- Elevation
- 831 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- LPL Liverpool John Lennon Airport81 km
- IOM Isle of Man Airport116 km
About Tryfan Far South Peak
Tryfan Far South Peak is a mountain. Location: Capel Curig, Conwy. Elevation: 831 m.
Tryfan (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈtrəvan]) 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 917.5 metres (3,010 feet) 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 915 metres (3,002 ft).
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At a glance
- Topographic prominence
- 191 m
Source: Wikidata
Photos of Tryfan Far South Peak
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Climate of Tryfan Far South Peak
This month · November
A wet month
Day 5° · Night 0° · Rain 175 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 15°)
- Coldest month
- February (night -3°)
- Wettest month
- November (175 mm)
- Driest month
- May (87 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Average high (°C) | 3° | 3° | 5° | 7° | 11° | 13° | 15° | 14° | 12° | 9° | 5° | 4° |
| Average low (°C) | -2° | -3° | -1° | 0° | 2° | 5° | 7° | 7° | 5° | 3° | 0° | -1° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 157 | 116 | 137 | 96 | 87 | 94 | 96 | 115 | 131 | 159 | 175 | 169 |
How to get to Tryfan Far South Peak
The nearest airport is Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL), 81 km to the east as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Birkenhead, 73 km to the northeast.
Airports
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL) Liverpool 81 kmeast
- Isle of Man Airport (IOM) Castletown, Rushen 116 kmnorth
- Manchester Airport (MAN) Manchester, Greater Manchester 118 kmeast
Nearby large cities
- Birkenhead Population: 325.3K 73 kmnortheast
- Liverpool Population: 496.8K 76 kmnortheast
- St Helens Population: 183.2K 92 kmnortheast
- Warrington Population: 172.3K 100 kmeast
- Blackpool Population: 145K 101 kmnortheast
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Tryfan Far South Peak
Within 100 km: 395 historic and cultural sites, 1,662 natural sites, 169 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km375 places
- Ynys Tywyn Island 23 kmS
- Puffin Island Island 23 kmN
- Gored Gôch Island 17 kmNW
- Ynys Gifftan Island 23 kmS
25–60 km807 places
- Anglesey Island 29 kmNW
- Whistling Sands Beach 58 kmSW
- Traeth Penllech Beach 52 kmSW
- Porth Towyn Beach Beach 48 kmSW
60–100 km1,044 places
- British Isles Island 99 kmN
- Thurstaston Beach Beach 62 kmNE
- Formby Beach Beach 78 kmNE
- Ainsdale Beach Beach 83 kmNE
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
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Pont Pen - y - benglog Village, Llandygai2 km NW
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Capel Curig Village, Capel Curig5.7 km E
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Bethesda Village, Bethesda8.7 km NW
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Llanberis Village, Llanberis8.8 km W
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Gwastadnant Village, Llanberis5.1 km W
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Nant Peris Village, Llanberis5.5 km W
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Glyder Fach Mountain, Capel Curig1.1 km SW -
Llyn Bochlwyd Lake, Capel Curig0.9 km W
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Castell y Gwynt Mountain, Capel Curig1.3 km SW
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Y Foel Goch Mountain, Capel Curig1.7 km SE
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Llyn Ogwen Lake, Conwy1.4 km N
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Gallt yr Ogof Mountain, Capel Curig2.3 km E
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Carnedd Dafydd Mountain, Capel Curig4 km N -
Glyder Fawr Mountain, Llanberis2.5 km SW
Sources & licences
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