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Foel Grach
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Foel Grach from Garnedd Uchaf in November 2008.
Highest point
Elevation 975 m (3,199 ft)
Prominence 42 m (138 ft)
Parent peak Carnedd Llewelyn
Listing Hewitt, Welsh 3000s, Nuttall, Furth
Naming
English translation scabby hill
Language of name Welsh
Geography
Location Conwy / Gwynedd, Wales
Parent range Snowdonia
OS grid SH689659
Topo map OS Landranger 115
Listed summits of Foel Grach
Name Grid ref Height Status
Craig Eigiau 735 metres (2,411 ft) sub Hewitt, Nuttall

Foel Grach is a mountain in the Carneddau range. It is the eighth-highest summit in Snowdonia as well as Wales, and is included in the Welsh 3000s.

It is located on a broad ridge extending northwards from Carnedd Llewelyn to Carnedd Gwenllian (formerly Garnedd Uchaf) and Foel-fras. An emergency refuge has been built below the summit. Compared to the surrounding mountains, much deeper snow settles here due to its rather broad summit and high grassy slopes. On clear days the Isle of Man and even the Mourne Mountains in Northern Ireland can be seen from the summit.

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