Foel-goch

About Foel-goch

Foel-goch is part of the Glyderau range in Gwynedd, set on the ridge between Y Garn and Mynydd Perfedd at 831 metres.

The mountain looks down over Dyffryn Ogwen, and much of the surrounding high ground is close at hand: Pen yr Ole Wen, Carnedd Dafydd, Tryfan, Glyder Fawr and Elidir Fawr are all near neighbours.

Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Foel-goch (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.

Daylight at this summit today

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Computed astronomically for 53.130, -4.051. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Long-distance paths past this hill

One waymarked long-distance route runs 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

Foel-goch is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Y Garn (947 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 754 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