Simon Akam

Photography: Mountains: Wales

Crib Goch is a knife-edged arête in the Snowdonia National Park in Gwynedd, Wales. The highest point is 923 m above sea level, and the first part of the ridge is very exposed.

(L-R) Duncan Steen and Edward Sumpster on Crib Goch ridge, Snowdonia, North Wales. (Simon Akam)
   
Clouds boil beneath Crib Goch ridge, Snowdonia, North Wales. (Simon Akam)
   
Rhyme ice on rocks below the summit of Tryfan, Snowdonia, North Wales. (Simon Akam)
     
  
Clouds boil beneath Crib Goch ridge, Snowdonia, North Wales. (Simon Akam)
   
(L-R) Edward Sumpster and Duncan Steen on Crib Goch ridge, Snowdonia, North Wales. (Simon Akam)