The words ‘classic’ and ‘iconic’ are regularly bandied about when describing mountain routes. But with Crib Goch we are talking about a bona fide iconic classic. This status is helped by ...

Crib Goch’s high profile means that many people pick it as their first serious scramble - but Carlo Forte, Plas y Brenin’s chief instructor, recommends cutting your teeth on a few less challenging ...

Kevin Hallahan was on the Crib Goch route in north Wales on Saturday morning with members of Dublin and Wicklow Mountain Rescue Team (DWMRT) when he slipped and fell. Mr Hallahan had been a member ...

Walkers packed onto one of the most dangerous routes in Snowdonia at the weekend. This image of a queue was taken at Crib Goch, one of the peaks which forms part of the Snowdon horseshoe.

One of the times I realised the way I was breathing helped me focus and stay calm." The Crib Goch route is a "knife-edged" ridge leading up to Mt Snowdon, the third tallest mountain in the UK.

According to the Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team's website, many of their "rescues on Crib Goch are to 'cragfast' people who have simply underestimated the seriousness of the route and cannot cope ...