From the summit, distant views to the north can extend as far as Ireland and the Isle of Man, and to the South as far as the Berwyn Ranges.

The slopes can receive significant accumulations of snow-drifts during blizzards in winter.

In the past, snow beds have survived on the mountain as far as June.

The annual average temperature on Carnedd Uchaf is relatively cold, ranging between 4-5 degrees Celsius.

After her father's death, and when still an infant, she was taken to a nunnery at Sempringham in Lincolnshire and held captive there until she died.