Tal y Fan

Tal y Fan from its neighbour Foel Lwyd

Height: 610m (2,001ft)

Prominence: 186m (610ft)

Region: Snowdonia - The Carneddau

Classifications: Nuttall, Hewitt, Marilyn

Summit feature: Trig pillar

Times climbed: 1

Related trip report: 
Tal y Fan, Drum & Pen y Castell - 16/09/2017

A triangulation pillar marks the top

Tal y Fan (Tal a Van - End Peak) is an outlying peak of the Carneddau and lies midway between the Conwy valley to the east and Penmaenmawr on the coast to the north-west. It is the most northerly 2000 ft summit in Wales.

In 2013, it was reported that a precise GPS measurement of Tal y Fan's height had been verified by the Ordnance Survey as 609.98 metres or 2,001 feet, confirming its status as a mountain.

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