Mynydd Moel

The immense Mynydd Moel

Height: 863m (2,831ft)

Prominence: 67m (220ft)

Region: Snowdonia - Cader Idris

Classifications: Nuttall, Hewitt

Summit feature: Cairn and shelter

Times climbed: 2

Related trip reports: 
Cader Idris - 06/05/2018

Cadair Idris - 17/05/5015

A scattering of rocks on the summit

Mynydd Moel (Min-ith Moy-le - Bare Mountain) is a subsidiary summit of Cadair Idris. It lies to the east of Cadair Idris and is often climbed as a horseshoe along with Craig Cwm Amarch and Cadair Idris.

The summit is bare an rocky and marked with a cairn. The north face like Cadair Idris has large cliffs. To the east is a lower broad plateau topped by the summit of Gau Graig.

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