Hills of Britain and Ireland
OS Map of Moel y Gamelin
Height: 577m / 1893ft • Prominence: 381m / 1250ft • Summit : small embedded rock • Trip reports (hill-bagging)
Horseshoe Pass from Moel Y Faen
09-Apr-25 • Colin Radford • flickr
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Bertie at Moel Y Faen Summit
09-Apr-25 • Colin Radford • flickr
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Horseshoe Pass from Moel Y Faen
09-Apr-25 • Colin Radford • flickr
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Red Grouse
I accidentally disturbed nesting Red Grouse, which then went into full distraction behaviour to lure me away from the nest and their chicks.
22-May-23 • David Dear • flickr
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Four mates and a trig point
Even though we hadn't seen our friends for a long time, the banter soon took off.
25-Aug-22 • Jackie & Dennis • flickr
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Moel Y Faen
Parked up near the Ponderosa Cafe and had a walk up Moel Y Faen this morning. Only about 200 metres ascent, but its near a cafe which is a bonus! The Heather was looking great but the wind was brutal for such a sunny day!
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OS Map
This is OS mapping. In some areas, OpenStreetMap shows more footpaths
Spatial NI has online OSNI mapping. Click "Basemap Gallery" (4 squares icon at the top).
Now would be a good time for a cup of tea.
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Photos
Please tag your photos and upload them to the British and Irish Mountains group on Flickr
The other photos have been geo-tagged as on or around the summit. For less busy mountains, it can be a little hit and miss.
Horseshoe Pass from Moel Y Faen
09-Apr-25 • Colin Radford • flickr
horseshoepass wales llangollen unitedkingdom 54440863458
Bertie at Moel Y Faen Summit
09-Apr-25 • Colin Radford • flickr
dog spaniel horseshoepass llangollen wales sprocker corwen unitedkingdom 54440805939
Horseshoe Pass from Moel Y Faen
09-Apr-25 • Colin Radford • flickr
horseshoepass wales llangollen corwen unitedkingdom 54439758392
Red Grouse
I accidentally disturbed nesting Red Grouse, which then went into full distraction behaviour to lure me away from the nest and their chicks.
22-May-23 • David Dear • flickr
bird grouse moorland wales cymru llantysilio 52927215364
Four mates and a trig point
Even though we hadn't seen our friends for a long time, the banter soon took off.
25-Aug-22 • Jackie & Dennis • flickr
wales 52480847438
Moel Y Faen
Parked up near the Ponderosa Cafe and had a walk up Moel Y Faen this morning. Only about 200 metres ascent, but its near a cafe which is a bonus! The Heather was looking great but the wind was brutal for such a sunny day!
moelyfaen ponderosacafewalk horseshoepass heather summer northwales fence walker 52298570403
moors revisit
went back to the same place to shoot with a better sky
27-Oct-21 • Rob Didier • flickr
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Short video - from summit of Moel y Faen - 21 second video
Luckily Dennis stores the routes on tracklogs on our PC, which I can then access to guess where we we were!
18-Jul-21 • Jackie & Dennis • flickr
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Who was the noisiest...
...on the video - you may include Dennis (behind the camera) in your consideration. On Moel y Gamelin. Liz and Jackie look larger than life size! Andrew enjoying a cuppa...cheers.
18-Jul-21 • Jackie & Dennis • flickr
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Welsh Heather, Moel Y Faen
Near Llangollen and horseshoe pass
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Moel y Gamelin
Cairn near summit Hill number: 2039 Height: 576.9m / 1893ft Section: 30C: Llandudno to Wrexham County/UA: Denbighshire [Sir Ddinbych] (CoU) Class: Marilyn, HuMP, Dewey (Ma,Hu,Tu,5) Grid ref: SJ 17636 46520 Summit feature: small embedded rock Drop: 382m Col: 195m SJ070475
22-Mar-15 • Thalassarche cauta • flickr
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Videos
A hike to the summit of Moel Y Gamelin in Wales. It was a tough 10K trek which took in 2200 feet of elevation gain and also 3 other ...
Last hike of the year with the Alive Crew, battled through the elements and the weather and created the Best One Yet.
A 7.5 mile circular taking in Moel Y Gamelin from The Chainbridge Hotel/Waterfall Car Park.
Marilyn 16 & 17.
Notes
- Data: Database of British and Irish Hills v18.2
- Maps: We use OS mapping for England, Scotland, Wales, and the Isle of Man. Sadly, Channel Islands, Northern (OSNI) and Southern Ireland (OSI) mapping isn't available online, so we use Openstreetmap.