Moel Tryfan

This article is about the mountain. For the locomotive, see Moel Tryfan (locomotive).

Moel Tryfan (429 m / 1407 ft) is a small mountain near the villages of Rhosgadfan, Y Fron and Betws Garmon, in northern Gwynedd. The higher and more famous peak of Tryfan above Dyffryn Ogwen has also sometimes been referred to as "Moel Tryfan" in the past.

Moel Tryfan
Moel Tryfan Gwynedd, Wales
Highest point
Elevation	429 m (1,407 ft)[1]
Prominence	103 m (338 ft)[1]
Parent peak	Mynydd Mawr
Listing	HuMP
Coordinates	53°04′56″N 4°13′06″W[2]
Geography
Location	Gwynedd, Wales
Parent range	Snowdonia
OS grid	SH515562

Moel Tryfan could be regarded as the westerly outlier of the larger Mynydd Mawr. The southern and eastern flanks of the mountain were heavily quarried in the past, particularly at Moel Tryfran Quarry and Cilgwyn quarry.