Craigysgafn

About Craigysgafn

Craigysgafn is a rocky ridge as much as a summit, a top of Moelwyn Mawr forming the link south from that peak to Moelwyn Bach in Snowdonia. Several gullies drop from it onto the scree slopes above Llyn Stwlan. Scrambling is involved in places along the crest.

Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Craigysgafn (CC BY-SA 4.0). Heights, prominence and grid references come from the Database of British & Irish Hills, not from Wikipedia.

Access rights here

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

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Computed astronomically for 52.980, -3.997. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Long-distance paths past this hill

2 waymarked long-distance routes run within 2.5 km of the summit — useful if you are linking this hill into a longer walk, or want a made path for the approach.

Route lines © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); distance from the summit computed by OpenFell.

Which hill this one belongs to

Craigysgafn is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Moelwyn Mawr (770 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 663 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