Rescue teams are advising hikers and climbers to give the famous Crib Goch knife edge a miss until weather conditions improve.

Mountain rescue teams urge hikers to save Crib Goch for better weather

RESCUE teams are advising hikers and climbers to give the famous Crib Goch knife edge a miss until weather conditions improve.

Members of the Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team this week reported having to deal with a ‘significant number of call-outs’ on Crib Goch and nearby Garnedd Ugain.

“Crib Goch is considered a serious mountain scramble due to the delicate and potentially consequential crest of the ridge line and steep rock sections,” a spokesperson said.

“Route finding along certain sections can be problematic and the consequences of going the wrong way or scrambling in less than ideal weather conditions can be severe.

“Having a number of options for a day in the mountains is always worthwhile and saving such a magnificent scramble for a dry day may be something to consider.”

About Crib Goch and Garnedd Ugain

Crib Goch and Garnedd Ugain – also known as Crib-y-Ddysgl – form part of the popular Snowdon Horseshoe Route.

Crib Goch is an exposed ridge above 3,000ft and is considered by Snowdonia National Park as ‘not a mountain for the inexperienced’. It has claimed the lives of several experienced as well as not-so-experienced climbers.

Crib-y-Ddysgl – less than a mile north of Snowdon – is the second-highest peak in Wales.

The area is renowned as one of the wettest places in the UK. It has an average rainfall in excess of 4,473 millimetres – more than 14-and-a-half-feet – which, in winter, often leaves the ridge almost impossible to traverse due to ice.

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