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Eryri National Park Rock Climbing

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Areas in Eryri National Park

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

Llanberis Pass 29 / 16 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 45

Ogwen 18 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5 / 18

Tremadog 9 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9

Yr Wyddfa Massif 14 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 14

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Elevation:	1,287 ft	392 m
GPS:	53.07428, -4.02097 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Shared By:	Chris Owen on Nov 3, 2007
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Description

Deep, dark, and steeped in history, from King Arthur, to Mallory, Edwards, Kirkus, Brown, Whillans, Boysen, Livesey, Fawcett and onwards. Eryri National Park (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 Eryri National Park

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

5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a 5 ● Milestone Direct Trad 4 pitches Ogwen > Tryfan > Milestone Buttress
5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a 5 ● Flying Buttress Trad 5 pitches Llanberis Pass > N Side > Dinas Cromlech
5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a 4 ● First Pinnacle Rib (via Yellow S… Trad 7 pitches Ogwen > Tryfan > E Face
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 6 ● Crackstone Rib Trad 3 pitches Llanberis Pass > N Side > Carreg Wastad
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 9 ● Creagh Dhu Wall Trad 3 pitches Tremadog > Craig y Castell… > Main Wall
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 7 ● Main Wall Trad 6 pitches Llanberis Pass > S Side > Cyrn Las
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 10 ● Seamstress Trad Llanberis Pass > Llanberis Slate… > Serengeti
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R 7 ● Diagonal Trad 4 pitches Llanberis Pass > S Side > Dinas Mot
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a 13 ● Cemetery Gates Trad 2 pitches Llanberis Pass > N Side > Dinas Cromlech
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 4 ● Superdirect Trad 3 pitches Llanberis Pass > S Side > Dinas Mot
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 15 ● Cenotaph Corner Trad Llanberis Pass > N Side > Dinas Cromlech
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 10 ● Seams the Same Trad Llanberis Pass > Llanberis Slate… > Serengeti
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 4 ● Vector Trad 4 pitches Tremadog > Craig Bwlch y M… > Vector Buttress
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 7 ● 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