Clwb Gorphwysfa Club

Gorphwysfa is Welsh for Resting Place.  The current youth hostel at Pen y Pass used to be the Gorphwysfa Hotel.  

The Club had many meets at Pen y Pass in its early days and called itself after the old hotel.

Welcome...

Welcome

...to the Gorphwysfa Club’s website.

The Gorphwysfa Club is a group for mountain lovers.

Inspired by Geoffrey Winthrop Young, the club has regular meets around the UK.

Members and their friends walk, run, climb, cave, engage in other mountain related pursuits and, above all, socialise.  Click here for a brief history  of the club.

The club is affiliated to the British Mountaineering Council.


Look at our News and Gallery page for the latest chat.  

Courtesy of Brian Saunders, who kindly emailed us this 1905 picture.

Clwb Gorphwysfa Club

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