Wales · Eryri National Park

Mynydd Perfedd

Mynydd Perfedd, 813 m, Gwynedd
Mynydd Perfedd, 813 m, Gwynedd. Photo by Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Height
813 m · 2,667 ft
Grid reference
SH 62321 61883
Coordinates
53.13625, -4.05958
County / area
Gwynedd
Region
Snowdonia
OS Landranger
115
OS Explorer
OL17W
Summit feature
rock spike
Key col
SH 6226 6238 (792.7 m)

About Mynydd Perfedd

Mynydd Perfedd belongs to the Glyderau, with Elidir Fawr as its parent peak to the south, Carnedd y Filiast to the west and Foel-goch and Y Garn to the east.

Between it and Carnedd y Filiast the ground drops in dramatic cliffs to the east, among them the well-known Llechen Cytrolar. A shelter cairn marks the top, which looks across to the north-eastern face of Foel-goch and to the Carneddau. Mean annual temperature is around 6 Celsius.

Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Mynydd Perfedd (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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Computed astronomically for 53.136, -4.060. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Summit weather live

Loading forecast for the summit (813 m)…

Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).

Finding the summit

Surveyor's note

10m SSE of shelter.

The recorded summit point is rock spike. That distinction matters on broad or flat tops, where the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Record revised
11-Jul-23
Drop measured from
SH 6226 6238 · 792.7 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.

RouteTotal lengthFrom summit
Snowdonia Slate Trail135 km1.6 km

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

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).

Rated places to eat within 10 km of Mynydd Perfedd
PlaceTypeRatingDistance
Ogwen Falls Snack BarRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen5 out of 53 km · SE
Blondins RestaurantRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen5 out of 53.5 km · N
Quarry Bar & GrillRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen5 out of 53.7 km · N

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.

Which hill this one belongs to

Mynydd Perfedd is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Elidir Fawr (924 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 793 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

PeakHeightDistance
Foel-goch831 m0.9 km
Carnedd y Filiast821 m0.9 km
Elidir Fawr924 m1.3 km
Carnedd y Filiast North Top720 m1.4 km
Y Garn947 m2.4 km
Pen yr Ole Wen978 m3.3 km