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| Name: | Maesglase (old GR) - Maen Du |
| Hill number: | 2146 |
| Height: | 674m / 2211ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2145 Maesglase |
| RHB Section: | 30F: Dolgellau to Machynlleth |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Cadair Idris |
| County/UA: | Gwynedd |
| Catchment: | Dovey |
| Class: | Buxton & Lewis, Bridge, Deleted Nuttall (BL,Bg,xN) |
| Grid ref: | SH 82242 15176 |
| Summit feature: | single stone 3m N of stile |
| Drop: | 10m |
| Col: | 664m SH820150  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 124 125 (1:25k) OL23E |
| Observations: | cairn 20m S at SH 82246 15155 is 25cm lower |
| Survey: | Leica NA730 Survey of Maesglase.pdf |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 240 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Out and Back from Dinas Mawddwy, Maesglase (old GR) / Maen Du - Maesglase - Craig Portas - Cribin Fawr - Waun-oer. With R+R. | Dan Baddeley | 11/11/2023 |
| From overnighter up Foel Dinas via waterfall. Hottest day of the year- was certainly warming up by the time we arrived at top. Dumped packs & out & backed to Craig Rhiw Erch. Returned to DM via the initially very steep NE ridge. | stig_nest | 09/09/2023 |
| 9.8 miles 3086ft walk ,start at A470 viewpoint carpark. to Cribin Fawr, Waun-oer, Craig Portas, Maesglase and Maen Du. | stephenbuda | 02/07/2023 |
| A pleasant enough clockwise round of the fells above Aberllefenni made a little more exciting by my having difficulty in finding a clear route into Cwm Ratgoed. | oldbagger27 | 17/06/2023 |
| Cambrian Way Stage 14 Dinas Mawddwy - Bwlch Llyn Bach. | Rob Rees | 12/11/2022 |
| From mapped roadside parking area to NNE (SH 8021 1702). Good track leads up to Cribin Fawr first, then a divert across to Waun-oer before getting back on track to Craig Portas, its E Top, Maesglase and then across to here. Took a steep descent NW down to Penantigi Uchaf to ascend Camlan as a final hill of the day. | jonglew | 16/10/2022 |
| Brief visit to E summit after west HP for Barry's final Welsh Marilyn. Levelish grass before descent down NW ridge to road- nice grassy descent, with stream crossing over fallen tree. Repeat. | Denise | 16/10/2022 |
| As Jonglew for Barry last welsh Marilyn. Party of 12. Started at carpark at head of pass finished by decending to east were a car was used to transport back to start. The descent down steep ridge has been used as an extreme downhill mountainbike route with big dropoffs jumps and high death factor at start. | cjo | 16/10/2022 |
| Rough grass. Visit after Craig Rhiw-Erch | RichardM | 16/10/2022 |
| Foel Dinas, Maesglase - Maen Du, Maesglase, Craig Portas East Top, Craig Portas, Cribin Fawr, Waun-oer, Mynydd Ceiswyn, Gau Graig, Mynydd Gwerngraig, Mynydd Moel, Cadair Idris | keithouk | 23/08/2022 |
| solo | Fabioski | 08/08/2022 |
| 6/8 Mynydd Ceiswyn, Waun-oer, Cribin Fawr, Craig Portas East Top, Maesglase, Maen Du, Craig Portas West Top, Mynydd Dolgoed. Fantastic Route from the Ratgoed Valley with nice walk out at the end. Hot day indeed | nickywood1 | 13/07/2022 |
| From Bwlch Oerddrws. Waun-oer, Mynydd Ceiswyn, Cribin Fawr, Craig Portas, Craig Rhiw-erch, Maen Du and Foel Dinas. | Gwastadros | 11/07/2022 |
| From Maesglase. Down path on NE ridge, before turning down N, straight down to car in layby near Mynogau Uchaf. | Minto | 30/05/2022 |
| Parked at milkstand and walked 500m back along A470 to Ty'n-y-celyn and tracks to Maen Du and summit. Returned by Craig Maesglase to admire cwm and waterfall. | lordtonult | 19/09/2021 |
| Afternoon hike with my brother and his 3 children in >25° heat. Climbing from car park at Ochr y Bwlch to Cribin Fawr (659m), then making a dog-leg to Waun-oer (670m), before following horse-shoe ridge round to Maen Du (674m) on Maesglase. Descended to Dolobran. ~11Km with 790m ascent. | VirtualMountain | 17/07/2021 |
| https://www.strava.com/activities/5405666533/overview | rhif7 | 03/06/2021 |
| Maesglase & Maen Du - Dyfi Hills. Parked on A470 large lay-by at SH 82643 16350 at Pont Buarth-Glas. SE over rickety fence onto hillside and followed the W side of the stream cutting through the LHS of Craig Buarth-Glas, extremely steep requiring lots of pulling on vegetation, collapsing ledges and loose rock, exciting. Up to fence and Moel cwm yr Eglwys then ridge and path to Maen Du and fence to Maesglase summit. Descended NW spur of Maen Du to around 450m then steeply down bracken and grass to cross Nant y Cae at 270m and easy pastures to gate onto A470 just W of lay-by. A really impressive mountain, tough from the north with sustained slopes of 45 degrees. | jacobrichmond | 22/11/2020 |
| From A470 high point car park. Cribin Fawr, Waun-oer, Craig Portas, Craig Portas East Top, Maesglase & Maesglase B&L. | CJM | 29/09/2020 |
| After main summit | N.Morters | 28/09/2020 |
| On the was along the cliffs to the new Marilyn summit. | NormanW | 11/09/2020 |
| See Kamoot entry for full details/gpx download: https://www.komoot.com/tour/301551783 | outlawcatcher | 22/01/2020 |
| Along the fence line from the new summit. Views are better here. | DanMaisieBex | 03/08/2019 |
| Cribin Fawr Far North - East Top > Cribin Fawr North - East Top > Cribin Fawr > Craig Portas (Mynydd Dolgoed) > Craig Portas East Top (Mynydd Gartheiniog) > Maesglase South Top > Maesglase (old GR) - Maen Du > Moel Cwm yr Eglwys from GR: SH 81913 16372 | Hippster | 16/02/2019 |
| Cribin Fawr Far North - East Top > Cribin Fawr North - East Top > Cribin Fawr > Craig Portas (Mynydd Dolgoed) > Craig Portas East Top (Mynydd Gartheiniog) > Maesglase South Top > Maesglase (old GR) - Maen Du > Moel Cwm yr Eglwys from GR: SH 81913 16372 | ronaldo333 | 16/02/2019 |
| A470, Cribin Fawr, Craig Portas, Maesglase, Maen Du, Bwlch Siglen, Foel Dinas, Dinas-Mawddwy. | tim747 | 27/09/2018 |
| P on handy grass verge at approx 830152. Good track to start - main height gain on very overgrown path - then ok incipient path in moorland. Visited Maesglase first, then Maen Du - good views down to A470. | ger | 26/09/2018 |
| Ascent via Craig Maesglase from layby on A470. Good views and pleasant walk. | The Playful Pig | 28/04/2018 |
| Long hot walk from Dinas Fawddwy, fantastic views. | Taz38 | 18/07/2017 |
| Missed this one when doing the Nuttall walk, so a quick up and down from the lay-by at SH826163 to complete Bridge and Buxton/Lewis lists. Steep but no difficulties. | mae | 31/05/2017 |
| From cad west car park, Mynydd, Ceiswyn, Waun-oer, Cribin Fawr, Cribin Fawr East top, Mynydd Dolgoed, Craig Portas, Craig Portas East Top, Maesglase, Maesglase old top, Maesglase South top,back over Waun oer to cp 8hrs walking | underhill | 21/01/2017 |
| From the top. Had leisurely lunch admiring the views. Wonderful crags and grassy cliffs. Saw no one. Camped on Cribin Fawr that night. | mick | 05/05/2016 |
| Dovey hills walk with Lindsay, Steve and Frank, starting top of the pass, finishing nr Dinas Mawddwy - 2 cars. Great views, dry but very windy day. | Crib Goch | 10/04/2016 |
| Dovey hills walk with Martin, Steve and Frank, starting top of the pass, finishing nr Dinas Mawddwy - 2 cars. Great views, dry but very windy day | Lou | 10/04/2016 |
| With Martin, Lindsay & Steve and starting from parking spot on A470 used Martin's route to take in Cribin Fawr, Waun-oer, Craig Portas, Craig Portas East Top finishing on Maesglase. | knarf | 10/04/2016 |
| Nuttall Walk WN 10.3 West of Dinas Mawddwy from Aberllefenni. Mynydd Ceiswyn, Waun-oer, Cribin Fawr, Craig Portas and Maesglase. 20.4km with 1170m ascent in 7h15m. (S) | silveracorn_alan | 29/03/2016 |
| Clearly lower than main Nuttal summit. Heavy morning rain slow to clear replaced by gradually clearing skies with good visibility. Strong wind became stronger almost blowing me off my feet on many occasions. Parked in car park near 363m spot height on A470. Cribin Fawr->Waun-oer->Craig Portas->Craig Portas East Top->Maesglase->Maesglase (old GR) - Maen Du. Only 7.83 miles but comparatively a lot of ascent at 964m. No wonder felt tired on final walk back to van along A470 from Penantigi Isaf. Better to park near milepost to reduce final walk back to van. | mntainman | 09/03/2016 |
| Small roadside parking area on A470 at SH84778 15496 (Space for 2 cars) Up lane opposite for about 800m & then followed waymarked path up to col by top corner of forest (828135) NW up path alongside fence & after doing the East Top of Craig Portas did the Marilyn on Maesglase as well as Mean Du. (S) | gerrybowes | 27/08/2015 |
| Nuttall walk 10.3: Mynydd Ceiswyn - Wann-oer - Cribin Fawr - Craig Portas E top - Maesglase - Maesglase Maen Du - Craig Portas E top - Craig Portas - Mynydd Dolgoed | ronaldo333 | 07/03/2015 |
| Misty start followed by glorious sunshine with crisp snow underfoot for circuit Cribin Fach/Cribin Fawr/Mynydd Dolgoed/Craig Portas/Craig Portas East top/Maesglase/Maen Du/Craig Buarth Glas | Fergalh | 18/01/2015 |
| With Bev | simon and co | 26/06/2014 |
| Same day as Aran Fawddwy | Lakesgirl | 14/06/2014 |
| A half day walk before our journey home. We parked in Dinas Mawddwy and then ascended along the flank of Foel Dinas. We then followed the ridgeline of Craig Maenglase and went down Cwm yr Eglwys | Ginger Dave | 18/05/2014 |
| Solo on linear walk. | bolton | 01/07/2013 |
| As part of a circular route from Aberllefenni. | JohnStoneham | 28/06/2013 |
| Wild camp with Pete and Rich | richardsun | 27/05/2012 |
| Easy stroll from Maesglase 'new' West top. good views near edge. dry & sunny, down via ffridd gulcwm to Dinas Mawddwy. Craig Maesglase impressive from the valley. | apricorum | 15/04/2012 |
| From Bwlch Oerddrws (SH 80219 17029) - Cribin Fawr - Waun-oer - Craig Portas - Craig Portas East Top - Maesglase - Maesglase (Maen Du). Out and back almost by the same route, Waun-oer omitted on the return. | david230201 | 19/02/2012 |
| with Tony and Devon | Stuart Hyde | 23/08/2011 |
| KeithByTheC | 06/08/2011 |