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Snowdonia Area   Snowdon Subarea
Place count in area: 121,  
Highest place: Snowdon - Yr Wyddfa, 1085m
Maximum height for area: 1085 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 1039 metres,

Places in area Snowdonia:
Moel Rhiwen 401mMoel y Ci 410mParc Drysgol 404m
Moel Hebog:   Bryn Banog 520mCastell 445mCraig Cwm Silyn 734mCraig-y-garn 363mFfridd Bach [Moel-ddu West Top] 534mGarnedd-goch 700mMoel Hebog 783mMoel Lefn 638mMoel Tryfan 429mMoel yr Ogof 655mMoel-ddu 553mMynydd Drws-y-coed 695mMynydd Graig Goch 609.8mMynydd Mawr 698mMynydd Tal-y-mignedd 653mPen Cwm Silyn 422mTrum y Ddysgl 709mY Garn 633mY Gyrn 459m
Snowdon:   Cefn-du 441mClogwyn Pen Llechen 421mCraig Fach 608.8mCraig Wen 604.9mCrib Goch 923mCrib y Ddysgl 1065mFoel Goch 605mFoel Gron 629mGallt y Wenallt 619mLlechog 720mLliwedd Bach 818mMoel Cynghorion 674mMoel Eilio 726mSnowdon - Yr Wyddfa 1085mY Lliwedd 898mY Lliwedd East Top 893mYr Aran 747.2m
The Carneddau:   Bera Bach 807mBera Mawr 794mCarnedd Dafydd 1044mCarnedd Llewelyn 1064mCarnedd y Ddelw 688mCefn Cyfarwydd 503mClip y Orsedd 429mClogwyn Llech Lefn [Bwlch y Tri Marchog Top] 637mClogwyn Mannod 418mClogwyn Mannod NW Top 405mClogwyn Pryfed 405mCraig Eigiau 735mCraig Ffynnon 590mCraig Wen 548mCraiglwyn 623mCreigiau Gleision 678mCreigiau Gleision North Top 634mCrimpiau 475mDrosgl 756.9mDrum 770mFoel Grach 976mFoel Lwyd 600.1mFoel Meirch 800mFoel-fras 942mFoel-ganol 536mGarnedd Uchaf [Carnedd Gwenllian] 926mGyrn 541.3mGyrn Wigau 643mLlwytmor 849mMoel Eilio 546mMoel Faban 408.7mMoel Wnion 579.9mMynydd Deulyn 400mPen Llithrig y Wrach 799mPen y Castell 623mPen yr Helgi Du 833mPen yr Ole Wen 978mPenygadair 507mTal y Fan 610mWaen Bryn-gwenith 414mYr Elen 962mYr Orsedd 559m
The Glyders:   Carnedd y Filiast 821mCarnedd y Filiast North Top [Y Fronllwyd] 720mCastell y Gwynt 972mElidir Fawr 924mFoel-goch 831mGallt yr Ogof 763mGlyder Fach 994.3mGlyder Fawr 1000.8mMoel Berfedd 482mMynydd Perfedd 813mTryfan 917.5mTryfan Far South Peak 830.8mY Foel Goch 805mY Garn 947m
The Moelwyns:   Allt Fawr 698mCarnedd y Cribau 591mCerrig Cochion 550mCerrig-y-myllt 463mCerrig-y-myllt East Top 458mClogwyn Bwlch-y-maen 548mCnicht 689mCnicht North Top 688mCraig Nyth-y-Gigfran [Y Blaen Llym] 554mCraig Stwlan 568mCraigysgafn 689mFoel Ddu 590mIwerddon 583mMoel Druman 676mMoel Dyrnogydd 524mMoel Meirch 608.9mMoel Siabod 872mMoel y Dyniewyd 382mMoel-yr-hydd 648mMoelwyn Bach 710mMoelwyn Mawr 770mMoelwyn Mawr North Ridge Top 640mYr Arddu 589mYsgafell Wen 672mYsgafell Wen Far North Top 656mYsgafell Wen North Top 669m

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Craig Fach Mountain , in British over 600m List

Height: 608.75m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 115 Grid Reference: SH63495 55249
Place visited by 22 members. Recently by: rhw, annem, eamonoc, oakesave, TipsyDempy, Fergalh, Niamhq, pinchy, IainT, hivisibility, eflanaga, Matrim, PeakPaul, bryanjbarry, MichaelE
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Longitude: -4.03918, Latitude: 53.076988 , Easting: 263495, Northing: 355249 Prominence: 40m,  Isolation: 1km ,   GPS IDs, 6 char: CrgFch, 10 char: Craig Fach
Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/B2032/
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Craig Fach  in area Snowdonia, Ireland
Picture: Sign shows the cheaper way
 
Eye Watering Parking charges
by Fergalh  23 Mar 2022
The Lower car park at the junction of A498 and A4086 is £2 for 4 hours (sufficient for my short climb of Craig Fach) or £4 for 24 hours, however in the summer of 2021 the upper car park was £18 for 12 hours or £25 overnight. From spring of 2022 the upper car park will only be available via prebooking and barriers will shortly be installed according to the locals i talked to. Most people who will climb (unless they won the Lotto !) will be happy to use the lower car park or the park and ride from Nant y Peris (£5) Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/b2032/comment/23441/
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Craig Fach  in area Snowdonia, Ireland
Picture: View from near the summit
Nearly a Vandeleur Lynam !
by Fergalh  23 Mar 2022
On a recent climb of Crib Goch, myself and my climbing companions missed this summit which was a short ten minute climb from where the Crib Goch climb starts at the Pyg track. I parked down at the lower car park on the road and followed the new 1.5 Km track up to the Pen Y Pass car park. This was quite laid out and not so steep with a few ups and downs (definitely a lot safer than trying to walk up the narrow A4086). At Pen Y Pass follow the Pyg track up as far as the start of Crib Goch and on the other side of the Pyg track follow the easy enough track for a few minutes to the summit which is unmarked and less than a metre below VL status. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/B2032/comment/23440/
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