Tryfan
Sign in to saveTryfan () is a mountain in the Ogwen Valley, Snowdonia, Wales. It forms part of the Glyderau group, and is one of the most recognisable peaks in Britain, having a classic pointed shape with rugged crags. At above sea level, it is the fifteenth-highest mountain in Wales. Tryfan was voted Britain's favourite mountain by Trail magazine.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Tryfan
- Mountain.photo
- Tryfan - geograph.org.uk - 1454299.jpg
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 917.5
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 191
- Mountain.parent_peak
- Glyder Fawr
- Mountain.listing
- Marilyn Hewitt, Welsh 3000, Nuttall, Furth
- Mountain.translation
- very high peak
- Mountain.language
- Welsh
- Mountain.location
- Conwy, Wales
- Mountain.range
- Snowdonia
- Mountain.grid_ref_UK
- SH664593
- Mountain.topo
- OS Landranger 115 / Explorer OL17
via Wikipedia infobox
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Tryfan () is a mountain in the Ogwen Valley, Snowdonia, Wales. It forms part of the Glyderau group, and is one of the most recognisable peaks in Britain, having a classic pointed shape with rugged crags. At above sea level, it is the fifteenth-highest mountain in Wales. Tryfan was voted Britain's favourite mountain by Trail magazine.
Between the mid-1980s and June 2010, its accepted height was . However, it was resurveyed using accurate GPS measurements and found to be 2.4 metres (eight feet) higher (which the pre-1980s surveys also recorded).