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.

Its slopes, like all those in the northern Carneddau, are largely grassy, although they are steep.

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

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.