Y Garn

Y Garn

Height: 947m (3,107ft)
Prominence: 236m (774ft)
Region: Snowdonia - Glyderau
Classifications: Nuttall, Hewitt, Marilyn, Welsh 3000
Summit feature: Shelter cairn
Times climbed: 2
Related trip reports:
Y Garn - 06/09/2019
Y Garn & Elidir Fawr - 25/09/2016

Y Garn's rocky summit

Y Garn (Uh Garn - The Cairn) is part of the Glyderau and one of the Welsh 3000s — the 15 summits in Wales over 3,000 ft in height - it is the tenth highest peak in Wales.

The south-westerly side of the mountain slopes gently down to the Nant Peris valley. The other, north-easterly side is of a different character, consisting of two steeply-sided cwms, Cwm Clyd and Cwm Cywion, and finally Llyn Idwal and Ogwen Cottage. Along the ridge to the north lies Elidir Fawr, while to the south-east is the top of the Twll Du and Glyder Fawr.

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