Craig Cywarch (aka Craig Cowarch)

Gwynedd, WALES

Climbs 241 – Rocktype Welsh igneous – Altitude 300m a.s.l – Faces E

Crag features
A massive complex cliff-line in a superbly quiet location. This vast rambling mountainside, interspersing sheets of rock with towering gullies and vast amounts of heather terraces, will ideally suit strong-stomached mountaineers who can brave the "full mountain day out", or canny crag rats who will find the isolated clean walls and revel in some hidden gems. The climbing varies from long rambling easy classics to marginally accessible extreme testpieces, and polish is unlikely to be a problem.

Weather forecast

Today	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
Light rain/ drizzle Sunny/ clear 5 °C	Dry Sunny periods 5 °C	Dry Mainly cloudy 4 °C	Light rain/ drizzle Sunny periods 5 °C	Light rain/ drizzle Sunny periods 3 °C
Forecast for this crag, or UK Weather forecast

Guidebooks
Scrambles & Easy Climbs in Snowdonia (2005), Meirionnydd (2002)

Climbs at this crag

	Climb name	Grade	x

	PANT LYGOG
2	S&D	VD
3	Portcullis	S
4	The Cywarch Finger Flake	E5 6a
5	Kangaroo Moon	E6 6b
6	Stronghold	S 4a
7	Battlements	HS 4a
8	Higher than the Sun	E3 6a
	TAP PANT CAE
10	White Ribbon	HS 4a *
11	The Wizard	S
12	Green Wall	E2 5c
13	Dunsinane	HS 4a
14	The Sting	HVS 5a
15	Gryptych	HS 4b
16	Clubs	S
17	Paper Back	HVS 5b
18	Basil Brush Stroke	E6 6a *
19	Room at the Top	HS
20	Pencilhead	E3 5c
21	Penpushers Groove	E2 5c
	CWN YR YCHEN
23	Kurzweg	D
24	Steilweg	S
25	Sharkfing	E2 5b *
26	Schnellweg	S
27	The Wall	HVS 5a
28	Taranu Crack	HVS 5a
29	Flashback	HS 4b
	HIDDEN CWM
31	Knockdown	VD
	TAP RHYGAN DDU
33	Shady Saunter	S
34	Darkness on the Edge of Town	E3 6a
35	Shouts in Space	E3 6a
36	Chariots of Fire	E2 5c
37	Sulpher Mountain	E5 6b
38	The Devil Within	E6 6b
39	Tithing Man	E4 6a
40	Barbarism	E5 6b
41	Bapteme de l'Air	E1 5b
42	The Stud	E5 6c
43	Tobias	E5 6b
44	Girdle Traverse	VS 4b
45	General Galtierei	HS 4a
	TAP Y GIGFRAN
47	Concorde	S
48	South West Arete	VD
49	Concorde Direct	E1 5c
50	The Clivierd Line	VS 4c
51	Beggars Banquet	HVS 5b
52	Buzzard's Balcony	S
53	Little Red Rooster	E2 5c
54	Dream Racer	E2 5c
55	Lucy in the Sky	HVS 5a
56	The Doghouse	E6 6b
57	Sci-Fi	E7 6b
58	The Purge	E2 5c *	1
59	Sveinstock	HVS 5a
60	Crozzly Wall	E4 5c
61	Rolair	E3 6a
62	Fleet Air Arm	E5 6c
63	The Grafter	E3 6a
64	Heist	E2 5c
65	Tumblin' Dice	E2 5c
66	The Crab	HVS 5a
67	Thyme	HVS 5b
68	Nicht Schlafen Trauma	E5 6b
69	Lanchester	HVS 4b
70	Incapability	D *	3
71	The Gem	HS 4b ***	3
72	Jack Of Diamonds	HVD	2
73	Hot Pants	VD
74	Wright's Route	S
75	Sifta	S
76	Salt Free	HVS 5a
77	Cerebos	S	1
78	Square-Cut Gully	M
79	Square Chimney	VD
	TAP MAWR
81	Migrane	HVS 5a
82	Black Wall	VS 4c
83	Belli	HS
84	Sheep's Climb	M	1
85	Jungle	VS 4b
86	Short Circuit	VS 4b
87	The Graveyard	HVS 5a
88	Frigid Pink	E1 5b
89	Scourge	E1 5c	1
90	The Mind's Eye	E4 5c
91	The Overlap	E2 5c **
92	Old Glory	E4 6a
93	China Shop	VS 4b
94	Live Like a King	E5 6b
95	Wedgewood	HVS 5a
96	Loon Plage	E5 6b
97	Bear Cage	E4 5c
98	Tapdance	E5 6a
99	Peacekeeper	E3 6a
100	Soldier	E1 5b
101	Delfr	HVS 5a
102	Flanker	VD
103	The Steeple	VS 4b
104	Perishers	S
105	Frontal Crack	VD
106	Little Gully	D
107	Barad d'Ur	S
	TAP Y GRAIG
109	Fritz The Cat	VD
110	Flu '69	HS 4b
111	Porcupine	VS
112	Sweet Baby James	HVS 5a **	2
113	Mud Slide Slim	VS 4c *	5
114	Oread	VS 4b
115	Derwent	VS 4b
116	Electric Rail	HVS 5b
117	Raindrop	VS 4c
118	Bluebell Babylon	VS 4b	8
119	Will o' the Wisp	HVD **	60
120	Pear Tree Blues	VS 4c
121	Katmandu	HVS 4c
122	Katmandu, Direct Start	E1 5c
123	A Touch of Class	VD
124	Oh Calcutta	VS 4b
125	Elephant Wall	S 4a
126	Diagonal Arete	D
127	Baskerville	HVS 5a
128	Dancing Man	HVS 5a

	Climb name	Grade	x

129	The Fortifier	VS 4c
130	Central Route	S
131	Thung	VS 4b
132	Bric-a-brac	VS 4b
133	Brick Wall	E1 5b
134	George Machine	VS 4c
135	The Comedians	HVS 5a
136	Second Foundation	E2 5c
137	Auto-Man	HVS 5a
138	Tombstone Blues	HS 4a
139	Ring Wraith	HVS 4b
140	The Yellow Policeman	VS 4c
141	Quartzberg	HVS 5a
142	Surrealistic	S
143	Tower of Babel	VD *	2
144	The Dome	VS 4b
145	Alicia	HVS 5a
146	Great Gully	D
	ESGAIR FELEN
148	Shade of Pale	E1 5b **	1
149	Shade of Pale Right-Hand	HVS 5a
150	Lone Ranger	HVS 5a
151	Grimbarian	VS 4b
152	The Mekon	S
153	The Worm	HVS 5b
154	The Arch	S
155	Lectern Direct	VS 4c
156	Yggdrasil	VD
157	Peal	HS 4a
158	Recuperation	D	1
159	Restoration	VD	3
160	First Anniversary	M	2
161	The Archer	VS 4c
162	Lincoln Green	VS 5a
163	Inclination	HS
	HAFN MAWR
165	North Gully	HS
166	Rolling Stone	S
167	All in a Day	E2 6b
168	Time After Tim	E2 6b
169	Mothers Pride	HS 4b
170	Big Boy	E3 6a
171	Sickle Wall	S 4b
172	The Scythe	VS 4a
173	Apollo	VS 4b
174	Half Moon Crack	S
175	Relaxation	VD
176	For Hyll Drem	E4 5c
177	Wunderstuff	E5 6b
178	Hot House Flowers	E3 5c
179	South Face Crack	HS 4b
180	Don't Even Think About It	E5 6b
181	Bundu	VS 4b
182	Wig Walk	HS 4a
	SAWDL Y GRAIG
184	Phoebus	VD	1
185	Lethe	D
186	Free Aran	E5 6a
187	AGM	VD
188	Styx	VS 4b
189	The Technician	E3 5c
190	Technician Direct	E4 5c
191	Hades	E1 5a
192	Hell's Gate	E2 5b
193	Stygian Wall	VS 4c *	5
194	Strobe	E3 6a	1
195	Carrion	E1 5b
196	Trouble Maker	E2 5c
197	Tech Noir	E6 6b
198	Charon	E1 5b
199	Pluto	E3 5c
200	Sweet September	E6 6b
201	Midsummer's Day Dream	E5 6b
202	Girdle Traverse	E1 5b
	CRAIG LLYWELYN
204	Trend	VS 4b
205	Troom	VD
206	Vulcan	HVS 5b	1
207	Acheron	VS 4c ***	4
208	Kaisepakte	E1 5b
209	The Mule	E1 5b
210	Doom	VS 4c ***	12
211	Italia 90	E2 5b
212	Guillotine	VS 4b
213	Northerner	E2 5c
214	Midlander	VS 4c
215	The Big Cleft	HVS 5a
216	Man of Kent	VS 4c
217	The Magic Dragon	HVS 5a
218	Click	VS 4b
219	Jugs Groove	E3 5c
220	Mad Ray	E5 6a
221	Girdle Traverse	HVS 5a
222	Pick n' Choose	E4 6a
	FFENESTR Y GRAIG
224	Hope Street	S 4a
225	Learning to Fly	E3 5c
226	Hopsit	HS 4b
227	The Whisper	HVS 5a
228	Quartz Wall	E1 5c
229	First Visit	HVS 5a
230	Quartizone	E6 6b
231	Cat a' Nine Tails	E2 5c
232	Quartz Buttress	HVS 5a
233	Powder Monkey	E2 5c
234	Hard Rain	E2 5c
235	Plankwalk	HVS 5b
236	Keel Haul	E2 5b ***	2
237	Gornik	S 4a
238	Ceramic Chimney	S
239	Sybarite	HVS 4b
240	Spartan	E2 5c
241	Crimea	E5 6a
242	Heretic	E2 5c
243	Quartz Vein	VS 4c
244	King Edwards Army	HVS 5b
	CREIGIAU SAWDL EFA
246	Bubble Wall	HS 4b
247	Ronkle Boot Chimney	D
248	The Little Red Helmet	S
249	Where Eagles Dare	HVS 5a
250	Whirligig	S 4a
	CREIGIAU CAMDDWR
252	Whistling in the Dark	E3 5b
253	Strolling in the Park	E2 5b
254	First fruit †	V0+	1
255	The Ponytail Parades †	V0-	1
256	Kestral Cracks †	VS

* Climbs listed in red are waiting to be checked by a crag moderator, and may not be accurate.

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Access notes
Turn off the A470 at Dinas Mawddwy and take take road toward Aber-Cywarch before following a minor road up the Cywarch valley.

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At time of posting Tap Y Gigfran is effectively inaccessible due to the scramble approach to the ramp being blocked by gorse and brambles, as well as having serious fall potential.
Fiend

- 21/Jun/09

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Local activist kindly warns aspirant visitors that Craig Cywarch is a heap of rambling bollox.