Creigiau Gleision

Creigiau Gleision
Creigiau Gleision from the south
Elevation	678 m (2,224 ft)
Prominence	262 m (860 ft)
Parent peak	Carnedd Llewelyn
Listing	Marilyn, Hewitt, Nuttall
Translation	grey-green rocks (Welsh)
Pronunciation	Welsh: [ˈkreiɡiai ˈɡleiʃion]
Location
Location	Conwy,  Wales
Range	Snowdonia
Coordinates	53°08′09″N 3°54′05″W / 53.1359°N 3.9014°W / 53.1359; -3.9014Coordinates: 53°08′09″N 3°54′05″W / 53.1359°N 3.9014°W / 53.1359; -3.9014
Topo map	OS Explorer OL 17
OS grid	SH729615

Listed summits of Creigiau Gleision
Name	Grid ref	Height	Status
Creigiau Gleision North Top	SH733622	634 m (2,080 ft)	Hewitt, Nuttall
Craiglwyn	SH730608	623 m (2,044 ft)	sub Hewitt, Nuttall

Creigiau Gleision is a mountain in Snowdonia, Wales, near Capel Curig. It is the easternmost of the high Carneddau and is separated from the others by Llyn Cowlyd. Directly across this reservoir from Creigiau Gleision is Pen Llithrig y Wrach. To the north-east it runs into the broad ridge of Cefn Cyfarwydd.^[1]

Creigiau Gleision affords splendid views in all directions, including northwards to the coast, and down the Ogwen Valley and Dyffryn Mymbyr towards Snowdon.

View of the 3 peaks - looking north from the highest peak.

In fact the mountain has three peaks, hence perhaps its plural name. The most southerly peak is the highest, at 678 metres (2,224 ft), and the O.S. map also marks the northerly peak (some ½ mile distant) at 634 metres (2,080 ft). Between these two lie a middle peak, of a height between the outer two, but cairnless and unmarked on the O.S. map.

Colin Adams, author of The Mountain Walker's Guide to Wales (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 2002), has reached the summit of Creigiau Gleision over 450 times. On many occasions he has encountered a ghost there who has spoken to him, and although he makes no reference to this in his book, he wrote about it in 1999.^[2]

External links

• www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Creigiau Gleision and surrounding area

References

1. ^ Nuttall, John & Anne (1999). The Mountains of England & Wales – Volume 1: Wales (2nd edition ed.). Milnthorpe, Cumbria: Cicerone. ISBN 1-85284-304-7.
2. ^ Adams, Colin. "... Some More Favourite Haunts". The Angry Corrie: Scotland's Midge-Zone Hillzine 42 (July–Aug. 1999).