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Pen yr Helgi Du, Pen Llithrig y Wrach, Creigiau Gleision North Top and Creigiau Gleision
Capel Curig
19.7 km · 1220 m · 6.5–9 h
Hewitt
- Height
- 833 m · 2,732 ft
- Drop
- 85 m
- Grid ref
- SH 697 630
- Region
- Eryri (Snowdonia)
- Range
- Snowdonia
- County
- Conwy
Summit: Ground on W edge of summit area.
Pen yr Helgi Du is a Hewitt in Eryri (Snowdonia), 833 m (2,732 ft) high. There is one mapped route up it on TRXO; the one with the least climbing, Pen yr Helgi Du, Pen Llithrig y Wrach, Creigiau Gleision North Top and Creigiau Gleision, is 19.7 km with 1,220 m of ascent and takes 6.5 to 9 hours.
Routes up Pen yr Helgi Du
Rounds that include Pen yr Helgi Du (1)
Map
Summit at SH 697 630 (53.1486, -3.9486). Dots are neighbouring listed hills.
Nearby hills
- Carnedd LlewelynHewitt, Welsh 30001062 m · 1.9 km
- Pen Llithrig y WrachHewitt799 m · 2.0 km
- Foel GrachHewitt, Welsh 3000975 m · 3.0 km
- Yr ElenHewitt, Welsh 3000963 m · 3.2 km
- Creigiau GleisionHewitt676 m · 3.5 km
- Carnedd DafyddHewitt, Welsh 30001045 m · 3.5 km
- Creigiau Gleision North TopHewitt632 m · 3.7 km
- Garnedd UchafHewitt, Welsh 3000925 m · 4.0 km
Questions about Pen yr Helgi Du
- How high is Pen yr Helgi Du?
- Pen yr Helgi Du is 833 m (2,732 ft) high, a Hewitt in Eryri (Snowdonia). The summit is at grid reference SH 697 630.
- How long does it take to climb Pen yr Helgi Du?
- The quickest route on TRXO, Pen yr Helgi Du, Pen Llithrig y Wrach, Creigiau Gleision North Top and Creigiau Gleision, takes 6.5 to 9 hours: 19.7 km with 1,220 m of ascent. Allow longer in poor weather or winter conditions.
- What is the easiest way up Pen yr Helgi Du?
- The route with the least climbing is Pen yr Helgi Du, Pen Llithrig y Wrach, Creigiau Gleision North Top and Creigiau Gleision, starting from Capel Curig, A5 (SH 680 604): 19.7 km and 1,220 m of ascent, graded hard.