Castell y Gwynt

Castell y Gwynt

Height: 972m (3,189ft)

Prominence: 16m (52ft)
Region: Snowdonia – the Glyderau
Classifications: Nuttall
Summit feature: No feature
Times climbed: 3

Related trip reports:
The Bochlwyd Horseshoe – 30/03/2019
The Bochlwyd Horseshoe – 20/10/2018

Tryfan, Glyder Fach & Glyder Fawr via Bristly Ridge – 24/09/2016

The view from the summit

Castell y Gwynt (Caas-tell uh Goo-wint – Castle of the Winds) has the merit of being the only 3,000ft Welsh summit classed as only a Nuttall, hence it is generally not included in the Welsh 3,000s.

The top is more famous as a feature than a summit.

Return to Snowdonia – the Glyderau

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