Y Lliwedd
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Template:GB summits start |- |Y Lliwedd East Peak || || style="text-align:right;" | 893 m (2,930 ft) || style="text-align:right;" | Nuttall |- |Lliwedd Bach || || style="text-align:right;" | 818 m (2,684 ft) || style="text-align:right;" | Nuttall |- |Gallt y Wenallt || || style="text-align:right;" | 619 m (2,031 ft) || style="text-align:right;" | Hewitt, Nuttall
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Y Lliwedd is a mountain, connected to Snowdon in the Snowdonia National Park, North Wales.
Its summit lies Script error: No such module "convert". above sea level.
The eastern flanks are steep cliffs rising above Glaslyn and Llyn Llydaw. Y Lliwedd is the most conspicuous of the peaks for those who approach Snowdon via the Miners' and Pyg tracks.
Hikers and mountaineers often pass over Y Lliwedd when walking the Snowdon Horseshoe. The noted British climber George Mallory undertook many of his early climbs here. It was also the site of considerable training activity for the 1953 British Everest Expedition.
The north face of Y Lliwedd was explored in the late 19th century and in 1909 was the subject of the first British climbing guide, The Climbs on Lliwedd by J. M. A. Thomson and A. W. Andrews.
Two subsidiary peaks of Y Lliwedd are listed as Nuttalls: Lliwedd Bach Script error: No such module "convert".: Script error: No such module "Ordnance Survey coordinates". and Y Lliwedd East Peak Script error: No such module "convert".: Script error: No such module "Ordnance Survey coordinates"..[1]
References
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- ↑ Nuttall, John & Anne (1999). The Mountains of England & Wales - Volume 1: Wales (2nd edition ed.). Milnthorpe, Cumbria: Cicerone. Template:ISBN.
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Gallery
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Y Lliwedd on the left, Snowdon on the right
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Typical steep grassy and loose section of cliff
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Y Lliwedd in snow from the flank of Yr Aran
