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.

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