Rhobell Fawr

About Rhobell Fawr

Rhobell Fawr sits in the Arenig range within Eryri, and marks the site of a volcano active in the Early Ordovician. Its height is modest by Snowdonian standards, but the surrounding ground is low enough that higher mountains stand out from the top, among them the north face of Cadair Idris and Snowdon further off.

Paths on the hill see little traffic. One clear line does climb from Bwlch Goriwared, a couple of miles north-north-east of the village of Llanfachreth.

Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Rhobell Fawr (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 52.815, -3.802. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Finding the summit

The recorded summit point is trig point. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method

obvious summit

Record revised

03-Jun-24

Drop measured from

SH 8229 2860 · 430.3 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.

The Rhobell Fawr group

One other listed summit sits in the same prominence group, with Rhobell Fawr 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