Pen Llithrig y Wrach

Pen Llithrig y Wrach
Pen Llithrig y wrach seen across Llyn Cowlyd from Creigiau Gleision
Highest point
Elevation	799 m (2,621 ft)
Prominence	181 m (594 ft)
Parent peak	Carnedd Llewelyn
Listing	Marilyn, Hewitt, Nuttall
Naming
Translation	slippery peak of the witch (Welsh)
Pronunciation	Welsh: [pɛn ˈɬɪθɾɪɡ ə ˈwɾɑːx]
Geography
Location	Conwy, United Kingdom
Parent range	Snowdonia
OS grid	SH716623
Topo map	OS Landranger 115

Pen Llithrig y Wrach from Conwy

Pen Llithrig y Wrach is a mountain peak in Snowdonia, North Wales. It is one of the four Marilyns that make up the Carneddau range. To the east is Creigiau Gleision, another Marilyn, while to the west is Pen yr Helgi Du and Carnedd Llewelyn. Craig Eigiau and Llyn Eigiau can be seen to the north, while Gallt yr Ogof, Glyder Fach and Tryfan can be viewed to the south.

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, or because of the resemblance of its pointed profile to an archetypal witch's hat.

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.^[1][2][3] It is quite prominent when viewed from the north near Llandudno.

References

1. Marsh, Terry. The Summits of Snowdonia (London: Robert Hale, 1984)
2. Marsh, Terry. The Mountains of Wales (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1985)
3. Nuttall, John & Anne (1999). The Mountains of England & Wales - Volume 1: Wales (2nd edition ed.). Milnthorpe, Cumbria: Cicerone. ISBN 1-85284-304-7.

External links

• www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Pen Llithrig Y Wrach and surrounding area

Coordinates: 53°08′32″N 3°55′16″W / 53.14233°N 3.92108°W