Wales · Eryri National Park

Crib-y-rhiw

Crib-y-rhiw, 681 m, Gwynedd
Crib-y-rhiw, 681 m, Gwynedd. Photo by Gabby77 (talk), Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Height
681.2 m · 2,235 ft
Grid reference
SH 66373 24873
Coordinates
52.80479, -3.98376
County / area
Gwynedd
OS Landranger
124
OS Explorer
OL18W
Summit feature
embedded rock by path
Key col
SH661252 (652 m)

About Crib-y-rhiw

Crib-y-rhiw is both a ridge and a top of Y Llethr, in the Rhinogydd of Snowdonia. The summit straddles the narrow crest that connects Y Llethr with Diffwys.

Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Crib-y-rhiw (CC BY-SA 4.0). Heights, prominence and grid references come from the Database of British & Irish Hills, not from Wikipedia.

Access rights here

Conditional Right to roam: Right to roam only on mapped CRoW open access land.

Permission needed Wild camping: Permission needed everywhere.

General position for Wales — local byelaws, seasonal restrictions and closures can override it. Full details: access rights in Wales ·check another location.

Daylight at this summit today

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Computed astronomically for 52.805, -3.984. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Summit weather live

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Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).

Finding the summit

The recorded summit point is embedded rock by path. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method
Trimble GeoXH 6000
Record revised
12-Sep-15
Drop measured from
SH661252 · 652 m

Survey notes are field observations recorded in the Database of British & Irish Hills (v18.3, CC BY 4.0) by the hill-surveying community.

Get food nearby

3 places to eat or drink within 10 km of the summit, rated under the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (Scotland runs its own Food Hygiene Information Scheme, a pass/fail equivalent).

Rated places to eat within 10 km of Crib-y-rhiw
PlaceTypeRatingDistance
Tyn Y Groes HotelRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen3 out of 56.6 km · E
George IIIRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen5 out of 57.2 km · SE
Mawddach Pizza NapoletanaRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen5 out of 57.3 km · SE

Classifications and ratings are the local authority's own and can be coarse — this is a lead, not a guarantee of opening hours or that food is served to non-residents. Follow a name through to the official rating page to check, and confirm before you rely on it.

Food hygiene data from the Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland (Open Government Licence v3.0). Distances and directions computed by OpenFell from the summit.

Which hill this one belongs to

Crib-y-rhiw is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Y Llethr (756 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 652 m.

Grouping is by prominence alone: a summit belongs to the nearest higher Marilyn it connects to without a deeper intervening col. Over a large massif that can gather hills no one would walk in a single day, and which few would describe as parts of the same mountain — it is a measure of independence, not a suggested route.

Nearest listed peaks

PeakHeightDistance
Y Llethr756 m0.9 km
Diffwys750.4 m1.5 km
Rhinog Fach711.6 m2.2 km
Diffwys West Top643.1 m2.5 km
Moelfre589 m3.7 km
Rhinog Fawr720 m4.2 km