Pen yr Helgi Du
833m (2734ft)

The Carneddau, Snowdonia, Conwy, Wales

Pen yr Helgi Du means 'Hill of the Black Dog' in Welsh and is pronounced 'pen-ur-hell-gi-dee'.

The summit of Pen yr Helgi Du is marked by a beehive shaped cairn.

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Pen yr Helgi Du is on Ordnance Survey Maps:

OS Explorer Map OL17

1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers)

OS Landranger Map 115

1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers)

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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Pen yr Helgi Du

Andy Buxton walked up during August, 1964 [from/via/route] Dad - Took wrong turn: intended to Pen Llithrig, Pen Helgi & Carrneddau. Ended up doing Craig Eigiau & Pen y Castell as well. Very late back to Llanfairfechan.

Anthony Scott climbed on September 16th, 2018 [with] HF [weather] cloudy & drizzle

Hugh Strickland bagged on September 1st, 2018 [from/via/route] 20 miles (just under 10 hours, 8500 feet) Capel Curig to Y Garn, down to Ogwen upPen Yr Ole Wen & back along Carneddau including Pen Llithrig y Wrach

Bleddyn Rhys hiked on April 9th, 2018 [from/via/route] fynnu o'r A5 dilyn y llwybr amlwg ar y grib i Pen yr Helgi Ddu, lawr ir bwlch ar y dde ac i fynu i Pen Llithrig y Wrach. lawr heibio ceg y llyn ac yn ol ir lon drwy'r gors! [with] Gyda Caradog! [weather] Eithaf braf gyda cymylau ond sych a dim llawer o wynt mond ar y top Da iawn am fis Ebrill cynar. - Ddim yn hir iawn, a hawdd ei gyrraedd or ffordd gyda'r route yma. 3 awr in total Dod adra yn fwy anodd, mynd oddi ar y llwybr a ffeindio'n hynnain mewn cors wlub!

Mark Davidson summited 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 conquered on May 18th, 2016 [from/via/route] Llyn Eigiau - Pen Llithrig y Wrach - Pen Helgi Du - Carnedd Llywelyn - Foel Grach - Llyn Eigiau [with] Dick [weather] Cloudy on the tops

Iain Jones scaled on March 29th, 2014 [from/via/route] Glan Dena, Llyn Ogwen [with] Jim Hamilton & Steven Hunt - 14 February 2015 - walked from Llyn Ogwen with Graeme High

John Drysdale has walked up [from/via/route] Pen yr Ole Wen, Carnedd Dafyddd & Llewelyn [with] Solo [weather] Good clear, sunny & some breeze

Wyn Griffiths climbed on August 24th, 2014 [from/via/route] From Carnedd Llewellyn [with] Me [weather] Rained at Carnedd Dafydd - then sunny after Llewellyn - 140824

Gerald Murphy bagged on July 9th, 2014 [from/via/route] A5 (parked at Gwern Gof Isaf (£2)). Took tarmacam reservoir track to Ffynnon Llugwy then steep path up to Bwlch Eryl Farchog then onto Carnedd Llywelyn. Had intended to walk on to Yr Elen but low dense cloud that hadn't been forecasted - but had persisted since getting up to Bwlch Eryl Farchog - made it impossible to see anything from the windbreak in any direction. I waited for 30 minutes to see if the fog would lift but was too cold to waity longer. It would have been too dangerous to attempt to find the path to Yr Elen so, after warming myself from my flask of tea I needed my compass to find the path back towards Ffynnon Llugwy. When I got to Bwlch Eryl Farchog I was now below the cloud base & had a clear view up to Pen Helgi Du so that's the way I got back, via Y Braich to the A5 & the car park. to find my way back to [with] alone [weather] Dense, low cloud above about 450m. High & cold wind. - Carnedd Llywelyn is no place to be in fog.

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