Llyn Padarn Round

Llyn Padarn Skyline

Tracing the water catchment of Llyn Padarn in Snowdonia this running round visits 12 summits ascending 3178m of height gain over 39km

Starting and finishing at the outlet of Llyn Padarn (SH 559 623) in Brynrefail the object of this round is to visit the 12 summits making up the hydrological catchment of the Llyn. The mountain tops can be visited in a clockwise or anti clockwise direction while respecting private land and adhering to rights-of-way and access land. There is no time limit on this round and all successful completions can be logged on the leader board on this page.

A higher resolution pdf map showing the control points can be accessed below

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The round is timed as a continuous loop that includes, stops, breaks or delays. A winter round is deemed as being during the months of December, January and February.

Summits to be visited on the round are:

Elidir Fach (795m) - SH 604 613
Elidir Fawr (924m) - SH 612 613
Mynydd Perfedd (812m) - SH 623 618
Foel-goch (831m) - SH 628 611
Y Garn (947m) - SH 630 595
Glyder Fawr (1001m) - SH 642 579
Crib Goch (923m) - SH 624 551
Garnedd Ugain (1065m) - SH 610 551
Moel Cynghorion (674m) - SH 586 563
Foel Goch (605m) - SH 570 563
Moel Elio (726m) - SH 556 577
Cefn-du (442m) - SH 549 603

As with all mountain runs its important to be prepared for any weather, this run is through mountainous areas and the weather can be very unpredictable.

Registering the Round

To register for the round and be added to our leader board email the date of your attempt and an anticipated start time before the run and supply a GPX track or link to Strava, or similar tracking app (with 'total elapsed time') after the round to adventureawaitsuk@icloud.com