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Ogwen Valley

Floor299 m981 ft

Depth: 102 m
Rim: 401 m
Tonight: 5°CCloudy · Wind 18 km/h W

Ogwen Valley is up to 102 m deep: the rim reaches 401 m and the floor 299 m, along 0 km.

All facts

Floor: 299 m

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Surface

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Ogwen Valley terrain and contours

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Ogwen Valley elevation profile

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Weather

Ogwen Valley weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 5°C (41°F) · 0.4 mm · Wind 18 km/h W

Ogwen Valley forecast for about 401 m.

Tonight5°0.4 mm18 km/h W
Today6°12°31.5 mm50 km/h W
Sun6°8°3.3 mm43 km/h W
Mon7°13°22.6 mm39 km/h SW
Tue7°10°8.7 mm41 km/h SW
Wed8°11°1.1 mm24 km/h SW
Thu8°10°0.7 mm14 km/h S
Fri8°11°3.1 mm13 km/h SE
Sat5°9°2.5 mm15 km/h NW
Sun3°5°10.0 mm17 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 Ogwen Valley

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

Nearest parking
0.2 km SSE
+2 more within 0.5 km
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Nearest campsite
Gwern Gof Uchaf Campsite
1.0 km E · +2 more within 2.4 km
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Nearest hut
Helyg
2.9 km E · +2 more within 5.6 km
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All mapped places 9

Place	Distance
Parking	0.2 km SSE
Parking	0.3 km SSW
Parking	0.5 km SW
Gwern Gof Uchaf CampsiteCampsite	1.0 km E
YHA IdwalCampsite	1.4 km W
Gwern Gôf Isaf Campsite & BunkhousesCampsite	2.4 km E
HelygHut	2.9 km E
Ynys EttwsHut	5.4 km SW
Cwm Glas MawrHut	5.6 km SW

Slope

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

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

44.2%

Moderate, 15–30°

39.6%

Steep, 30–45°

14.5%

Cliffs, 45° and over

1.7%

Steeper than 30°: 16.2% of the 144 km² view
Relief in view: 962 m low point 100 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 90.0%Trees 6.1%Water 1.5%Built-up 1.3%Bare rock / sparse 1.0%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 6 km of Ogwen Valley.

Summit list 8

1Pen Yr Ole Wen978 m 1.6 km N
2Glyder Fach994 m 2.1 km SSE
3Carnedd Fach960 m 2.1 km N
4Castell Y Gwynt972 m 2.2 km S
5Glyder Fawr1,001 m 2.6 km SSW
6Carnedd Dafydd1,044 m 2.9 km NNE
7Carnedd Llewelyn1,062 m 5.1 km NE
8Yr Elen962 m 5.2 km NNE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6 km; 589 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Parsley fern97
Bog asphodel87
Common heather86
Bell Heather70
Common Butterwort70
Northern firmoss69

Where it sits

Where Ogwen Valley sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Dyffryn Mymbyr5.2 km SE

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JPGOgwen Valley satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-07-15.

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Sources

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)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · Wikipedia

Ogwen Valley

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