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Snowdonia Rock Climbing

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Areas in Snowdonia

Cadair Idris 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Llanberis Pass 27 / 10 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 37

Ogwen 16 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5 / 16

Snowdon Massif 14 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 14

Tremadog 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

Elevation:	1,286 ft
GPS:	53.07428, -4.02096 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Shared By:	Chris Owen on Nov 3, 2007
Admins:	Chris Owen, Euan Cameron Page Updates (admin only)

Description

Deep, dark, and steeped in history, from King Arthur, to Mallory, Edwards, Kirkus, Brown, Whillans, Boysen, Livesey, Fawcett and onwards. Snowdonia has every kind of rock climbing imaginable; cragging and high mountain routes, mostly traditional, and some of them bloody hard and terrifying!

This is one of the World meccas for climbing - go there.

Getting There

Landing at London Heathrow, rent a car and drive up the M25 north to the M40 (Oxford) then the M42 to the M5, which joins the M6, when you see the M54 go west to Shrewsbury (my home town). The M54 becomes the A5, an old Roman Road (quite driveable though!), through Llangollen, and eventually to Snowdonia. Get reservations for a B&B in Llanberis. It'll take all afternoon to get there if you land at LHR mid-day. You might want to split the drive somewhere nice and touristy, like Stratford-Upon-Avon, or better yet Shrewsbury.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Snowdonia

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a 4 ● Flying Buttress Trad 5 pitches Llanberis Pass > N Side > Dinas Cromlech
5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a 4 ● Pinnacle Rib Route (via Yellow S… Trad 7 pitches Ogwen > Tryfan > E Face
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 7 ● Creagh Dhu Wall Trad 3 pitches Tremadog > Craig y Castell… > Main Wall
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 3 ● The Gambit Climb Trad, Alpine 5 pitches Llanberis Pass > S Side > Clogwyn y Ddysgl
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 5 ● Main Wall Trad 6 pitches Llanberis Pass > S Side > Cyrn Las
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 4 ● Dives/Better Things Trad 2 pitches Llanberis Pass > N Side > Dinas Cromlech
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 3 ● Christmas Curry (Micah Eliminate) Trad 4 pitches Tremadog > Craig Bwlch y M… > Plum Buttress
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a 10 ● Cemetery Gates Trad 2 pitches Llanberis Pass > N Side > Dinas Cromlech
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a PG13 3 ● Looning the Tube Trad Llanberis Pass > … > Australia > Looning the Tube Level
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 13 ● Cenotaph Corner Trad Llanberis Pass > N Side > Dinas Cromlech
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 5 ● Fool's Gold Trad Llanberis Pass > Llanberis Slate… > Bus Stop Quarry
5.10c/d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b R 9 ● Comes the Dervish Trad Llanberis Pass > Llanberis Slate… > Vivian Quarry