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Foel-fras

944 m

43% chance of a view, in cloud all day.

The summit sits about 419 m inside the layer.

Forecast for Friday 16 October, built 2026-10-16 16:22 UTC and rebuilt twice a day. A high number is close to reliable, a low one is barely better than a shrug: how reliable is this?

Fri 16 Oct
43%
in cloud all day
Sat 17 Oct
78%
in and out of it all day
Sun 18 Oct
91%
clear of the cloud

The hill

Lists
Hewitt, Nuttall
Height
944 m (63 m of drop)
Area
The Carneddau
County
Conwy, Gwynedd, Wales
Grid ref
SH696681
OS Landranger
115
Summit
2m high rock spike 70m SW of trig point

Sun

Sunrise
06:44 ESE
Sunset
17:18 WSW
Daylight
10.56 hours

About Foel-fras

Foel-fras is a mountain in the Carneddau range, about 10 km east of Bethesda in North Wales. It lies on the border between the counties of Gwynedd and Conwy. With a summit elevation of 944 metres, it is officially the eleventh-highest summit in Wales. Foel-fras is located at the northern end of the main ridge of the Carneddau, between Drum to the north and Foel Grach to the south with the subsidiary summit of Garnedd Uchaf between it and Foel Grach. Due south and 400 m below lies the reservoir of Llyn Dulyn, while the smaller reservoir of Llyn Anafon lies to the north.

Hour by hour, Friday 16 October

HourViewCloud baseTempWind
06:0021%381 m3.1°24 WNW
08:0028%393 m2.6°24 WNW
10:0022%406 m3.2°25 WNW
12:0036%525 m3.1°24 WNW
14:0044%649 m3.1°25 NW
16:0038%484 m3.0°27 NW
18:0032%515 m3.1°30 NW
20:0028%508 m3.5°28 NNW

Nearby

Llwytmor · Garnedd Uchaf · Drum · Foel Grach · Drosgl · Yr Elen

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