Cwm Idwal is home to many great routes on several slabby crags. The jewels in the crown are the Idwal Slabs with its set of ever-popular routes that attract attention throughout the year. Also of interest in a similar theme is Sub-Cneifion Rib. Above these are the amazing Cneifion Arete and the Upper Cliff of Glyder Fawr. If you are all slabbed out, there is some steeper rock guarding the gateway to the cwm on Gribin Facet. The final buttress covered is an altogether different proposition - the lonely soul-searching leads of the aptly-named Suicide Wall will disprove those who think there is only easy climbing in Cwm Idwal!
Order | Climb | Buttress | Stars | Grade |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
False y Gribin | y Gribin | 1 | Grade-1 |
2 |
y Gribin | y Gribin | 3 | Grade-1 |
1 |
Insidious Slit | Gribin Facet | 1 | E4 6a |
2 |
Yob Route | Gribin Facet | 2 | HVS 5a |
3 |
Llyn | Gribin Facet | 2 | VS 4c |
4 |
Diadem | Gribin Facet | 1 | HVS 5a |
5 |
Slab Climb | Gribin Facet | 2 | Diff |
6 |
Slab Recess Route | Gribin Facet | 2 | M |
7 |
Recess Monkey | Gribin Facet | 1 | E4 6a |
8 |
Rocking Chair | Gribin Facet | 1 | VS 4c |
9 |
Le Fin | Gribin Facet | 2 | E6 6b |
10 |
Couteau | Gribin Facet | 2 | E6 6a |
11 |
The Gribin Wall Climb | Gribin Facet | 3 | E9 6c |
12 |
Rare Lichen | Gribin Facet | 3 | E9 6c |
13 |
The Trouble With Lichen | Gribin Facet | 2 | E2 5b |
14 |
Travelling People | Gribin Facet | 2 | E4 6a |
15 |
Monolith Crack | Gribin Facet | 2 | HS |
16 |
Zig-Zag | Gribin Facet | 2 | HS 4b |
17 |
Nee Langley | Gribin Facet | 1 | HVS 5b |
18 |
Flake Crack | Gribin Facet | 3 | VS 4c |
19 |
Herford's Crack | Gribin Facet | 3 | HVS 5a |
20 |
The Fat Lady Sings | Gribin Facet | 1 | E2 5c |
21 |
Arkwright's Reward | Gribin Facet | 1 | E4 6b |
22 |
Barracuda | Gribin Facet | 2 | E2 5c |
23 |
Member | Gribin Facet | 1 | HVS 4c |
24 |
Far West Climb | Gribin Facet | 1 | VD |
25 |
A Dog's Life | Gribin Facet | 1 | HS 4b |
1 |
The Sublime Line | Cwm Cneifion | 1 | E3 5c |
2 |
Scimitar Crack | Cwm Cneifion | 2 | VS 4c |
3 |
Scimitar Wall | Cwm Cneifion | 1 | E1 5b |
4 |
Sub Cneifion Rib | Cwm Cneifion | 3 | VD |
5 |
Pinnacle Edge | Cwm Cneifion | 1 | VD |
6 |
Pinnacle Crest | Cwm Cneifion | 1 | Grade-2 |
7 |
Cneifion Arete | Cwm Cneifion | 3 | Diff |
1 |
Senior's Gully | Senior's Ridge | 2 | Grade-1 |
2 |
Direct Start to Senior's Ridge | Senior's Ridge | 1 | Diff |
3 |
Senior's Ridge | Senior's Ridge | 2 | Grade-1 |
1 |
Suicide Wall Route 1 | Suicide Wall | 3 | E2 5c |
2 |
Mur y Meirwon | Suicide Wall | 3 | E5 6b |
3 |
Capital Punishment | Suicide Wall | 3 | E4 5c |
4 |
Suicide Wall Route 2 | Suicide Wall | 2 | E2 5b |
5 |
Penal Servitude | Suicide Wall | 2 | E4 5c |
6 |
Suicide Groove (Direct Finish) | Suicide Wall | 2 | E2 5b |
1 |
Heather Wall | Idwal Slabs | 2 | VS 4c |
2 |
Tennis Shoe | Idwal Slabs | 3 | HS 4b |
3 |
Tennis Shoe Direct Start | Idwal Slabs | 2 | E1 5a |
4 |
Ordinary Route | Idwal Slabs | 2 | Diff |
5 |
Charity | Idwal Slabs | 2 | S |
6 |
Central Rib | Idwal Slabs | 1 | HS 4a |
7 |
Hope | Idwal Slabs | 3 | VD |
8 |
Geography | Idwal Slabs | 1 | VD |
9 |
Faith | Idwal Slabs | 2 | VD |
10 |
Teenage Menopause | Idwal Slabs | 1 | E7 6b |
11 |
Demetreus | Idwal Slabs | 3 | E3 6a |
12 |
Rowan Tree Slabs | Idwal Slabs | 2 | E2 5c |
13 |
Penthouse | Idwal Slabs | 2 | HVS 5a |
14 |
Breadline | Idwal Slabs | 1 | E2 5c |
15 |
Summer Pudding | Idwal Slabs | 1 | E1 5c |
16 |
Last Exit | Idwal Slabs | 2 | HVS 5a |
1 |
Rampart Corner | Holly Tree Wall | 2 | E1 5c |
2 |
Gobagape | Holly Tree Wall | 2 | E3 5c |
3 |
Original Route | Holly Tree Wall | 3 | VS 5a |
4 |
Original Route - Wall Variation | Holly Tree Wall | 1 | HVS 5a |
5 |
(Don't Use a) Piton Blade | Holly Tree Wall | 2 | HVS 5b |
6 |
Piton Route | Holly Tree Wall | 2 | VS 4c |
7 |
Lazarus | Holly Tree Wall | 3 | S 4a |
8 |
Javelin Blade | Holly Tree Wall | 2 | E1 5b |
9 |
Javelin Buttress | Holly Tree Wall | 2 | VS 4c |
10 |
The Arete | Holly Tree Wall | 2 | VD |
11 |
The Upper Staircase | Holly Tree Wall | Diff | |
12 |
Continuation Crack | Holly Tree Wall | 2 | HVS 5a |
13 |
Groove Above | Holly Tree Wall | 2 | S 4b |
14 |
Diagonal Route | Holly Tree Wall | 1 | VS 5a |
1 |
Idwal Staircase/Continuation | Glyder Fawr | 3 | Grade-3 |
2 |
Northwest Face Route | Glyder Fawr | 2 | Grade-2 |
3 |
Indirect Start to Senior's Ridge | Glyder Fawr | 1 | Grade-1 |
4 |
Grey Slab | Glyder Fawr | 3 | VS 4b |
5 |
Grey Arete | Glyder Fawr | 3 | HVS 5a |
6 |
East Arete | Glyder Fawr | 2 | VD |
1 |
East Ridge of Y Garn | Y Garn | 2 | Grade-2 |
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