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Cnicht

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Cnicht

Llyn Cwm-y-foel from path near Llyn yr Adar
Llyn Cwm-y-foel from path near Llyn yr Adar Credit: Colin Park

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Images are sourced within 2km of 52.999529/-4.0205444 or Grid Reference SH6446. Thanks to Geograph Open Source API. All images are credited.

Llyn Cwm-y-foel from path near Llyn yr Adar
Llyn Cwm-y-foel from path near Llyn yr Adar
Slate quarry ruins above Bwlch Cwmorthin
Slate quarry ruins above Bwlch Cwmorthin
Landscape North of Croesor Yr Arddu in the background.
Landscape North of Croesor
Yr Arddu in the background.
Looking back towards the coast The Glaslyn estuary and Porthmadog, some 10 km away, with clouds starting to gather...
Looking back towards the coast
The Glaslyn estuary and Porthmadog, some 10 km away, with clouds starting to gather...
Sheep by the path... ...on the way to Cnicht. They seemed surprised to see me, perhaps they had a sense that a storm was blowing in... The rock is (I think) part of an intrusion of igneous bedrock formed between 485.4 and 443.8 million years ago during the Ordovician period.
Sheep by the path...
...on the way to Cnicht. They seemed surprised to see me, perhaps they had a sense that a storm was blowing in... The rock is (I think) part of an intrusion of igneous bedrock formed between 485.4 and 443.8 million years ago during the Ordovician period.
Climbing towards Cnicht The terrain is getting rockier but there is still a long way to go...
Climbing towards Cnicht
The terrain is getting rockier but there is still a long way to go...
Looking towards Yr Arddu Yr Arddu is an igneous intrusion of rhyolite, being bedrock formed between 485.4 and 443.8 million years ago during the Ordovician period. There are countless sheep in the blown-up photo...
Looking towards Yr Arddu
Yr Arddu is an igneous intrusion of rhyolite, being bedrock formed between 485.4 and 443.8 million years ago during the Ordovician period. There are countless sheep in the blown-up photo...
Scramble over the scree... ...on the way to Cnicht. There is a path of sorts, but this is maybe the trickiest point of the ascent.
Scramble over the scree...
...on the way to Cnicht. There is a path of sorts, but this is maybe the trickiest point of the ascent.
Snowdonia glacial landscape Drumlins and waste heaps from abandoned late quarries.
Snowdonia glacial landscape
Drumlins and waste heaps from abandoned late quarries.
Clambering to Cnicht The 'Matterhorn' like peak is getting steeper but the path is well-defined and steady progress can be made...
Clambering to Cnicht
The 'Matterhorn' like peak is getting steeper but the path is well-defined and steady progress can be made...
Vista of Cwm Creosor This spectacular view suddenly appears from the ridge south of the summit.
Vista of Cwm Creosor
This spectacular view suddenly appears from the ridge south of the summit.
Glacial landscape south of Bwlch y Battel Rocks scoured and scraped by a glacier some 10,000 years ago. A footpath on the OS map seems to pass through the middle of the lake.
Glacial landscape south of Bwlch y Battel
Rocks scoured and scraped by a glacier some 10,000 years ago. A footpath on the OS map seems to pass through the middle of the lake.
Cnicht: rocks at the top The 689-metre summit affords spectacular views, but there is no trig point. The clouds are starting to look a little ominous.
Cnicht: rocks at the top
The 689-metre summit affords spectacular views, but there is no trig point. The clouds are starting to look a little ominous.
Looking back down the ridge... ...from the summit of Cnicht. Porthmadog can just be seen in the far distance.
Looking back down the ridge...
...from the summit of Cnicht. Porthmadog can just be seen in the far distance.
Landscape with slate waste The upper reaches of Cwm Croesor are littered with rubble and quarry waste. Various ruined inclines and tramways can be seen in the blown-up photo.
Landscape with slate waste
The upper reaches of Cwm Croesor are littered with rubble and quarry waste. Various ruined inclines and tramways can be seen in the blown-up photo.
Light and shade in Cwm Croesor... ...as seen from Cnicht.
Light and shade in Cwm Croesor...
...as seen from Cnicht.
Looking north-west from Cnicht The minor road from the A4085 to Bethania can just be seen in the distance.
Looking north-west from Cnicht
The minor road from the A4085 to Bethania can just be seen in the distance.
Path along the ridge
Path along the ridge
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Cnicht is located at Grid Ref: SH6446 (Lat: 52.999529, Lng: -4.0205444)

Unitary Authority: Gwynedd

Police Authority: North Wales

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Located within 500m of 52.999529,-4.0205444
Cnicht North Top
Ele: 688
Image: https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/440414
Name Cy: Cnicht Copa Gogleddol
Natural: peak
Note: I checked 20 historic maps from 1830 to 1965 and this peak is not given a name, the given Welsh name is a direct translation from the English name Cnicht North Top
Wikidata: Q5137365
Wikipedia: cy:Cnicht Copa Gogleddol
Lat/Long: 53.0020216/-4.0161751
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Cnicht
Ele: 689
Natural: peak
Source: npe
Wikidata: Q5137364
Wikipedia: cy:Y Cnicht
Lat/Long: 52.9996983/-4.0198827
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Man Made: adit
Lat/Long: 52.9975151/-4.0203646
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Ford: yes
Lat/Long: 53.0009135/-4.0248399
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