This route forms part of the popular Snowdon Horseshoe and is accessed via the Pig track from the Youth Hostel at Pen y Pas.

The route branches off to the right at the col, where Llyn Llydaw first appears, ...

This is less popular than the busy East Ridge and although there is less scrambling it is perhaps more similar in style to the actual traverse of Crib Goch.

Approach is either via the grade 1 North Ridge Gu ...

This is a short and relatively unknown route that offers a more adventurous way onto the North Ridge of Crib Goch than the usual Pen-y-Pass approach.

Begin at the campsite at Blaen-y-Nant and follow the pat ...