Crib Goch

The remarkable lines of Crib Goch

Height: 923m (3,028ft)

Prominence: 65m (213ft)

Region: Snowdonia - Snowdon

Classifications: Nuttall, Hewitt, Welsh 3000

Summit feature: Rocky crest

Times climbed: 3

Related trip reports:
The Cwm Uchaf Horseshoe - 01/04/2019
The Snowdon Horseshoe - 21/04/2018
The Snowdon Horseshoe - 24/05/2016

The summit stands part way along the ridge

Crib Goch (Crib Gock - Red Ridge) is a knife-edged arête in the Snowdonia National Park. The name means "red ridge" in Welsh. All routes which tackle Crib Goch are considered mountaineering routes in winter or scrambles in summer.

The classic traverse of Crib Goch from East to West leads up from the Pyg track to a "bad step" where hands and feet are both needed briefly. It is followed by an ascent to the arête, before tackling three rock-pinnacles to a grassy col at Bwlch Coch.

Incidentally, Crib Goch is one of the wettest spots in the United Kingdom.

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