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Craiglwyn
623m (2044ft)

The Carneddau, Snowdonia, Conwy, Wales

Craiglwyn means 'Bush Crag' in Welsh and is pronounced 'cry-glue-win'.

The summit of Craiglwyn is marked by a small cairn.


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167th highest in Wales,
394th in England & Wales

Walk Craiglwyn walking UK Mountains in The Carneddau Snowdonia National Park Conwy, Wales

On Craiglwyn

Photo: Mike Knipe

You can find Craiglwyn & all the walks that climb it on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)

Snowdonia National Park


1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (the ones with orange/yellow covers):

OL17 Snowdon/Yr Wyddfa and Conwy Valley/Dyffryn Conwy


1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (the ones with pink/magenta covers):

115 Snowdon & Caernarfon


See Craiglwyn and the surrounding tops on our free-to-access 'Google Style' Peak Bagging Maps:

See Craiglwyn and the surrounding tops on our downloadable PDF Peak Bagging Map:


You can walk to the top of Craiglwyn by using any of these 3 easy‑to‑follow route maps:
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Walk cw191 Creigiau Gleision from Llyn Crafnant

Lovely views with little company

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Vital Statistics:

Length: 7.75ml (12.5km)
Ascent:2,785ft (849m)
Time:5.75hrs
Grade:Walk Grade 6 Icon (Moderate)
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Walk cw132 Pen Llithrig y Wrach and Creigiau Gleision from Llyn Eigiau

Testing hike with superb lake views

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Vital Statistics:

Length: 10ml (16km)
Ascent:3,027ft (923m)
Time:6½ hrs
Grade:Walk Grade 7 Icon (Hard)
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Walk cw146 Craig Eigiau, Pen Llithrig y Wrach and Creigiau Gleision from Llyn Eigiau

Superb mountain walk

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Vital Statistics:

Length: 13.5ml (21.5km)
Ascent:4,477ft (1,364m)
Time:9½ hrs
Grade:Walk Grade 8 Icon (Hard)

Other walkers who hiked, climbed, bagged and summited Craiglwyn Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Craiglwyn

Melfyn Parry walked up Craiglwyn on June 6th, 2021 [from/via/route] Start point is car park behind Joe Brown's in Capel Curig. Cross road & head up path to SH727581, turning left to follow steep path up towards Crimpiau. Going around Craig Wen & Moel Ddefaid before ascending Craiglwyn then along to Creigiau Gleision North Top before dropping down to the dam at Llyn Cowlyd. Follow path alongside lake until you reach SH716609, then turn left & follow path back to A5, then return to car park [with] PRC [weather] Good - Didn't ascend peak of Greigiau Gleision at 678m, will do this another day.

Mark Davidson climbed Craiglwyn on June 26th, 2003 [with] Alone [weather] Sunny & very hot - long tiring walk in such conditions - Ran out of water towards the end

Christina Lander bagged Craiglwyn on May 21st, 2016 [from/via/route] Capel Curig - Crimpiau - Craig Wen - Craiglwyd - Creigiau Gleision - Llyn Cowlyd - Capel Curig [with] Dick [weather] Bright, & sunny at times

Robert Taylor-Marriott hiked Craiglwyn on November 27th, 2011 [from/via/route] Route 28: Craiglwyn Craigiua Gleison & Craigiua Gleison North Top (CCG). [with] Vince Wetton and Robert Taylor-Marriott. [weather] Sunny.

Paul Booth and Kath Edwards have both walked, climbed & bagged Craiglwyn.

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