Pen Llithrig y Wrach
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Pen Llithrig y Wrach | |
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Pen Llithrig y wrach seen across Llyn Cowlyd from Creigiau Gleision |
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Elevation | 799 m (2,621 ft) |
Location | Conwy, Wales |
Range | Snowdonia |
Prominence | 181 m |
Topo map | OS Landranger 115 |
OS grid reference | SH716623 |
Listing | Marilyn, Hewitt, Nuttall |
Translation | slippery peak of the witch (Welsh) |
Pronunciation | [pɛn ɬɪθɾɪg ə wɾɑ:x] |
Pen Llithrig y Wrach is a mountain peak in Snowdonia, North Wales.
It has one of the more colourful names of any British mountain, translating as slippery peak of the witch, perhaps in reference to the boggy conditions underfoot.
It is an outlier of the Carneddau, the higher peaks of which can be reached from Pen Llithrig y Wrach via Pen yr Helgi Du. On its eastern side, the mountain slopes steeply down to Llyn Cowlyd.
It may be climbed from the southern side, from Capel Curig or the A5, or from the north-east, from Dolgarrog or Tal-y-bont in the Conwy valley.
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