List of mountain passes of Wales


The following is a list of notable mountain passes in Wales:
Pass nameTranslation/alt. nameRoad numberOS grid ref of summitHistoric countyPrincipal areaNational Park?Maximum ElevationNotes
Aberglaslyn PassA498CaernarfonshireGwyneddSnowdonia
Bwlch Bryn-rhuddEnglish: pass of the crimson hillA4067 between Defynnog and AbercrafBrecknockshirePowysBrecon Beacons
Bwlch Cerrig DuonEnglish: pass of the black stonesminor road between Trecastle and Swansea ValleyBrecknockshirePowysBrecon Beacons369m
Bwlch y Cloddiaua.k.a. 'the Mohican Road'right of way between Llangurig and CwmystwythMontgomeryshirePowys533mRight of way. Eastern approach paved road; western approach largely unpaved.
Bwlch y FedwenA458 between Mallwyd and LlangadfanMontgomeryshirePowys
Bwlch Esgair Gelliroad between Abergwesyn and TregaronCardiganshireCeredigion472m
Bwlch ar y Fana.k.a. the Gap Roadrestricted byway between Pontsticill and BreconBrecknockshirePowysBrecon Beacons599mRocky track over the pass.
BwlchgylfinB4418 between Rhyd Ddu and Dyffryn NantlleCaernarfonshireGwyneddSnowdonia236m
Bwlch Llyn BachEnglish: pass of the small lakeA487 between Dolgellau and CorrisMerionethshireGwyneddSnowdonia285m
Bwlch OerddrwsA470 between Dolgellau and Dinas MawddwyMerionethshireGwyneddSnowdonia363m
Bwlch y ParcA494 between Mold and Vale of ClwydDenbighshireDenbighshire291mthrough the Clwydian Range
Bwlch Penbarrasa.k.a. 'Old Bwlch'minor road between Tafarn-y-Gelyn and Llanbedr-Dyffryn-ClwydDenbighshireDenbighshire362mthrough the Clwydian Range
Bwlch Pen-y-feidioga.k.a. 'The Gated Road'minor road between Llanuwchllyn and BronaberMerionethshireGwyneddSnowdonia531m
Bwlch-y-DdeufaenEnglish translation: pass of the two stonesminor road/track between Abergwyngregyn and Vale of ConwyCaernarfonshireGwyneddSnowdonia429m
Crimea PassWelsh: Bwlch y GorddinanA470Caernarfonshire & MerionethshireGwyneddSnowdonia385m
Bwlch y GroesEnglish translation: pass of the cross
Commonly known as Hellfire Pass
minor road between Llanuwchllyn and Dinas MawddwyMerionethshireGwyneddSnowdonia545mHighest paved pass in North Wales.
Gospel PassWelsh: Bwlch yr Efengylminor road from Hay-on-Wye to Vale of EwyasBrecknockshirePowysBrecon Beacons549mHighest paved pass in Wales.
Horseshoe PassWelsh: Bwlch yr Oernant A542DenbighshireDenbighshire417m
Milltir GerrigEnglish translation: mile of stonesB4391 between Llangynog and BalaMerionethshireGwyneddSnowdonia486m
Nant Ffrancon PassA5 between Bethesda, Gwynedd, and Llyn Ogwen in ConwyCaernarfonshireGwyneddSnowdonia312m
PengenfforddA470 between Talgarth and Vale of UskBrecknockshirePowysBrecon Beacons
Pen-y-PassEnglish: Llanberis PassA4086CaernarfonshireGwyneddSnowdonia359m
Pen Rhiw-wenA4069 between Llangadog and BrynamanCarmarthenshireCarmarthenshireBrecon Beacons
Rhiw FawrEnglish: Forge Roadminor road between Machynlleth and StaylittleMontgomeryshirePowys509m
Pen Bwlch LlandrilloDrovers road between Llanarmon Dyffryn-Ceiriog and Llandrillo/CynwydMerionethshireDenbighshire580mUnpaved drovers road over the pass.
Storey ArmsA470 between Brecon and Merthyr TydfilBrecknockshirePowysBrecon Beacons435m
Sychnant PassWelsh: Bwlch Sychnant minor road between Dwygyfylchi and ConwyCaernarfonshireConwy158m
Torpantauminor road from Talybont-on-Usk to PontsticillBrecknockshirePowysBrecon Beacons
Bwlch Bryn-rhuddA4067BrecknockshirePowysBrecon Beacons