Editing Crib Goch (section)

==Route==
[[File:SnowdonMap.svg|upright=1.5|thumb|left|Sketch map of the Snowdon massif<br />'''Legend'''<br />·grey: ridges<br />·red lines: paths<br />·orange lines: roads<br />·dotted grey line: Snowdon Mountain Railway]]
[[File:DSCN4572-crib-goch-to-snowdon crop b.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.866|The ‘knife-edge’ arête of Crib Goch (foreground) and the [[pyramidal peak]] of Snowdon (background) are both the result of [[glaciation]].]]
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 ascent to the arête, before tackling three rock-pinnacles to a grassy [[mountain pass|col]] at Bwlch Coch. This first part of the ridge is exposed with [[precipice]]s below, having resulted in several fatalities, even of experienced mountaineers;<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1001/1001503_climber_60_plunges_400ft_to_his_death.html |work=[[Manchester Evening News]] |date=2007-03-09 |author=Neal Keeling |title=Climber, 60, plunges 400ft to his death}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_west/3019795.stm |title=Teacher found on Snowdon |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=2003-05-12}}</ref>  the [[Snowdonia National Park]] Authority describes it as ‘not a mountain for the inexperienced’.<ref>[http://www.eryri-npa.co.uk/page/index.php?nav1=enjoying&nav2=8&nav3=4&lang=eng&view=graphic&contrast=1 PYG track] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20070419221316/http://www.eryri-npa.co.uk/page/index.php?nav1=enjoying&nav2=8&nav3=4&lang=eng&view=graphic&contrast=1 |date=2007-04-19 }}</ref> It is also possible to ascend Crib Goch's North Ridge, which adjoins the main ridge. The route is far more difficult in high winds or frozen ground, and so it is recommended that walkers check the weather forecast beforehand.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ukscrambles.com/wales-scrambles/crib-goch/|title=Crib Goch|publisher=UK Scrambles|date=2018-10-02|accessdate=2018-10-04}}</ref>

It is possible to ascend Crib Goch from Bwlch y Moch {{Ordnance Survey coordinates|SH663552}} or from [[Nant Peris]], an ascent via Cwm Beudu Mawr.

From the col the ridge rises again, joining the main [[Snowdon]] ridge via the sister peak [[Garnedd Ugain]] in the west. Here the path meets the Pyg Track (which descends to [[Pen-y-Pass]]) at Bwlch Glas (marked by a large standing stone), before the final climb to [[Snowdon]] summit. To the south of the arête lie the lakes of [[Glaslyn]] and [[Llyn Llydaw]]. To the north is the [[Llanberis Pass]].  Crib Goch is classed as a [[Welsh 3000s|Welsh 3000er]] and is also often climbed as the first part of the [[Snowdon Horseshoe]], which goes on over Garnedd Ugain, Snowdon and [[Y Lliwedd]], before returning to [[Pen-y-Pass]].

Crib Goch is one of the [[Climate of the United Kingdom|wettest spots in the United Kingdom]], with an average of {{convert|4473|mm|in}} [[rainfall]] a year over the past 30 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/3354276/The-wetter-the-better.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128075059/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/3354276/The-wetter-the-better.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-01-28|title=The wetter, the better|work=[[The Independent]]|last=Clark|first=Ross|date=2006-10-28|accessdate=2009-09-02}}</ref>