Cnicht
3 classifications here — Trail 100, HuMP and Simm — belong to lists OpenFell holds only part of, so they have no list page. See how far the coverage goes.

- Height
- 690.9 m · 2,267 ft
- Prominence
- 104.9 m
- Grid reference
- SH 64549 46617
- Coordinates
- 52.99968, -4.01987
- County / area
- Gwynedd
- Region
- Snowdonia
- OS Landranger
- 115
- OS Explorer
- OL17W
- Summit feature
- middle of three rocky outcrops
- Key col
- SH 6558 4770 (585.9 m)
Access rights here
Conditional Right to roam: Right to roam only on mapped CRoW open access land.
Permission needed Wild camping: Permission needed everywhere.
General position for Wales — local byelaws, seasonal restrictions and closures can override it. Full details: access rights in Wales · check another location.
Daylight at this summit today
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Computed astronomically for 53.000, -4.020. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.
Summit weather live
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Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).
Finding the summit
The recorded summit point is middle of three rocky outcrops. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.
- Survey method
- Abney level
- Record revised
- 11-Jul-23
- Drop measured from
- SH 6558 4770 · 585.9 m
Survey notes are field observations recorded in the Database of British & Irish Hills (v18.3, CC BY 4.0) by the hill-surveying community.
Long-distance paths past this hill
2 waymarked long-distance routes run within 2.5 km of the summit — useful if you are linking this hill into a longer walk, or want a made path for the approach.
| Route | Total length | From summit |
|---|---|---|
| Cambrian Way | 483 km | over the top |
| Snowdonia Slate Trail | 135 km | 1.3 km |
Route lines © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); distance from the summit computed by OpenFell.
Which hill this one belongs to
Cnicht is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Allt-fawr (698 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 586 m.
Grouping is by prominence alone: a summit belongs to the nearest higher Marilyn it connects to without a deeper intervening col. Over a large massif that can gather hills no one would walk in a single day, and which few would describe as parts of the same mountain — it is a measure of independence, not a suggested route.
Nearest listed peaks
| Peak | Height | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Cnicht North Top | 690.2 m | 0.4 km |
| Moelwyn Mawr | 770 m | 2.2 km |
| Ysgafell Wen | 672.2 m | 2.6 km |
| Ysgafell Wen North Top | 669.4 m | 2.6 km |
| Craigysgafn | 689.9 m | 2.7 km |
| Moel Druman | 676 m | 2.8 km |