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with registered grazing rights for 45,000 sheep and 741 ponies. There are eight tenanted farms on the estate, and the
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three summits of Tryfan, Glyder Fach and Glyder Fawr and takes six or seven hours. One of the most popular routes from Ogwen
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576:"Walk 1454 - Glyder Fawr and Glyder Fach from Pen-y-Pass"
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497:. Gwychder y Wyddfa. 21 September 2010. Archived from
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1284:Ben Chonzie
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67:Parent peak
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1591:Categories
1566:Maumtrasna
1403:Cross Fell
1320:Blà Bheinn
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1274:Ben Lomond
1264:Doune Hill
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1188:Ben Macdui
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408:Pen-y-Pass
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380:Llyn Idwal
243:Landranger
117:53°06′03″N
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1647:Llanberis
1561:Croaghaun
1526:Binn Bhan
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1438:Waun Fach
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1393:Helvellyn
1383:Broad Law
1355:Goat Fell
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183:Geography
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1486:Mweelrea
1360:Snaefell
1080:Càrn Mòr
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755:Glyderau
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