North Wales Climbs

Author Mark Reeves, Jack Geldard, Mark Glaister
Published Rockfax (2013)
ISBN 978-1-873341-82-7

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North Wales Climbs covers the best climbing from the whole of this huge and varied area. The book is modelled on the very popular West Country Climbs which set a new standard for selected climb guidebooks back in 2010. It contains all the routes from the 2010 publication North Wales Classics and many more routes and areas, with expanded descriptions and much bigger photo-topos.
The book covers all the major mountain crags from Llanberis Pass, to Cloggy; and from Ogwen to the Carneddau. It also includes the Llanberis Slate quarries, Tremadog, the Moelwyns, the Gwynant Valley, Mid-Wales, Gogarth and the North Coast Limestone.

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Crags covered by this Guide

Anglesey crags	# climbs	Rocktype	Faces
Gogarth North Stack and Main Cliff	389	Quartzite	W
Gogarth South Stack	215	Quartzite	SW
Holyhead Mountain	146	Quartzite	all
Rhoscolyn	224	Quartzite	S

Conwy crags	# climbs	Rocktype	Faces
Castell y Gwynt	35	Limestone	N
Castle Inn Quarry	71	Limestone	S
Lower Pen Trwyn	77	Limestone	E
Pen Trwyn	380	Limestone	NE
Penmaen Head	118	Limestone	W

Gwynedd crags	# climbs	Rocktype	Faces
Australia	298	Slate	?
Barmouth Quarry	34	Slate	S
Barmouth Slabs	43	Sandstone (hard)	SE
Bus Stop Quarry	136	Slate	?
Cadair Idris - Penygadair	160	-	all
California	39	Slate	S
Carnedd Y Filiast (Cairn of the Greyhound Bitch)	43	Gritstone	SE
Carreg Alltrem	27	Rhyolite	W
Carreg Hyll-Drem	60	Microgranite	SW
Carreg Mianog	51	Sandstone (hard)	SE
Carreg Wastad	83	Rhyolite	S
Clogwyn Bochlwyd	18	Rhyolite	NW
Clogwyn Cyrau	111	Rhyolite	S
Clogwyn Du'r Arddu (Cloggy)	215	Rhyolite	N
Clogwyn y Bustach	90	Dolerite	SW
Clogwyn y Ddysgl	74	Rhyolite	NW
Clogwyn y Garnedd	34	Welsh igneous	NE
Clogwyn y Grochan	100	Rhyolite	S
Clogwyn y Tarw (The Gribin Facet)	131	Rhyolite	N
Clogwyn y Wenallt	22	Dolerite	S
Clogwyn yr Eryr (Crafnant)	88	-	SE
Clogwyn yr Oen (Moelwyns)	32	Rhyolite	SE
Craig Aderyn (Teyrn Bluffs)	9	Rhyolite	SW
Craig Braich Ty Du (Pen yr Ole Wen)	54	Rhyolite	S
Craig Bwlch y Moch (Tremadog)	202	Dolerite	S
Craig Cwm Glas Bach	59	Rhyolite	NW
Craig Cywarch (aka Craig Cowarch)	260	Welsh igneous	E
Craig Ddu	54	Rhyolite	SW

Powys crags	# climbs	Rocktype	Faces
Craig Lloer	43	Rhyolite	NE
Craig Pant Ifan (Tremadog)	177	Dolerite	S
Craig y Castell (Tremadog)	65	Dolerite	SW
Craig y Clipiau (Moelwyns)	52	Rhyolite	S
Craig y Gesail (Tremadog)	61	Dolerite	SW
Craig y Rhaeadr	22	Rhyolite	NW
Craig Y Tonnau	26	Rhyolite	S
Craig Yr Ogof (Cliff of the Cave)	15	Rhyolite	S
Craig Yr Ogof (Cwm Silyn)	58	Rhyolite	SW
Craig Yr Wrysgan	85	Rhyolite	SE
Craig Yr Ysfa	81	Rhyolite	SE
Cwm Cneifion	38	Rhyolite	NW
Cyrn Las (Gyrn Las)	36	Rhyolite	E
Dali's Hole	93	Slate	?
Devils Kitchen (Cwm Idwal) - (Clogwyn y Geifr)	92	Ice	N
Dinas Cromlech	94	Rhyolite	S
Dinas Mot	161	Rhyolite	N
Esgair Maen Gwyn (Scimitar Ridge)	43	Rhyolite	E
Glyder Fach	120	Rhyolite	N
Glyder Fawr	58	Rhyolite	N
Gravestones/ Hidden Wall/ Yr Ochr Wen/ Twll Tin	59	Rhyolite	NW
Idwal Slabs (aka Cwm Idwal)	140	Rhyolite	W
Llech Ddu (Black Slab)	44	Rhyolite	N
Llechau Mawr	50	Gritstone	NE
Llechog App Exclusive	8	Rhyolite	all
Never Never Land	99	Slate	W
Rainbow Slab Area	179	Slate	E
Serengeti	70	Slate	E
Simdde Ddu	80	Rhyolite	SE
Sub Cneifion Rib	9	Rhyolite	NW
Tryfan	167	Rhyolite	E
Tryfan Fach [Little Tryfan]	30	Rhyolite	NW
Twll Mawr	85	Slate	NW
Vivian Quarry	163	Slate	S
Y Grisiau	10	Gritstone	NW
Y Lliwedd	142	Rhyolite	N
Ysgolion Duon (Black Ladders)	56	Rhyolite	N

Gist Ddu	40	Rhyolite	E

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