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Name:Moel Penamnen
Hill number:2075
Height:628.3m / 2061ft
Parent (Ma):2068  Manod Mawr
RHB Section:30D: Barmouth to Betws-y-Coed and Bala
Nuttall/Wainwright area:The Moelwyns
County/UA:Gwynedd
Catchment:Conwy, Catchment Boundaries, Glaslyn
Watershed:Cardigan Bay
Class:Hump, Simm, Hewitt, Nuttall, Buxton & Lewis,
Bridge, Clem
(Hu,Tu,Sim,Hew,N,BL,Bg,Cm)
Grid ref:SH 71631 48365
Summit feature:no feature: 6m N of old trig point base
Drop:138m
Col:490m  SH731467  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 115
(1:25k) OL18E
Observations:rock just W of trig point base is 3cm lower
Survey:Abney level/Leica RX1250
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From Sarn Helen. Small parking spot by ruins at 273661; 350787. Down road to fp at Tan y Bwlch then up through felled trees to open hillside & a superb view. From here followed quad bike track pretty much all the way to the 600m contours & then easily to top of Penamnen. A superb viewpoint. Continued to Foel Fras & Y Ro Wen. With Dan.stig_nest10/02/2024
12.65 miles 2937ft walk ,start at A470 Blaenau Ffestiniog layby to Moel Farwyd, Moel Penamnen, Foel Fras and Manod Mawr.stephenbuda05/07/2023
Walked up from Blaenau, bit exciting using the quarry track to get to the top to the next one. The walk over to Penamnen is quiet boggy, but the old slate buildings are impressive. I didn't trust the footpath back down to BF would avoid the active quarry below so got a little lost on the tracks going down, but used arial view to find my way down.andrewroberts26/06/2023
Blaenau Ffestiniog - Moel Penamnen - Foel-fras - Manod Mawr North Top - Blaenau Ffestiniog. Parked near the top of Lord Street.Mark Jackson25/11/2022
Followed Nuttalls route 5.4. From the station car park in Blaenau up through the car park opposite up a path out the back of the car park, turn left follow the road up to a gate, through the gate then up to where there were some marker posts. Up through a vegetated area to the top then a short path through the scree to the ridge. Follow the path up to a stile by a gate onto the open access land, straight up to Moel Penamnen. From Moel Penamnen along the ridge to Foel-Fras then follow the fence all the way to Manod Mawr North Top. Then onto Manod Mawr(see detail on Manod Mawr), back to Blaenau. 9.2 mile circuit 2,380ft climbing.JulieB03/10/2022
Parked up in the long stay car park in the town, nice walk up through the quarry, from the top, keep heading north through the boggy march area to the top.Buckleymon05/09/2022
From Crimea Pass layby straight up to Moel Farlwyd and along to Moel Penamnen and Foel Fras and back. Low cloud and steady rain for the whole trip. Others went to zip world as a drier option. Did wild camp at the old dam below a few years ago - couldn't see up then or down now.richard6906/06/2022
2/8 (Moel Farlwyd/Moel Pennamnen/Foel-fras/Y Ro Wen/Manod Mawr North Top/Manod Mawr/Manod Bach/Ffrid yr Allt-Llwyd)Fergalh20/03/2022
https://www.strava.com/activities/6528514095Sleepwa1ker15/01/2022
From Bethania, a round of Manod Mawr, Manod Mawr North top and Moel Penamnen. All straightforward, was told by truck driver I should not be on the quarry track approaching last top but he was OK about it. Need to follow it for about 500 metres really to get to decent ground for ascent. Descent down steeply to south and on to quarry tracks to LLechwed quarry and the road.dickscroop11/01/2022
Moel Penamnen, Manod Mawr North Top, Manod Mawr. V diff in fog, navigating through the quarry. Follow the obvious quarry roads at the beginning, rhododendrons are impossibleChris Williams03/09/2021
Looked easy on the map :/ bagged as a single hill, way up was fine, and the summit itself and the views were excellent, particularly to the west. The way down was fairly contrived, and pathless.simocity09/08/2021
Nuttalls routeGary Heath01/06/2021
From Crimea Pass. Moel Farlwyd, Moel Penamnen, Foel Fras and Manod Mawr North Top. With B and R.jenx25/05/2021
Parked in Manod used the incline to Llyn Manod then anticlockwise loop to take it Manod Mawr, Manod Mawr North Top and Moel Penmaenandrew.morel02/04/2021
A splendid walk along a mainly grassy ridge from the car park at Crimea Pass on a very warm September day, visiting Moel Farlwyd, Moel Penamnen, Foel-fras and Y Ro Wen. Then return along the ridge, cutting below the summits on the south side to the Crimea Pass. Followed by a quick up and down of Moel Dyrnogydd. 18.5km with 810m ascent in 6 hours. (S)silveracorn_alan15/09/2020
From Crimea Pass. Moel Farlwyd, Moel Penamnen, Foel-fras, returned below Moel Penamnen (under the crags) then across A470 to climb Moel Dyrnogydd. Nice day with excellent viewsRobertP06/09/2020
Moel Farlwyd, Moel Penamnem & Foel Fras from Crimea Pass with Rufus. 7am start, took a few minutes to find the stile, I won’t give any more details to save you some fun! Out and back basically following the NP boundary on the OS map, cutting across a fence and gully above Llynau Barlwyd and traversing under the summit of Moel Penamnem on the return. Better terrain than I expected and a fast round trip of just under 2 hours.jacobrichmond31/08/2020
Parked in Lord Street, Blaenau Ffestiniog. Footpath through quarry to Llynau Barlwydd (nice swim). Moel Farlwyd, Moel Penamnen, Foel-fras, Manod Mawr North Top, Manod Bach.PGCE15/08/2020
From Blaenau Ffestiniog taking in Moel Penamnen,Foel-Fras, Manod Mawr North Top & Manod Mawr. Beautiful clear winter day with a hoar frost, blue skies and extensive views. Difficult to navigate, finished in darkness with head torches.Lazylizzie30/11/2019
from crimea Moel Farlwyd, Moel Penamnen, Foel Fras then return south of Moel Penamnen, res and Moel farlwyd hail and windunderhill11/11/2019
From Crimea layby via Moel FarlwydJim T17/09/2019
From the car-park at SH708443. Manod Bach, Monad Mawr, Foel Fras, Moel Penamnen, Moel FarlwydGeoff Briggs18/08/2019
Nuttall walkDan Baddeley20/04/2019
On my H&M assessmentRob Pen y Garn06/03/2019
CMC walkgreenways15/12/2018
follow the book the flat moor is boggy underfootAristotle Chip12/01/2018
From the car park at Crimea Pass. Moel Farlwyd, Moel Penamnen, Foel-Fras and Y Ro Wen. Beautiful winter day, very cold but clear and sunny.Alunrees3324/11/2017
623mThe Grouse14/06/2017
Nuttalls walk 5.4 with Frank.Crib Goch09/04/2017
With Martin Roberts from Blaenau Ffestiniog taking in Moel Penamnen, Manod Mawr North Top & Manod Mawr. Rather grey overcast day.knarf09/04/2017
Me Alf and James.jrj05/01/2017
From Cwm Penamnen, via Foel Fras. With Dad and AlfieJamesD197205/01/2017
What is it about destroyed trig points in this area? Never seen just the foundation remaining before and this is the 2nd today after Manod Mawr. Summit appears to be grassy area just off to the north.mntainman11/10/2016
Continuation of walk from Moel Farlwyd. Steep descent and ascent but no problems. Great views. With JT.Sprog09/10/2016
Nuttalls walk - very boggy and hard going. From this top to Foel-fras there is a decent pathjohnjennison02/10/2016
From Moel Farlwyd. My favourite bit was the peaceful bwlch/llyn but the dark cloud and late afternoon sun over Allt Fawr gave the walk some atmosphere. Last hill of four day trip. Paused on the descent to drink in the beauty nature and give thanks.Wycombe Wanderer17/09/2016
From the car park at the Crimea Pass. Moel Farlwyd, Moel Penamnen, Foel Fras, Y Rowen and Clogwyn Dolwyddelan.AlunRees3106/07/2016
FRom Tal y waenledd just north of Llechwedd slate mine. Footpath interweaves with cycle tracks before disappearing. Climbed hill by its west steep grassy slope.Campbell Singer01/07/2016
Nuttall Walk WN 5.4 East of and from Blaneau Ffestiniog. Moel Penamnen, Foel-fras, Manod Mawr North Top, Manod Mawr and Manod Bach. 13.7km with 850m ascent in 5 hours. (S)silveracorn_alan11/05/2016
Nuttall walkRuth07/05/2016
Nuttall walk 5.4: Moel Penamnen - Foel-fras - Manod Mawr North Top - Manod Mawr subsidiary top - Manod Mawrronaldo33320/02/2016
with roger and ronnie weather was awfulDarren-44320/02/2016
Solo. Wet and Windy. Too Windy to stand upright on the summit. Worse weather was forecasted from midday so I knew I was not going to make all the days targets. Left with the wind behind me for Foel Fras.Aimless Rambler28/01/2016
Nuttall walk 5.4, solo on a dry bright day.Lou07/09/2014
Aimed to also do Manod Mawr, but rain set in hard and we looked at slate quarries instead.skeletonjo27/06/2014
From Blaenau Ffestiniog, a round of Manod Bach, Manod Mawr, NT, Foel-fras, Moel Penamnen, Moel Farlwyd and Moel Dyrnogydd.rhalstead21/03/2014
Done on a walk from Dolwyddelan to Blaenau. Was really looking forward to this as it's often caught my eye and looks very graceful from Tanygrisiau lake. Annoyingly, the cloud came and a heavy hail storm hit, so I beat a quick descent to Llannau Barlwyd.Jake99402/01/2014
Road into quarry from Blaenau Ffestiniog. Very windy.bolton10/12/2013
CJM10/12/2013