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Name: | Pen yr Ole Wen |
Hill number: | 1969 |
Height: | 978m / 3209ft |
Parent (Ma): | 1965 Carnedd Llewelyn |
RHB Section: | 30B: Snowdonia |
Nuttall/Wainwright area: | The Carneddau |
County/UA: | Conwy, Gwynedd |
Catchment: | Ogwen |
Class: | Simm, Furth, Hewitt, Nuttall, High Hills of Britain, Buxton & Lewis, Bridge, Trail 100 (Tu,Sim,F,Hew,N,HHB,BL,Bg,T100) |
Grid ref: | SH 65599 61946 |
Summit feature: | ground 5m N of cairn |
Drop: | 45m |
Col: | 933m SH654622 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 115 (1:25k) OL17W |
Survey: | Abney level |
Comments: | Added to Trail 100 list Jan 2020 |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 1156 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Cambrian Way Stage 21. | Rob Rees | 08/03/2024 |
First tump of 3 on a 10 hour and 10 mile walk, a steep climb up a cliff with nice views of Anglesey and the sea, at the top of the cliff a little walk to the summit. With Dad and Ptol. | speedyclimber | 31/10/2023 |
From Ogwen CP. Took direct route on path which involves quite a bit of climbing which was slow going, but nice on a cool sunny morning. Great views across Snowdonia and Anglesey. With Tol and Felix | RoguePulsar | 31/10/2023 |
Ascent from Bethesda with Twiggy having done Carnedd Dafydd first. Sunny, but cool with some snow on ground. Not too busy. | desperate dan | 15/10/2023 |
Straight up from Ogwen Cottage on A5, plenty of scrambling involved, decent weather and great views of the whole Glyder range. | Stuzinho | 23/09/2023 |
Four furths with Richard Moore, Jason Fulton and Karen Webber, on OMC trip to Snowdonia. Parked on A5 at trees in Glen Dena. Headed up Pen yr Ole Wen (978m) first, then Carnedd Dafydd (1044m), followed by an outing to Yr Elen (962m) finishes on Carnedd Llewelyn (1064m). Descended via Llugwy Reservoir and walked back along the A5, 7:10hrs all in. | chillyman8 | 21/09/2023 |
Day one of Dragons Back Race | emily | 04/09/2023 |
https://strava.app.link/dh4H4p2SIzb | John | 07/05/2023 |
With Ben on a 3-day backpack over the Welsh 3000ft peaks from Llanfairfechan to Pen-y-pass | alistairpooler | 16/04/2023 |
Cwm Llafar horseshoe. Foel Meirch, Carnedd Dafydd, Pen Yr Ole Wen, Carnedd Dafydd, Carnedd Llewelyn and Yr Elen. | alunrees40 | 07/04/2023 |
Solo loop from Ogwen Cottage - PYOW, Carnedd Dafydd, Carnedd Llewellyn | Iam_JoshEdwards | 03/04/2023 |
with K* taking in Carnedd Dafydd & Carnedd Llewelyn | Fabioski | 30/08/2022 |
Pen Yr Ole Wen, Carnedd Dafydd, Carnedd Llewelyn, Foel Grach, Garnedd Uchaf, Foel-fras, Drum, Carnedd y Ddelw, Foel Lwyd, Tal y Fan, Mynydd y Dref | keithouk | 29/08/2022 |
Pen Yr Ole Wen, Carnedd Daffyd, Yr Elen, Carnedd Llewellyn, Pen Yr Helgi Du, Clogwyn Llech Lefn, Pen Llithrig Y Wrach | Barns150 | 02/06/2022 |
Cwm Llafar Horseshoe. Crib Lem, Carnedd Dafydd, Pen Yr Ole Wen, Carnedd Llewelyn and Yr Elen. | alunrees39 | 28/05/2022 |
Yr Ole Wen, Pen Yr Ole wen, Carnedd Daffyd, Carnedd Llewelyn, Yr Elen, Foel Grach, Carnedd Gwenllian | AvidSockWearer | 15/05/2022 |
Yr Ole Wen, Pen Yr Ole wen, Carnedd Daffyd, Carnedd Llewelyn, Yr Elen, Foel Grach, Carnedd Gwenllian - with ASW | meltdiceburg | 15/05/2022 |
Carneddau Traverse from South to North. Starting in Ogwen Valley. Pen Yr Ole Wen, Carnedd Dafydd, Carnedd Llewelyn, Foel Grach, Carnedd Gwenllian, Foel Fras and Drum. Finished in Abergwyngregin | alunrees39 | 20/03/2022 |
Carneddau ridge with M | Fabioski | 11/01/2022 |
UTS 50k: Moel Siabod, Clogwyn Bwlch-y-maen, Carnedd y Cribau, Glyder Fawr, Y Garn, 	Pen yr Ole Wen, Carnedd Dafydd, Carnedd Llewelyn, Pen yr Helgi Du, Mynydd Deulyn. Totally savage race but incredible. 19th woman. | Fionalevey | 11/09/2021 |
Solo from near Ffynnon Lloer | Mickeyfinn | 07/09/2021 |
From Carnedd Dafydd | KeithByTheC | 20/07/2021 |
Weather - Sunny with high cloud (beautiful day, but not too hot) ... Route: Carneddau ridge traverse from the A5 ... Llewellyn - Yr Elen - Dafydd - Pen yr Ole Wen... Arrived back at the car park at 6pm ... Total walk time with rest stops 10 hours. | R & K | 22/06/2021 |
Ogwen - Pen yr Ole Wen via E ridge - Carnedd Dafydd - Carnedd Llewelyn - Pen yr Helgi Du and S to A5. A long day but superb weather. | milimana | 22/06/2021 |
19.4 miles 4660ft walk. Start at Dinas Farm campsite, Penisarallt, Foel Meirch, Carnedd Dafydd, Pen Yr Ole Wen, Carnedd Llewelyn and Yr Elen, then back to Penisarallt. | stephenbuda | 15/06/2021 |
Long run from Ogwen to Conwy over the Carneddau. | twg27 | 05/06/2021 |
On the way to Carnedd Llewelyn. Nice little scramble from the eastern side | thomasrandall96 | 29/05/2021 |
From Ogwen Valley. Pen Yr Ole Wen, Carnedd Dafydd, Carnedd Llewelyn, Foel Grach, Carnedd Gwenllian and Foel Fras. | WelshMountainGoat38 | 26/04/2021 |
From Llyn Ogwen via Afon Lloer en route to Carnedd Daffyd. Ysgolion Duon and Carnedd Llewelyn. | M6KIO | 10/09/2020 |
Via Porcupine Route from Llyn Ogwen. Descended to Ffynnon Lloer. | quadbarrel | 24/07/2020 |
From Braichmelyn. Crib Lem spur, Carnedd Dafydd, Pen Yr Ole Wen, Carnedd Llewelyn and Yr Elen. Glorious sunny evening!! | alunrees37 | 24/06/2020 |
Welsh 3000s with Paul. Sunny. 9h 05 top to top. | davechaffey | 01/06/2020 |
Pen Yr Ole Wen with Bean Bag Boys | Tarkus | 18/12/2019 |
Parked near Lake Ogwen, did horseshoe inc. 2 carnedds. Frost on top of mountains and very nice weather in general. (Staying at b&b in Capel Curig) | Joel451 | 30/11/2019 |
Alumni weekend in Caernavon. Walk from Ogwen to Bethesda via C. Llewellyn, following main track from E end of lake up to Pen-yr-Olewen | richardrosser | 12/10/2019 |
Up the Afon Lloer to Cwm Lloer, east ridge up to Pen yr Ole Wen, to Carnedd Dafydd, along the Cefn Ysgiliion Duon and dropped south down Rhos Bodesi to rejoin the Afon Lloer. | ByronHaywood | 16/09/2019 |
Superb finish to a long hot day in the hills. We drank 2.3 litres of water ( we normally drink a third of that at most ) and had to reapply the sun tan lotion 3 times. Cracking day out. | DanMaisieBex | 24/08/2019 |
A hot sunny and humid day giving superb views throughout the walk. With E from Gern Gif Isaf Farm (parking £2) up grassy paths as far as Pen yr Helgi Du then solo. E didn’t fancy ridge and rock band and I think it was the sensible option - tough! Continued up to Carnedd Llywelyn, Carnedd Dafydd and Pen yr Ole Wen. Very steep and long descent to Afon Lloer and Glan Dena. | Beeliner | 23/07/2019 |
Via East Ridge on the way to Carnedd Dafydd & Carnedd Llywelyn | delamerewolf | 14/07/2019 |
Second climb of this great mountain, kept to the left of the scree on the upper slope of the south side this time, great views from the top today as the weather was clear, sunny with no wind - perfect! | giant_hiker | 22/06/2019 |
Pen yr Ole Wen, Carnedd Dafydd then camped near tarn with Nathan. Not raining! | axoree | 15/06/2019 |
Bonus bag en route to Carnedd Llewelyn. | Newton Maximus | 21/05/2019 |
DB Race day 1 | milejunkie | 20/05/2019 |
Pen yr Ole Wen > Carnedd Fach > Carnedd Dafydd from GR: SH 66849 60530 | Hippster | 19/05/2019 |
Pen yr Ole Wen > Carnedd Fach > Carnedd Dafydd from GR: SH 66849 60530 | ronaldo333 | 19/05/2019 |
Climbed with Peter Thirkettle | psburgess | 17/05/2019 |
Climbed with Paul Burgess | P.Thirkettle | 17/05/2019 |
Traverse of the Carneddau from Conwy to Ogwen Valley | Claireb | 05/05/2019 |
Carneddau traverse, Llandudno Jt to Ogwen Cottage | S4m498 | 05/05/2019 |
Run with Adam | PaulE | 04/05/2019 |