Moel Siabod

About Moel Siabod

Moel Siabod stands apart from its neighbours above the village of Dolwyddelan and, at 872 metres, is the highest summit in the Moelwynion range of Snowdonia. The Welsh name means bare hill; the sense of Siabod is unknown.

Plas-y-Brenin, the UK National Mountain Centre, sits at the mountain's foot. From the top it is said that 13 of the 15 highest peaks in Wales can be seen on a clear day without turning your head.

Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Moel Siabod (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 53.073, -3.934. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Finding the summit

The recorded summit point is rock 4m WSW of trig point. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method

obvious summit/Trimble GeoXH 6000

Record revised

15-May-18

Drop measured from

SH 6604 5560 · 272.3 m

Classification history: LIDAR data indicates a col height of 272.5 with a consequent drop of 599.7m.

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 Moel Siabod 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.

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).

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.

The Moel Siabod group

One other listed summit sits in the same prominence group, with Moel Siabod as the independent hill at its head.

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