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Route: Capel Curig, Nant y Geuallt, Crimpiau, Craig Wen, Moel Ddefaid, Craiglwyn, Creigiau Gleision, Creigiau Gleision North Top, Hendre, Blaen y nant, Nany y Geuallt, Capel Curig
Date: 10/12/2016
From: Capel Curig
Parking: Capel Curig National Park Car Park
Start Point: Capel Curig
Region: Carneddau - Snowdonia
Route length: 9.0 miles (14.5 km)
Time taken: 04:33
Average speed: 2.0 mph
Ascent: 974m
Descent: 984m
Summits: Crimpiau (475m), Craig Wen (548m), Craiglwyn (623m), Creigiau Gleision (678m), Creigiau Gleision North Top (634m)
The weather more or less dictated the choice of this walk. Eager to get out but hamstrung by low cloud and the threat of rain, we chose to avoid any of the high Carneddau and opted for the easternmost summits of the range - the modest peaks that form Creigiau Gleision.
There are three main summits on the Creigiau Gleision ridge; that of Creigiau Gleision itself, its North Top and the southern peak of Craiglwyn. In addition, we'd be tackling two minor peaks; the delightful Crimpiau and Craig Wen.
After a restful night in Manchester, a crack-of-dawn start wasn't required - it's an easy drive along the North Wales coast, ultimately ending up in Capel-Curig, a small village that holds the dubious honour of being one of the wettest places in the UK.
Morning in Capel Curig |
The bridleway as it leaves Capel Curig |
Clogwyn Mawr |
The path passes through some modest woodland |
Looking back towards Cefn y Capel |
Crimpiau up ahead |
Clogwyn Mawr over Nant y Geuallt |
The wall at the top of the pass |
A peep into Llyn Crafnant |
Climbing Crimpiau |
Approaching the summit |
The summit of Crimpiau |
Tryfan makes a brief appearance |
Craig Wen |
Looking towards Cefn y Capel |
On the hunt for Craiglwyn |
Craiglwyn |
The summit of Craiglwyn |
The misty Creigiau Gleision ridge |
Approaching the summit |
Creigiau Gleision's summit |
Looking back to Craiglwyn |
Creigiau Gleision's summit |
Looking north towards the middle top |
Sun catches the pools on the summit |
Looking west into the Ogwen Valley |
Creigiau Gleision's North Top |
Pen Llithrig y Wrach |
Creigiau Gleision's North Top |
Pen Llithrig y Wrach over Llyn Cowlyd |
Creigiau Gleision's North Top |
Looking northeast over Afon Ddu and Moel Eilio |
The bog with the stile on the other side |
Feeling festive |
Entering the woods |
The woods above Llyn Crafnant |
The stream crossing |
Waterfalls |
Crimpiau at the head of the valley |
Llyn Crafnant |
Llyn Crafnant over Blaen y nant |
Craiglwyn and Clogwyn yr Eryr |
Crimpiau |
The last view into Llyn Crafnant |
Moel Siabod through the gap in the hills |
Clogwyn Mawr |
Heading back towards the woods |
Capel Curig |
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