Rock Climbing in North Wales
Rock Climbing in Snowdonia
Snowdonia is a national park seemingly designed with rock climbers in mind. It contains a fantastic diversity of rock type and thus climbing style and difficulty.
A week based In Snowdonia could involve anything from the brilliant, slabby, 3 star V.Diffs in the Ogwen Valley to steep, modern, sport climbing on the tidal sea cliffs of Pen Trwyn. It has been said the history of British rock climbing is written across the walls of the magnificent and open book like crag, Dinas Cromlech. Come along and see for yourself why routes like Cenotaph Corner, Cemetary Gates and Left Wall are so famous. If the weather is good a day or two can be spent at Cloggy – nestling high on Snowdon’s north face this is one of the best mountain crags in the UK. With less favourable weather almost equally good climbing can be found near the coast at Tremadog or Gogarth.
Further Reading:
- Rock climbing in Snowdonia’, Paul Williams
- North Wales Rock Climbing, Ground-Up
