Summit Register

3,000 ft mountain · Conwy, Wales

Tryfan

917.5 m

3,010 ftDrop 192 mSH 664 593

Finder: 6 Furths in Wales

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmTryfan917.5Glyder Fawr1,000.9Y Garn946Carnedd Llewelyn1,061.8Elidir Fawr924
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmTryfan917.5Glyder Fawr1,000.9Y Garn946
Looking north, 169 km wide, heights ×45 (method).

Tryfan is a 3,000 ft mountain of 917.5 m in Conwy. It is the highest of the 5 register hills recorded in Conwy; the next is Moel Siabod at 872.2 m, 45.3 m lower.

Only five of the register's Wales hills are higher. It counts towards four lists: Hewitts, Nuttalls, Furths and Marilyns. All four of its nearest neighbours are higher, up to Carnedd Llewelyn at 1,061.8 m. Its nearest higher summit, Glyder Fach (994.3 m, 1.3 km south-west), is a listed top not profiled here. The highest point is recorded as adam, not a cairn.

To scale

Summit917.5 mKey col726 msea level
Key col SH 661 588, 0.6 km south-west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

917.5 m6th highest of 56 in Wales

Drop

192 m713th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

1.3 km977th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Glyder Fawr2.6 km south-west
    1,000.9 m
  2. 2
    Y Garn3.3 km west
    946 m
  3. 3
    Carnedd Llewelyn5.3 km north
    1,061.8 m
  4. 4
    Elidir Fawr5.6 km west
    924 m
1234Glyder FawrY GarnCarnedd LlewelynElidir FawrN2 km

Lists

  • 15th highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 10th highest of the 193 Nuttalls profiled here
  • 15th highest of the 15 Furths profiled here
  • 211th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Glyder Fach, 994.3 m, 1.3 km south-west
Region
30B: Snowdonia
OS map
115
Summit
Adam
DoBIH no.
1977
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Tryfan

Data: DoBIH v18.6, CC BY 4.0 (method). The highest hills in each country and county