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Name: | Crib Goch |
Hill number: | 1976 |
Height: | 923m / 3028ft |
Parent (Ma): | 1963 Snowdon - Yr Wyddfa |
RHB Section: | 30B: Snowdonia |
Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Snowdon |
County/UA: | Gwynedd |
Catchment: | Glaslyn, Catchment Boundaries, Seiont |
Watershed: | Cardigan Bay |
Class: | Simm, Furth, Hewitt, Nuttall, High Hills of Britain, Buxton & Lewis, Bridge, Trail 100 (Tu,Sim,F,Hew,N,HHB,BL,Bg,T100) |
Grid ref: | SH 62424 55189 |
Summit feature: | rock |
Drop: | 66m |
Col: | 857m SH621551 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 115 (1:25k) OL17W |
Comments: | Added to Trail 100 list Jan 2020 |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 1228 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
From Pen y Pas. Great weather and spectacular views. Busy. Required concentration all the way. With Duncan. | Campbell Singer | 08/10/2023 |
Day one of Dragons Back Race | emily | 04/09/2023 |
Snowdon Horseshoe with Nick and Kev | sebastiencale | 13/07/2023 |
Parked S of Pen-y-Gwryd to avoid charges, then walked up to Pen y Pass and completed the classic Snowdon Horseshoe. | welshyboyo | 03/05/2023 |
As part of the Snowdon Horseshoe | alunrees40 | 18/04/2023 |
With Ben on a 3-day backpack over the Welsh 3000ft peaks from Llanfairfechan to Pen-y-pass | alistairpooler | 17/04/2023 |
with M -Snowdon Horseshoe | Fabioski | 03/04/2023 |
Snowdon Horseshoe with Gary. 
1. Crib Goch 
2. Crib-y-Ddysgl 
3. Yr Wyddfa 
4. Y Lliwedd 
5. Y Lliwedd East Top 
6. Lliwedd Bach | paulh79 | 31/03/2023 |
Snow and ice on most of the route. 40mph at the summit and poor visibility for the last 200m. Overall a fairly smooth day on the hill with some nice scrambling. | SophieJPugsley | 26/02/2023 |
Crib Goch, Crib Y Ddysgl, Snowdon and Craig Fach. great day despite the clag! | teamnaughtyfamjam | 12/11/2022 |
Snowdon Horseshoe | JHes | 15/07/2022 |
Snowdon horseshoe. Amazing day in perfect weather | Barns150 | 09/07/2022 |
Snowdon Horseshoe with Ao-Hin and Ed | Iam_JoshEdwards | 29/05/2022 |
Traversed ridge via usual route of ascent up Pyg Track and scramble of East Face from Bwlch y Moch. Continued to summits of Garnedd Ugain and Yr Wyddfa. Low cloud and moderate winds throughout with visibility poor. Several other walkers turned back from start of arete to descend towards Bwlch y Moch. | southern_rambler | 26/09/2021 |
Snowdon horseshoe completed with K. Crib Goch as entertaining as ever. | Fabioski | 16/09/2021 |
DBR recce. | MGT67 | 29/07/2021 |
Pen y Pass, Snowdon horseshoe | andrew.morel | 27/06/2021 |
Craig Fach, Crib Goch, Crib Y Ddysgl, Snowdon, Y LLiwedd, Y Lliwedd East top, Lliwedd Bach and Gallt y Wenallt. Absolutely glorious day :) | WelshMountainGoat38 | 02/04/2021 |
With Kim & Lucy. Fantastic conditions - sunny, dry and mostly light winds :-). | alistairpooler | 11/10/2020 |
Crib Goch, Crib y Ddysgl, Snowdon, Y Lliwedd, Y Lliwedd East Top, Lliwedd Bach | keithouk | 11/10/2020 |
Parked at the roadside pay and display near Pen Y Gwyrd. Bagged as part of the snowdon horseshoe. Great weather and a great day! | alunrees37 | 19/07/2020 |
Ascent via the East Ridge | Paul_142_uk | 21/08/2019 |
First time up Crib Goch. The Pyg Track will never be the same again! Fantastic views. On to Crib y Ddsgl and Snowdon before heading south and doing Cadair Idris. | MysteriousSue | 21/07/2019 |
Part of the snowdon horseshoe | Bucks69 | 01/07/2019 |
Climbed Crib Goch on the way to Snowdon's summit, via Crib y Ddysgl. Scorchingly hot day across the rest of the country but pleasantly warm and cloud covered with a nice breeze in Snowdonia. | Cap_Thunderbolt | 29/06/2019 |
Went up Snowdon via Crib with friends | Buckleymon | 21/05/2019 |
DB Race day 1 | milejunkie | 20/05/2019 |
Brilliant day, not best conditions | deb.thompson | 03/05/2019 |
First climb of the long weekend with the boys. Splinter group - Daz, Stu, Mark, Steve, Paul T, Brett | Rumbo | 03/05/2019 |
Traverse to Rhyd Ddu | N.Morters | 09/04/2019 |
On Snowdon horseshoe with Ben and Nathan. Some snow but nice weather. | axoree | 06/04/2019 |
Have been over Crib Goch many times. This winter traverse was probably the most fun | sturuss | 03/02/2019 |
Fantastic day. From YHA Pen-y-Pass: Crib Goch, Crib y Ddsgl, Snowdon, all Y Lliwedd tops. Weather not bad for this time of year but snow from 900m up. Didn't see a soul on Crib Goch. With GFE. | Fionalevey | 20/12/2018 |
From pen y pass, Beautiful sunshine | Coxswain | 05/09/2018 |
Ascended from Pen Y Grywd as the Pen y Pass car park was full with overnighters & YHA customers even at 7am. Maisie fully enjoying, if a little apprehensive, her first 'proper' scramble. | DanMaisieBex | 09/08/2018 |
From Pen-y-Pass: Craig Fach, Crib Goch, Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) and Snowdon. Back via the Pyg Track. Very misty, steamy day with some rain after weeks of hot sun. Ascent 1269 metres | Lazylizzie | 12/07/2018 |
Via North Ridge on scrambling course | Paul_142_uk | 11/07/2018 |
4th ascent | Chasejet | 26/06/2018 |
Sixth of Welsh 3000s week | PeakyPete | 26/06/2018 |
WELSH 3000's Started 03:30 in the Pen-y-Pass CP with GAVIN SIMPSON and DAVE FOWLER > Craig Fach > Crib Goch (3028) > Crib y Ddysgl (3495) > Snowdon - Yr Wyddfa (3560) > (Nant Peris) > Elidir Fawr (3031) > Y Garn (3107) > Glyder Fawr (3284) > Castell y Gwynt (3189) > Glyder Fach (3262) > Tryfan Far South Peak > Tryfan (3010) > (Llyn Ogwen) > Pen yr Ole Wen (3209) > Carnedd Dafydd (3425) > Carnedd Llewelyn (3491) > Yr Elen (3156) > Foel Grach (3200) > Garnedd Uchaf [Carnedd Gwenllian] (3035) > Foel-fras (3097) > finished 22:30 SH73164 66324 29 miles - 14300 ft ascent (19 hours) | Mark A Hartry | 02/06/2018 |
First attempted a direct assult, but turned back and then found a route up the right hand side I was more comfortable with. | chillyman8 | 14/05/2018 |
on route down from Snowdon | jmistry86 | 21/04/2018 |
snowdon horseshoe craig fach, crib goch, crib y Ddysgl, snowdon, y Lliweed, y Lliweed east top, Lliweed bach, from pen y pass. | robertphillips | 05/08/2017 |
Classic Snowdon horseshoe from PenyPass with a group of older explorer scouts. Great weather on Crib Goch but clouded over on Snowdon and rain from Y Lliwedd onwards. Long day. | richard69 | 01/07/2017 |
Sarah, Sue & Juan from Cricieth Camp. Snowdon Horseshoe. Wet, windy and low cloud. Had to lead group of eight along the ridge. | Rob Rees | 25/06/2017 |
Snowdon Horseshoe | Dan Baddeley | 03/06/2017 |
Weather fair. | MountainMac | 31/05/2017 |
With MH. Snowdon Horseshoe, later joining rest of party. Never ceases to be brilliant. Pity Pen-y-pass car park was full at 7:45am though! | Mark Jackson | 31/05/2017 |
with Dan and Ben Bridgwater | Louieb78 | 28/05/2017 |
Nuttall Walk WN 3.1 The Snowdon Horseshoe from Pen y Pass. Crib Goch, Crib y Ddysgl, Snowdon, Y Lliwedd, Y Lliwedd East Peak, Lliwedd Bach and Gallt y Wenallt. 12.3km with 1300m ascent in 8 hours. (S) | silveracorn_alan | 09/05/2017 |