Wales · Eryri National Park

Carnedd y Cribau

Height
591 m · 1,939 ft
Grid reference
SH 67620 53698
Coordinates
53.06406, -3.97705
County / area
Conwy/Gwynedd
Region
Snowdonia
OS Landranger
115
OS Explorer
OL17W
Summit feature
rocky knoll with a few rocks from a collapsed cairn
Key col
SH675541 (508 m)

Access rights here

Conditional Right to roam: Right to roam only on mapped CRoW open access land.

Permission needed Wild camping: Permission needed everywhere.

General position for Wales — local byelaws, seasonal restrictions and closures can override it. Full details: access rights in Wales ·check another location.

Daylight at this summit today

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Computed astronomically for 53.064, -3.977. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Summit weather live

Loading forecast for the summit (591 m)…

Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).

Finding the summit

Surveyor's note

boulder 10m SE at SH 67625 53686 may be as high.

The recorded summit point is rocky knoll with a few rocks from a collapsed cairn. That distinction matters on broad or flat tops, where the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Record revised
08-Jun-09
Drop measured from
SH675541 · 508 m

Survey notes are field observations recorded in the Database of British & Irish Hills (v18.3, CC BY 4.0) by the hill-surveying community.

Reaching Carnedd y Cribau by train

3 National Rail stations sit within 8 km of the summit — close enough to make a car-free day of it. Distances are straight lines, not walking routes.

StationFrom summitSummit lies
Roman Bridge4.3 kmNW of the station
Dolwyddelan6.3 kmW of the station
Pont-y-Pant7.6 kmW of the station

Each station page lists every hill in its reach, long-distance paths from the door and a live-times link — see all stations with hills in reach. Station positions from NaPTAN (OGL v3.0).

Get food nearby

3 places to eat or drink within 10 km of the summit, rated under the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (Scotland runs its own Food Hygiene Information Scheme, a pass/fail equivalent).

Rated places to eat within 10 km of Carnedd y Cribau
PlaceTypeRatingDistance
Pen Y Gwryd HotelHotel/bed & breakfast/guest house5 out of 52.6 km · NW
Cegin Gwynant Pizzas @ Llyn Gwynant CampsiteRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen5 out of 54.5 km · SW
Plas Gwynant Outdoor Education CentreRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen5 out of 55.5 km · SW

Classifications and ratings are the local authority's own and can be coarse — this is a lead, not a guarantee of opening hours or that food is served to non-residents. Follow a name through to the official rating page to check, and confirm before you rely on it.

Food hygiene data from the Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland (Open Government Licence v3.0). Distances and directions computed by OpenFell from the summit.

Which hill this one belongs to

Carnedd y Cribau is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Moel Siabod (872 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 508 m.

Grouping is by prominence alone: a summit belongs to the nearest higher Marilyn it connects to without a deeper intervening col. Over a large massif that can gather hills no one would walk in a single day, and which few would describe as parts of the same mountain — it is a measure of independence, not a suggested route.

Nearest listed peaks

PeakHeightDistance
Moel Siabod872.2 m3 km
Yr Arddu589 m3 km
Gallt y Wenallt619.7 m3.4 km
Moel Meirch608.9 m3.7 km
Craig Fach608.8 m4.4 km
Y Foel Goch805 m4.5 km