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The Online Wyddfa Snowdon Guidebook

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Crib Goch Scramble up Snowdon from Pen y Pass

Crib Goch Scramble up Snowdon from Pen y Pass

By Dave Roberts / featured / 5 minutes of reading

The Crib Goch scramble from Pen-y-pass is the toughest ‘walk’ up Snowdon, and one of the best scrambling routes in the country. It’s also one of the most exposed and difficult route on Walk up Snowdon and the one you should do if you really want to “climb” Snowdon. How Hard is Crib Goch? The Crib […]

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Scramble up Y Gribin Ridge and Y Lliwedd

By Dave Roberts / 4 minutes of reading

This magnificent little scramble up the Y Gribin ridge on Snowdon, starts off from the Miners’ Track at Glaslyn and is over far too soon! The ridge only climbs 200m, but is quality all the way. As an added bonus, it is exceptionally quiet even on the busiest summer days. Y Gribin Ridge and Y

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Walk up Y Lliwedd from Nant Gwynant

By Dave Roberts / 4 minutes of reading

This is one of the least obvious routes to Lliwedd and possibly on to Snowdon. Starting off on the Watkin path with the hordes, you’ll soon be leaving them behind, probably shaking their heads at you as you’re clearly going the wrong way. You need to follow the Watkin Path from Nant Gwynant, initially through the

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Best Hill Walks in Snowdonia and North Wales

Snowdon via Lliwedd from Pen y Pass

By Dave Roberts / 2 minutes of reading

The summit of y Lliwedd is usually taken as a descent route, an anticlimax to the Snowdon Horseshoe. Failing to make the cut for the 15 peaks, it still makes a worthy trip in it’s own right when time is short, or as a more challenging route to the summit. Snowdon via Lliwedd from Pen

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Top Walks

  • Crib Goch Scramble up Snowdon from Pen y Pass
    Crib Goch Scramble up Snowdon from Pen y Pass
  • The Llanberis Path - Llwybr Llanberis
    The Llanberis Path - Llwybr Llanberis
  • Pyg Track - Llwybr Pyg
    Pyg Track - Llwybr Pyg
  • Easy Walks in Snowdonia - Rhaeadr Ewynnol - Swallow Falls from Betws y Coed
    Easy Walks in Snowdonia - Rhaeadr Ewynnol - Swallow Falls from Betws y Coed
  • The Miners' Track - Llwybr y Mwynwyr
    The Miners' Track - Llwybr y Mwynwyr
  • The Rhyd Ddu Path - Llwybr Rhyd Ddu
    The Rhyd Ddu Path - Llwybr Rhyd Ddu
  • Classic Walks in Snowdonia - Mynydd Mawr from Fron
    Classic Walks in Snowdonia - Mynydd Mawr from Fron
  • Snowdon via Lliwedd from Pen y Pass
    Snowdon via Lliwedd from Pen y Pass
  • Walk up Snowdon South Ridge from Rhyd Ddu
    Walk up Snowdon South Ridge from Rhyd Ddu
  • Easy Walks in Snowdonia - Dinas Emrys and Cwm y Bleiddiaid
    Easy Walks in Snowdonia - Dinas Emrys and Cwm y Bleiddiaid

Top Posts

  • Paths up Snowdon in Order of Difficulty
    Paths up Snowdon in Order of Difficulty
  • What to Wear and Carry to Safely Walk up Snowdon
    What to Wear and Carry to Safely Walk up Snowdon
  • Tryfan - The Best Routes and Scrambles
    Tryfan - The Best Routes and Scrambles
  • Moel Siabod - the Best Walks Up
    Moel Siabod - the Best Walks Up
  • Glyder Fawr and Fach - The Best Walks and Scrambles
    Glyder Fawr and Fach - The Best Walks and Scrambles
  • Easy Walks From Llanberis in Snowdonia
    Easy Walks From Llanberis in Snowdonia
  • Best Hill Walks in Snowdonia and North Wales
    Best Hill Walks in Snowdonia and North Wales
  • Y Garn - The Best Walks Up
    Y Garn - The Best Walks Up
  • Cader Idris - The Best Walks Up
    Cader Idris - The Best Walks Up
  • How to Walk up Snowdon With Children
    How to Walk up Snowdon With Children

Top Posts & Pages

  • Paths up Snowdon in Order of Difficulty
    Paths up Snowdon in Order of Difficulty
  • What to Wear and Carry to Safely Walk up Snowdon
    What to Wear and Carry to Safely Walk up Snowdon
  • Tryfan - The Best Routes and Scrambles
    Tryfan - The Best Routes and Scrambles
  • Moel Siabod - the Best Walks Up
    Moel Siabod - the Best Walks Up
  • Crib Goch Scramble up Snowdon from Pen y Pass
    Crib Goch Scramble up Snowdon from Pen y Pass
  • The Llanberis Path - Llwybr Llanberis
    The Llanberis Path - Llwybr Llanberis
  • Pyg Track - Llwybr Pyg
    Pyg Track - Llwybr Pyg
  • Glyder Fawr and Fach - The Best Walks and Scrambles
    Glyder Fawr and Fach - The Best Walks and Scrambles
  • Easy Walks in Snowdonia - Rhaeadr Ewynnol - Swallow Falls from Betws y Coed
    Easy Walks in Snowdonia - Rhaeadr Ewynnol - Swallow Falls from Betws y Coed
  • The Miners' Track - Llwybr y Mwynwyr
    The Miners' Track - Llwybr y Mwynwyr

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