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Name: | Elidir Fawr |
Hill number: | 1975 |
Height: | 924m / 3031ft |
RHB Section: | 30B: Snowdonia |
Nuttall/Wainwright area: | The Glyders |
County/UA: | Gwynedd |
Catchment: | Seiont |
Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Furth, Hewitt, Nuttall, High Hills of Britain, Buxton & Lewis, Bridge, Clem, Trail 100 (Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim,F,Hew,N,HHB,BL,Bg,Cm,T100) |
Grid ref: | SH 61176 61292 |
Summit feature: | rock c 25m SSW of windshelter |
Drop: | 213m |
Col: | 711m SH626614 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 115 (1:25k) OL17W |
Observations: | windshelter is at SH 61197 61304 |
Survey: | Abney level |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 1031 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
As part of the Marchlyn loop. | alunrees1983 | 23/09/2023 |
6.5 mile Marchlyn Mawr circular from car park at end of road near Deiniolen. Track then steep pull onto Elidir Fach, good stony trails onto Elidir Fawr, good paths along narrow ridge leading to Mynydd Perfedd and Carnedd Y Filiast with one last rocky descent to the track back to the car park. A few people about. Great views with the cloud above the summits. 685m ascent. | DanTrig | 10/09/2023 |
From Nant Peris: Elidir Fawr, Mynydd Perfedd, Carnedd y Filast, N Top, Foel Goch, Y Garn. With Kev and Nick. | sebastiencale | 12/07/2023 |
https://strava.app.link/kuCIkRadrAb | John | 06/06/2023 |
Got the bus up to Ogwen Cottage from Bethesda, and walked back along the ridge. Day of glorious sunshine! | andrewroberts | 03/06/2023 |
Climbed in the evening from Dinorwig. Very easy. Good views of Snowdon, Crib Goch, Glyders & the coast | Barns150 | 29/04/2023 |
Walked from Ty Gwyn hut via quarry & Elidir Fach with DAve C & Mick from Bassetlaw Hill & Mountain Club. Sunny gentle breeze. | alwaysinshorts | 22/04/2023 |
With Ben on a 3-day backpack over the Welsh 3000ft peaks from Llanfairfechan to Pen-y-pass | alistairpooler | 17/04/2023 |
With Seymour, Tima, Pascal, & Orla. From Mynydd Perfedd. Onwards to Elidir Fach & then descent along good path all the way back to the reservoir road to the north. Sun began to cloud over towards the end of the day. | millionmts | 17/04/2023 |
The kids first 3000 mountain. | paulh79 | 11/04/2023 |
Mountain Skills - Evertrek (Steve) | paulh79 | 21/01/2023 |
Start at SH 593, 631, rough post code LL55 3NA. 
Circular route; Elidir Fach, Elidir Fawr, Y Garn, Foel-Goch, Mynydd Perfedd & Carnedd y Filiast. | paulh79 | 05/01/2023 |
Carmedd Y Filiast North Top, Carnedd Y Filiast, Mynydd Perfedd and Elidir Fawr | alunrees40 | 03/12/2022 |
Evening drawing in and with descent through quarries approaching didnt dally at summit. Exciting descent, always getting a bit lost in the quarries, amazing place. Got to Llanberis as light failing. | richardrosser | 18/10/2022 |
*** 25 September 2022 *** Lindsey and I followed the clear track from Nant Peris up to Elidir Fawr. We stopped in the summit shelter for lunch (six years to the hour since our previous visit). A dry day but a chill wind which increased during the day. Slow but steady pace - three hours up, two hours down. (2.1 miles; 2,542ft ascent.) | Skip | 25/09/2022 |
Nant Peris - Elixir Fawr - Mynydd Perfedd - Carnedd y Filiast - Mynydd Perfedd - Foel-goch - Nant Peris | JHes | 18/09/2022 |
done with K | Fabioski | 13/09/2022 |
From road head at Talywaen. Plenty of parking. Up north ridge on to Elidir Fach. Ensure you go through gate below Marchlyn Bach Reservoir outflow. This avoids unecessary clamber over wall/fence. Path most of the way. | KeithByTheC | 11/08/2022 |
From campsite below Tryfan, up E ridge of Y Garn, then along to Foel Goch, Mynydd Perfedd, Carnedd y Filiast and Elidir Fawr. Return via contour path to Y Garn and Devil's Kitchen. Warm and sunny. Memories of 14peaks (as it was then) weekends from uni days slogging up from Nant Peris | richard69 | 16/07/2022 |
From the slate mine at Llanberis with GFE while working at ultra trail Snowdonia | Fionalevey | 01/07/2022 |
Dudodyn Round | Arbie | 04/05/2022 |
Clockwise loop from Deiniolen | Iam_JoshEdwards | 30/04/2022 |
With Pete & Angus. Sunny & clear. From Mynydd Perfedd. Really nice ascent from Bwlch y Marchlyn. Descent via Elidir Fach, then north to reservoir to return to car at SH 595631 via access road. Good views. Bit slow on descent, given injured feet. | millionmts | 08/04/2022 |
Marchlyn loop. Carnedd Y Filiast North top, Carnedd Y Filiast, Mynydd Perfedd, Foel-Goch and Elidir Fawr. | alunrees39 | 03/04/2022 |
Up from the parking at a5, 4 Marilyn's, finishing with Tryfan and back down to car, 9hrs 20.74km | Stevooo | 26/02/2022 |
O Deiniolen. | sionbrit | 25/08/2021 |
Park Ogwen Valley up via Devil's kitchen to YbGarn, contour round to join ridge path to Elidir Fawr, back to Carnedd Filiast and back over Foel Goch. Descent via Y LlynLlwyd. | andrew.morel | 03/08/2021 |
20 miles 4753ft walk. Start at Dinas Farm campsite, Penisarallt, follow Slate Trail to Cym Ceunant, take path up to Carnedd-Y-Filiast, Mynydd Perfedd, Foel Goch and Elidir Fawr down to Marchlyn Reservoir back to Penisarallt. | stephenbuda | 13/06/2021 |
Part of an extended Marchlyn loop. Carnedd Y Filiast North top, Carnedd Y Filiast, Mynydd Perfedd, Foel-Goch and Elidir Fawr. | WelshMountainGoat38 | 11/04/2021 |
Superb mountain with real peaky look. Great views down to the reservoir and over the Ogwen Valley. Large summit shelter | DawnY24 | 31/08/2020 |
From Nant Peris. Circular of the Western Glyders taking in Y Garn, Foel-Goch, Mynydd Perfedd, Carnedd Y Filiast, Carnedd Y Filiast North Top and Elidir Fawr. | alunrees37 | 26/07/2020 |
From Nant Peris over Y Garn and down to Nant Peris. 2nd ascent. | IWC | 30/11/2019 |
Climbed with Rebekah and Delilah. Cloud on highest summits all day. Only met 2 other groups all day. | simonjallen | 24/10/2019 |
Walk up from Llyn Ogwen | dc96 | 28/09/2019 |
Trail run from Talywaen up Elidir Fach and Fawr, across to Mynydd Perfedd and over to Carnedd y Filiast. Brilliant sunset veiws over the valleys throughout and an exxcellent ridge run. 1hr15: 9.5km; 591m | ByronHaywood | 19/09/2019 |
Llanberis - Capel Curig Glyders Traverse. Perfect weather and great views from this hill in particular. Great route up via slate quarries involving some minor trespass. | twg27 | 18/09/2019 |
HRC walk | greenways | 08/09/2019 |
Parked at YHA on A5 at Llyn Ogwen. Up to col between Glyder Fach and Tryfan. Up Bristly ridge onto Glyder Fach and onto Glyder Fawr. On to Y Garn and Elidir Fawr. Descended to starting point via East ridge of Y Garn. | raffemeister | 27/08/2019 |
First peak on our 'Glyders Traverse'. Ascended via the reservoir access road & then the N ridge. No views as the cloud had not cleared. | DanMaisieBex | 23/08/2019 |
From the west starting from 426m top of public road. Headed left of old quarry workings then directly to summit boulders. Got back to car just in time to take cover from a very heavy shower. | Topographer57 | 03/08/2019 |
Ridge Walk | IANL | 07/07/2019 |
1 hour 31 from bus stop quarry to summit and back! | emily | 23/06/2019 |
Steep climb from Foel-goch. False summit when reaching the ridge. Summit very rocky which made descending via Elidir Fawr tricky. Went back via Marchlyn Mawr Reservoir to Deiniolen. | bescot42 | 05/05/2019 |
Up from Nant Peris then the full length of the Glyders to Capel Curig and back on the bus - a great day out. | atreides7887 | 04/05/2019 |
Biked to Nant Peris, walked over hills back to Nan-y-pass. Heatwave day, very busy. | Rounsfell | 20/04/2019 |
From Deiniolen a circular walk taking in Carnedd y Filiast (main top and North Top) then Elidir Fawr via Mynydd Perfedd. In the afternoon did the three Tumps to the north of Deiniolen: Moel Rhiwen, Parc Drysgol and Moel y Ci. | knarf | 29/03/2019 |
Came up in clag from Nant Peris in 2012 so was superb to see clear tops today coming from east side along ridge- brilliant mountain. | Mark Sims | 23/03/2019 |
A final ascent before heading down to Elidir Fach and then through the quarries. | Claireb | 23/03/2019 |
Fine but windy; sunny intervals; clouds thin and made the views all the more exciting. Clear at the top and all the way round. With Rob Rodrigues and Vikki Cooper. 1130-1630. Start and finish point at car park above Deiniolen | Nancy Blackett | 20/10/2018 |
done | outlawcatcher | 10/10/2018 |