Creigiau Gleision

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Creigiau Gleision
Creigiau Gleision from the south
Elevation	678 m (2,224 ft)
Location	Conwy, Wales
Range	Snowdonia
Prominence	262 m
Parent peak	Carnedd Llewelyn
Topo map	OS Explorer OL 17
OS grid reference	SH729615
Listing	Marilyn, Hewitt, Nuttall
Translation	grey-green rocks (Welsh)
Pronunciation	[ˈkreigiai ˈgleiʃion]

Name	Grid ref	Height	Status
Listed summits of Creigiau Gleision
north top	SH733622	634 m	Hewitt, Nuttall

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

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.

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

In fact the mountain has three peaks, hence perhaps its plural name. The most southerly peak is the highest, at 678m, and the O.S. map also marks the northerly peak (some ½ mile distant) at 634m. 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^[1], has reached the summit of Creigiau Gleision over 450 times. On many occasions he has encountered a ghost there who has spoken with him, and although he makes no reference to this in his book, he has written about it online in "The Angry Corrie" in 1999. [1]