Llechog Explained

Llechog
Elevation M:720
Prominence M:28
Parent Peak:Snowdon
Listing:sub Hewitt, Nuttall
Translation:slaty, rocky, stony
Language:Welsh
Location:Gwynedd, Wales
Coordinates:53.075°N -4.0763°W
Range:Snowdonia
Grid Ref Uk:SH610551
Topo Map:OS Landranger 115
Map:Wales

Llechog is a top of Garnedd Ugain on the Snowdon massif in Wales. It is the top of a long crest of cliffs that start in Llanberis and finishes on Garnedd Ugain. The nearby Clogwyn Station is a stop of the Snowdon mountain railway. The summit is a rocky peak sitting out from cliffs which fall steeply down to the Nant Peris valley. The viewpoint is commanding, where the full prominence of Glyder Fawr, Y Garn, Elidir Fawr and Crib Goch can be admired.[1]

A second top of the same name can also be found about 1/2 mile to the south-west of Snowdon summit, overlooking Cwm Clogwyn.

Notes and References

  1. Nuttall, John & Anne (1999). The Mountains of England & Wales - Volume 1: Wales (2nd edition ed.). Milnthorpe, Cumbria: Cicerone. .