Moelwyn Bach
2 classifications here — HuMP and Simm — belong to lists OpenFell holds only part of, so they have no list page. See how far the coverage goes.
- Height
- 712 m · 2,336 ft
- Prominence
- 127 m
- Grid reference
- SH 66058 43776
- Coordinates
- 52.97454, -3.99622
- County / area
- Gwynedd
- Region
- Snowdonia
- OS Landranger
- 124
- OS Explorer
- OL18W
- Summit feature
- rock
- Key col
- SH 6607 4410 (585.3 m)
About Moelwyn Bach
Moelwyn Bach belongs to the Moelwynion of northern Eryri, joined to its parent peak Moelwyn Mawr by the Craigysgafn ridge. It looks out over Blaenau Ffestiniog and the Vale of Ffestiniog.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Moelwyn Bach (CC BY-SA 4.0). Heights, prominence and grid references come from the Database of British & Irish Hills, not from Wikipedia.
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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- Civil twilight ends
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Computed astronomically for 52.975, -3.996. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.
Summit weather live
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Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).
Finding the summit
rock rib 40m SW at SH 66031 43745 is of similar height; small pile of stones 60m NE at SH 66089 43824 is over 1m lower.
The recorded summit point is rock. That distinction matters on broad or flat tops, where the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.
- Survey method
- Abney level
- Record revised
- 05-Feb-23
- Drop measured from
- SH 6607 4410 · 585.3 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.
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 | Total length | From summit |
|---|---|---|
| Snowdonia Slate Trail | 135 km | 1.8 km |
Route lines © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); distance from the summit computed by OpenFell.
Which hill this one belongs to
Moelwyn Bach 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, 585 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
| Peak | Height | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Craigysgafn | 689.9 m | 0.6 km |
| Moelwyn Mawr | 770 m | 1.1 km |
| Moel-yr-hydd | 648 m | 2 km |
| Cnicht | 690.9 m | 3.2 km |
| Cnicht North Top | 690.2 m | 3.3 km |
| Moel Druman | 676 m | 4 km |