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Cadair Idris
- Easiest route
- 3.9 km+622 m · about 2 h · T2
- Prominence
- 602 m1,975 ft
- Isolation
- 18 km
- Tonight
- 3°CLight rain · Wind 22 km/h W
Cadair Idris is an 893 m (2,930 ft) mountain in the Snowdonia, Wales, United Kingdom.
All facts
- Elevation
- 893 m · 2,930 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Aran Fawddwy (905 m)
- Range
- Snowdonia
- Region
- Wales, United Kingdom
- Coordinates
- 52.6996° N, 3.9085° W
How to get to the top of Cadair Idris
3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 2.8 km S of Cadair Idris
- Distance
- 3.9 kmone way
- Climb
- +622 m−71 m (2,041 ft up)
- Time up
- about 2 h
- Difficulty
- T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed
Other routes 2
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Cadair Idris 3D map
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Cadair Idris terrain and contours
50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Cadair Idris weather
Tonight · Light rain · 3°C (37°F) · 0.8 mm · Wind 22 km/h W
Cadair Idris forecast for the summit, about 893 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 173 m.
- Tonight3°0.8 mm22 km/h WBase 6°
- Today3°9°34.1 mm49 km/h WBase 7 / 13°
- Sun3°5°4.2 mm45 km/h WBase 7 / 9°
- Mon3°9°20.2 mm29 km/h SBase 7 / 13°
- Tue5°6°10.7 mm32 km/h SWBase 9 / 10°
- Wed6°7°4.5 mm25 km/h WBase 10 / 11°
- Thu5°7°0.8 mm11 km/h SEBase 9 / 11°
- Fri4°8°4.9 mm17 km/h SEBase 8 / 12°
- Sat2°6°1.1 mm12 km/h NWBase 6 / 9°
- Sun0°2°3.4 mm17 km/h NWBase 4 / 6°
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.
Camping & parking near Cadair Idris
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Cadair Idris, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
Dôl Einion
Nearest parking
Dôl Idris car park
Nearest caravan site
Bryn Y Gwin Farm Caravan Site
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Dôl EinionCampsite | 2.5 km SE |
| Dôl Idris car parkParking | 2.5 km SE |
| Campsite | 2.6 km SE |
| Tŷ NantParking | 2.6 km NNW |
| Cwmrhwyddfor CampsiteCampsite | 2.9 km ESE |
| Parking | 3.8 km SE |
| Bryn Y Gwin Farm Caravan SiteCaravan site | 4.4 km N |
| Caravan site | 5.7 km NE |
| Cefn-maelanCaravan site | 6.2 km NNE |
How steep is the route to Cadair Idris?
The easiest mapped route, 3.9 km from 326 m to 893 m. Steepest stretch: 27°.
- 0–15°3.0 km
- 15–30°1.0 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 40 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 3.2 km, measured from the Cadair Idris summit.
Summit list 7
- 1Cyfrwy811 m 0.8 km WNW
- 2Craig Cwm Amarch791 m 0.9 km S
- 3Craig Lwyd690 m 1.1 km SSE
- 4Mynydd Pencoed766 m 1.4 km SSW
- 5Mynydd Moel863 m 1.7 km ENE
- 6Mynydd Gwerngraig686 m 2.6 km ENE
- 7Carnedd Lwyd616 m 2.9 km W
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.2 km; 210 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- English Stonecrop14
- Deer fern14
- Bell Heather11
- Common bilberry11
- Bog asphodel9
- Purple foxglove7
Where Cadair Idris sits
- Range
- Cambrian Mountains19Snowdonia15
- Region
- Wales60United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Llyn MyngulLake↑3.1 km SSE
Mach Loop↑8.6 km ESE
Nant-y-moch ReservoirLake↑26 km S
Llyn TegidLake↑28 km NE
Llyn MairLake↑29 km NNW
More 1
More in the Snowdonia 6
Cadair Idris downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 886 m at the summit; the official height is 893 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 893 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 886 m | -7 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 877 m | -16 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-07-15)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison, Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia