Carnedd Llewelyn · 1,064 m · 5.9 km ENE

Wales

Nant Ffrancon Pass

Floor714 m2,343 ft

Depth: 100 m
Rim: 814 m
Length: 0.9 km
Tonight: 2°CCloudy · Wind 21 km/h W

Nant Ffrancon Pass is up to 100 m deep: the rim reaches 814 m and the floor 714 m, along 0.9 km.

All facts

Floor: 714 m

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Nant Ffrancon Pass terrain and contours

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Nant Ffrancon Pass elevation profile

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Weather

Nant Ffrancon Pass weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 2°C (36°F) · 0.6 mm · Wind 21 km/h W

Nant Ffrancon Pass forecast for about 814 m.

Tonight2°0.6 mm21 km/h W
Today3°10°27.1 mm54 km/h W
Sun4°6°3.0 mm48 km/h W
Mon4°10°21.6 mm41 km/h S
Tue5°7°7.2 mm43 km/h SW
Wed6°9°1.1 mm25 km/h SW
Thu5°8°0.7 mm16 km/h S
Fri6°9°3.0 mm16 km/h SE
Sat3°6°2.9 mm17 km/h NW
Sun1°3°8.9 mm19 km/h NW

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Nant Ffrancon Pass

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Nant Ffrancon Pass, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest parking
1.1 km SE
+2 more within 2.7 km
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Nearest campsite
Ogwen Bank Holiday Park & Country Club
2.7 km NNW · +2 more within 4.6 km
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Nearest caravan site
Bryn Llys Caravan Site
3.5 km NNW
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Nearest hut
Fronwydyr
5.3 km SSW · +1 more within 5.5 km
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All mapped places 9

Place	Distance
Parking	1.1 km SE
Parking	1.2 km SE
Parking	2.7 km NW
Ogwen Bank Holiday Park & Country ClubCampsite	2.7 km NNW
YHA IdwalCampsite	3.0 km SSE
Bryn Llys Caravan SiteCaravan site	3.5 km NNW
Gwern Gof Uchaf CampsiteCampsite	4.6 km SE
FronwydyrHut	5.3 km SSW
Tŷ PowdwrHut	5.5 km WSW

Slope

Share of the 12 × 12 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 55% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

55.1%

Moderate, 15–30°

33.4%

Steep, 30–45°

10.4%

Cliffs, 45° and over

1.0%

Steeper than 30°: 11.4% of the 144 km² view
Relief in view: 1,006 m low point 53 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 81.0%Trees 13.8%Built-up 2.4%Water 1.8%Bare rock / sparse 0.9%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 6 km of Nant Ffrancon Pass.

Summit list 9

1Carnedd Fach960 m 3.1 km E
2Pen Yr Ole Wen978 m 3.1 km ESE
3Y Garn947 m 3.3 km S
4Carnedd Dafydd1,044 m 3.7 km E
5Glyder Fawr1,001 m 5.1 km SSE
6Yr Elen962 m 5.3 km ENE
7Castell Y Gwynt972 m 5.4 km SSE
8Glyder Fach994 m 5.5 km SE
9Carnedd Llewelyn1,062 m 6.0 km ENE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6 km; 1,019 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Parsley fern100
Common heather94
English Stonecrop90
Bell Heather82
Bog asphodel80
Mallard78

Where it sits

Where Nant Ffrancon Pass sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Carnedd LlewelynPeak · 1,062 m6.0 km ENE

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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)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
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)
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