefeilw  -  Stac Rhos  -  Cefn Gwyntog  -  Cyrniau Nod  -  Y Groes Fagl  -  Pennllyn Forest  -  Wystrad-y-groes  -  Hirnant Pass

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Points of Interest/Notes on this walk:

Trum y Gwragedd is spelt incorrectly on OS map OL23 as Trum y Gwrgedd

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Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

3 Welsh Mountains

0 Wainwrights

7 Welsh Nuttalls

0 Welsh Deweys

0 Wainwright Outlying Fells

0 Welsh Marilyns

1 Bridget

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Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Cyrniau Nod at 666m (2185ft). Cyrniau Nod is known as a Welsh Bridget.

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Y Groes Fagl at 659m (2163ft). Y Groes Fagl is also known as a Welsh Nuttall (131st highest in Wales, 313th highest in England & Wales).

You will also reach the summit of Pen y Boncyn Trefeilw at 640m (2100ft). Pen y Boncyn Trefeilw is classified as a Welsh Mountain (Hewitt) (107th highest in Wales, 259th highest in England & Wales) Pen y Boncyn Trefeilw is also known as a Welsh Nuttall (148th highest in Wales, 349th highest in England & Wales).

Along the way you will also bag:

• Stac Rhos at 630m (2068ft). Stac Rhos is known as a Welsh Nuttall (156th highest in Wales, 372nd highest in England & Wales).

• Foel y Geifr (Berwyns) at 626m (2055ft). Foel y Geifr (Berwyns) is classified as a Welsh Mountain (Hewitt) (119th Wales, 283rd Eng & Wal) and a Welsh Nuttall (163rd highest in Wales, 385th highest in England & Wales). The summit of Foel y Geifr (Berwyns) is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

• Cefn Gwyntog at 615m (2018ft). Cefn Gwyntog is known as a Welsh Nuttall (177th highest in Wales, 420th highest in England & Wales).

• Foel Goch (Berwyns) at 613m (2012ft). Foel Goch (Berwyns) is classified as a Welsh Mountain (Hewitt) (131st Wales, 308th Eng & Wal) and a Welsh Nuttall (182nd highest in Wales, 429th highest in England & Wales). Foel Goch (Berwyns) means 'Red Bare Hill' in Welsh and is pronounced 'foil gokh'.

• Trum y Gwrgedd at 612m (2009ft). Trum y Gwrgedd is known as a Welsh Nuttall (183rd highest in Wales, 431st highest in England & Wales).

This walk is on Ordnance Survey Maps:

OS Explorer Maps OL23 & 255

1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers)

OS Landranger Map 125

1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers)

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