Mynydd Graig Goch (

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, 'mountain of the red rock') is the western end peak of the

Nantlle Ridge The Nantlle Ridge ( cy, Crib Nantlle) is the name given to a small range of mountains in Snowdonia, north Wales which runs south-west from the village of Rhyd Ddu for a distance of about , ending above Nebo in the Nantlle Valley. The Nantlle Ridg ...

, and is a subsidiary summit of

Craig Cwm Silyn Craig Cwm Silyn is a mountain in Snowdonia, North Wales which forms the highest point on the celebrated Nantlle Ridge. The steep northern face is popular with climbers. To the west the Nantlle Ridge continues over Garnedd Goch and ends at My ...

. It is also the most westerly 2000 ft peak in

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. For many years it was excluded from lists of the Welsh 2000 ft hills due to a

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of 609m on OS maps. However, this changed in 2008; after years of speculation a group of hillwalkers carried out a precise GPS survey of the peak, measuring the absolute height as 609.75 m (2000.49 ft).Survey of Craig Fach and Mynydd Graig Goch.
Details of survey.

Panorama and topography

The summit is boulder strewn, crowned by several

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of rock, of which one is the true summit. The southern and western flanks consist of large boulder fields. The north-east face has steep cliffs, that form the backwall of the glacial Cwm Dulyn. Cwm Dulyn's lake Llyn Cwm Dulyn contains a population of

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. Views from the summit are extensive, overseeing Lleyn and the coast.

Garnedd Goch Garnedd Goch is a top of Craig Cwm Silyn in Snowdonia, north Wales. It is one of the peaks that forms the Nantlle Ridge. It is the third highest point. The summit is strewn with rock debris and has a trig point and a cairn. The panorama includ ...

Mynydd Mawr Mynydd Mawr ( Welsh for ''big mountain'') is a mountain in Snowdonia, North Wales, approximately west of Snowdon itself, overlooking Llyn Cwellyn and being the northern outlier of the Moel Hebog group. A popular ascent starts from Rhyd Ddu ...

Moel Hebog Moel Hebog (Welsh for ''Bare Hill of the Hawk'') is a mountain in Snowdonia, north Wales which dominates the view west from the village of Beddgelert. It gives name to a whole range of peaks in the north-western corner of Snowdonia, which i ...

and

Yr Wyddfa Snowdon () or (), is the highest mountain in Wales, at an elevation of above sea level, and the highest point in the British Isles outside the Scottish Highlands. It is located in Snowdonia National Park (') in Gwynedd (histori ...

(Snowdon) are all observable.

References

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External links

Photos of summit at Geograph.org.uk
Clynnog Dolbenmaen Mountains and hills of Gwynedd Mountains and hills of Snowdonia Hewitts of Wales Nuttalls