Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl)
1066m (3499ft)
The Snowdon Area, Snowdonia, Gwynedd, Wales
Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) means 'Dish Ridge' in Welsh and is pronounced 'kreeb ee thysgl'.
The summit of Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7ml (11km) |
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| Ascent: | 3,805ft (1,160m) |
| Time: | 6.25hrs |
| Grade: |  (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Pen-y-Pass - Pyg Track - Bwlch y Moch - Craig Fach - Crib Goch - Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) - Snowdon Mountain Railway - Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) - The Scree Path - Bwlch y Saethau - Bwlch Ciliau - Y Lliwedd - Y Lliwedd (East Top) - Lliwedd Bach - Miners' Track - Pen-y-Pass
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7.5ml (12km) |
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| Ascent: | 4,100ft (1,250m) |
| Time: | 6½ hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Pen-y-Pass - Pyg Track - Bwlch y Moch - Craig Fach - Crib Goch - Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) - Snowdon Mountain Railway - Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) - The Scree Path - Bwlch y Saethau - Bwlch Ciliau - Y Lliwedd - Y Lliwedd (East Top) - Lliwedd Bach - Gallt y Wenallt - Afon Glaslyn - Miners' Track - Pen-y-Pass
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11.5ml (18.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 4,179ft (1,346m) |
| Time: | 8.75hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Snowdon Mountain Railway Llanberis Station - Cader Ellyll - Llanberis Path - Halfway Station - Llechog (Llanberis Path) - Clogwyn Station - Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) - Bwlch Glas - Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) - Clogwyn Du'r Arddu Path - Snowdon Ranger Path - Moel Cynghorion - Bwlch Maesgwm - Llanberis.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 13.25ml (21km) |
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| Ascent: | 5,651ft (1,723m) |
| Time: | 10½ hrs |
| Grade: |  (Very Hard) |
Route Summary:
Snowdon Mountain Railway Llanberis Station - Cader Ellyll - Llanberis Path - Halfway Station - Llechog (Llanberis Path) - Clogwyn Station - Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) - Bwlch Glas - Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) - Clogwyn Du'r Arddu Path - Snowdon Ranger Path - Moel Cynghorion - Bwlch Maesgwm - Foel Goch (Snowdon) - Foel Gron - Moel Eilio (Llanberis) - Llanberis.
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl)
David Peebles walked up Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) on February 27th, 2023 [from/via/route] LLanberis Carpark [with] Solo [weather] Poor Weather. Cold at top.
Daniel Moran climbed Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) on December 5th, 2022 [from/via/route] Lanberris [with] Chel [weather] Snow - Snow flurries
David Buckley bagged Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) on September 12th, 2011 [with] Julie [weather] Windy, sunny, showers
Melfyn Parry hiked Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) on April 16th, 2023 [from/via/route] Started walk from car park at Nant Peris by catching the bus up to Pen y Pass, from here continued along Pyg track to Bwlch Glas then turned right to continue to summit of Garnedd Ugain. Returned to car park by descending to the right of the railway track to Clogwyn Station then over towards Llechog before dropping back to the Llanberis Path. From grid ref SH584586 we headed north east towards Wern & then dropped down to the main road A4086 & then on to the carpark. A walk of 15km, initially planned to do Crib Goch but the weather was not good so amended plans for safety reasons. [with] PRC [weather] A generally wet day, cold in the wind.
Donovan Suddell summited Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) on March 27th, 2022 [from/via/route] Pen Y Pass. Snowdon Horseshoe [with] son-in-law [weather] beautiful sunny morning.
Neall Garrad conquered Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) on June 22nd, 2007 [from/via/route] 15 peaks route from Nant Peris to Llanfairfechan [with] Andy, Chris, John and Warren [weather] Mixed
Adrian Haywood scaled Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) on November 21st, 2021 [from/via/route] Crib Goch [with] Mike [weather] Dry & clear
Sion Britton walked up Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) on April 24th, 2019 [from/via/route] Miner's Path [with] Rhiannon, Catrin a Mikey [weather] Sunny
Andy Buxton climbed Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) on June 22nd, 1968 [from/via/route] 14 Peaks (but done before & since) [with] BVGS
Angela Moroney bagged Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) during 2011 - 2017 3PEAKS
Andrew Heath hiked Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) during March, 2009 [from/via/route] crib goch [with] Jim Silas Ciny [weather] overcast - Six Nations trip
Wynne Roberts summited Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) on September 7th, 2019 [from/via/route] Snowdon Horseshoe [with] Gareth Roberts [weather] Sunny, warm, slight wind (20mph) & very clear - Took us 6 hours, stopped for half an hour for dinner, did 3 peaks over 3000ft, one over 2000ft, lot of scrambling.
Dale Tyler conquered Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) on August 17th, 2019 [from/via/route] Up from Pen-y-pass & over Grib Goch with Jason, Alex, Sean & Lambert on the way to Yr Wyddfa. Beautiful sunny day until half way across ridge when clouded over & wind started gusting. Really windy all day from then! Dropped off summit back down the Ranger Path then took a right right to Llanberis-avoided all the crowds! [with] Jason, Alex, Sean, Lambert [weather] Glorious sunshine then cloud & gusting wind on tops & ridges then glorious sunshine as we headed for home. - Yogi Bear in the mist!
Alan Pritchard scaled Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) on May 11th, 2009 [from/via/route] Crib cock [with] Dave Levi [weather] Good - Walked the Snowdon horseshoe a few times. 😎🚶♂️
Michael Lee has walked up Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) [from/via/route] Pen y Pass, Pyg Track, Bwlch y Moch, Craig Fach, Crib Goch, Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl), Snowdon Mountain Railway, Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa), The Scree Path, Bwlch y Saethau, Bwlch Ciliau, Y Lliwedd, Y Lliwedd (East Top), Lliwedd Bach, Gallt y Wenallt, Afon Glaslyn, Miners' Track, Pen y Pass. [with] Gareth & John [weather] Warm sunny - Superb day!! Sore feet!
Simon Neilson-Clark climbed Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) on June 3rd, 2018 [from/via/route] From Pyg track [with] Mrs H [weather] Sunny Hill fog - High broken ground & then a nasty ridge not as bad as Crib Goch
Bleddyn Rhys bagged Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) on June 3rd, 2017 [from/via/route] Watkin Path o Nant Gwynant, lawr i Pen Y Pass ac yn ol i Nant Gwynant ar hyd y cwm. [with] gyda Kev [weather] Cymysglyd - cwmwl isel yn mynd a dod ar y topiau, gwynt withiau a cyfnodau heulog yn enwedig erbyn y diwedd. - 11 milltir i gyd.
David Wand hiked Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) on July 30th, 2008 [with] Gayle and the girls
Robert Shaw summited Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) on May 10th, 2004 [from/via/route] After scaling Crib Goch [with] Pete Chandler [weather] Misty - Only Pete & I made through the challenge of Crib Goch.
Harry Meijer conquered Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) on September 11th, 2016 [from/via/route] Penn-Y-Pass [with] The Lake District Walker
Paul Redman scaled Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) on May 19th, 2010 [from/via/route] Via Crib Goch [with] myself [weather] Splendid
Christina Lander walked up Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) on September 5th, 2015 [from/via/route] Pen-y-pass - Crib Goch - Garnedd Ugain - Snowdon - Bwlch y Saethau - Y Lliwedd - Pen-y-pass [with] Dick [weather] Beautiful warm sunny day
Ian Woodford has climbed Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) [from/via/route] Miners track [with] Richard [weather] Sunny - Easily bagged if you have time
Andrew Joss bagged Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) on August 31st, 2014 [from/via/route] Pen-Y-Pass car park & Snowdon summit [with] Barbara [weather] So cloudy couldn't see a thing!
Jj Segarty has hiked Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) [from/via/route] Crib Goch, Garnedd Ogain, Snowdon, Bwich Ciliau, Lliwedd [with] ATIP Group [weather] Clear, Low wind
Wyn Griffiths summited Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) on September 28th, 2014 [from/via/route] From Pen y Pass & Crib Coch [with] Andy Husdpith [weather] Dry, but a bit misty - Fantastic walk - best ever
Gerald Murphy conquered Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) on September 4th, 2014 [from/via/route] Pen y Pass & Crib Goch onwards to Snowdon summit & Y Lliwedd (East & Bach) return via Miners Track [with] Harry Chadwick [weather] Fine, sunny, dry - Descent from Snowdon via Watkin Path scree slope as nasty as ever - glad it was dry - & the descent path from Y Lliwedd to the Miners Track is barely discernible & also quite loose underfoot.
Robert Taylor-Marriott scaled Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) on September 1st, 2010 [from/via/route] Route 15: Crib Goch, Garnedd Ugain & Snowdon (CGGU) Completed 01.09.10 [with] Vince Wetton, Alistair James and Robert Taylor-Marriott. [weather] Sunny & Clear visibility.
Stephen Lewis walked up Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) on April 18th, 2014 [from/via/route] gw136, Pen-y-pass [with] Alone [weather] Hot & sunny - Horseshoe
Steve Lockett has climbed Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) [from/via/route] Crib Goch / Pyg Track
Tracey Parnell bagged Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) on July 1st, 2013 [from/via/route] Pen Y Pass, Crib Goch [with] Paul Cane [weather] Dry
Steve Lundberg hiked Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) on March 12th, 2012 [from/via/route] Crib Goch [with] Blondie
Robert Logan summited Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) on April 30th, 2011 [from/via/route] Pen Y Pass & Crib Goch [with] Alice Logan & Judith Logan [weather] Hot, Sunny, Windy
Vince Wetton conquered Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) on September 1st, 2010 [from/via/route] Pen-y-Pass [with] RTM + Ali [weather] Good
Kath Edwards scaled Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) on May 18th, 2012 [from/via/route] Crib Goch
Paul Miller walked up Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) on May 22nd, 2012 [from/via/route] pen y pas [with] solo [weather] hot
Sheila Ryder climbed Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) on January 11th, 2012 [from/via/route] llanberis [weather] Sunny & cold
Stuart Mellor bagged Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) on September 11th, 2009 [from/via/route] Capel Curig GW136 Horseshoe [with] Alone [weather] Fine,calm sunny day. - Airey on Crib Goch with no one else in sight!
Mark Davidson hiked Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) on April 21st, 2011 [with] just Andy and Roman [weather] Very, very hot & sunny - Fantastic views down into the Llanberis valley (Nant Peris?)
Patrick Rogozinski, Wendy Sockett, Louis Smith, Hugh Strickland, Linda Mckeogh, Rachael Tyler, Craig Lewis, Geoffrey Robertshaw, Paul Booth, Trevor Williams, Keith Nicholson, Paul Donoghue, Immacolata Pescatore, Stephen Millington, Wendy Sockett, Chris Bede, Paul Warren, Matthew Thomas, Steve Davenport, Stephen Hobdell and Steve Hale have all walked, climbed & bagged Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl).
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl)
The Snowdon Massif (Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl), Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa), Y Lliwedd & Yr Aran) and Llyn y Dywarchen from Mynydd Drws-y-coed
The Snowdon Massif - Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl), Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) & Y Lliwedd beyond Llyn-y-Gader from Cwm Marchnad at the northern edge of Beddgelert Forest
Goats on the summit of Y Lliwedd with Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) (left) and Crib Goch (right) in the distance
Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl), Crib Goch, Craig Fach, The PYG Track, Llyn Llydaw and Y Lliwedd from the summit of Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa)
Snowdon Horseshoe reflected in Llynnau Mymbyr near Plas Y Brenin featuring Y Lliwedd (left) and Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa), Crib Goch and Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) (right)
Clare on the summit of Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) with Crib Goch in the background (bottom right)
Mynydd Drws-y-coed & The Nantlle Ridge - with The Snowdon Massif (Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl), Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa), Y Lliwedd and Yr Aran) beyond from Trum y Ddysgl
Mynydd Mawr (Llyn Celyn), Craig y Bera, Mynydd Tal-y-mignedd and Mynydd Drws-y-coed from the summit of Craig Cwm Silyn with Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl), Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa), Y Lliwedd & Yr Aran on the horizon (centre) and Moel Lefn, Moel yr Ogof & Moel Hebog on the far left
Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl), Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa), Y Lliwedd & Yr Aran from the summit of Craig Cwm Silyn
Mynydd Mawr (Llyn Cwellyn), Y Garn (Moel Hebog), The Nantlle Ridge and Mynydd Drws-y-coed from Trum y Ddysgl - with The Snowdon Massif (Moel Eilio (Llanberis), Foel Gron, Moel Cynghorion, Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl), Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa), Y Lliwedd and Yr Aran) forming the backdrop
The Snowdon Massif - featuring Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl), Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa), Bwlch Main, Llechog (Llanberis Path), Clogwyn Du and Y Lliwedd from Y Garn (Moel Hebog) with Llyn y Dywarchen and Rhyd Ddu in the valley below
Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) - The 2nd highest mountain in England and Wales from the highest - Mount Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa)
The Snowdon Horseshoe from Glyder Fach - featuring in the mid-distance: Y Lliwedd (centre left), Crib Goch (centre right), Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) and Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) (far right)
Crib Goch in all its glory with Garnedd Ugain (Crib y Ddysgl) (right) and Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) (left) beyond from the start of Crib Goch
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