- Damp mountain air — upper pitches may stay greasy
- Very windy — consider sheltered alternatives
NORTH WALES — LLANBERIS PASS · RHYOLITE
Cromlech Boulders climbing conditions
Poor — wet, too windy or closed
Right now
Assessment
7-day forecast
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- Wet rhyolite is slippery; seepage from grass above can linger
- Very windy — consider sheltered alternatives
- Wet rhyolite is slippery; seepage from grass above can linger
- Very windy — consider sheltered alternatives
- Good temperature for mountain rhyolite
- Wet rhyolite is slippery; seepage from grass above can linger
- Very windy — consider sheltered alternatives
- Breezy — helps drying
- Good temperature for mountain rhyolite
- Wet rhyolite is slippery; seepage from grass above can linger
- Breezy — helps drying
- Good temperature for mountain rhyolite
- Wet rhyolite is slippery; seepage from grass above can linger
- Breezy — helps drying
- Good temperature for mountain rhyolite
- Breezy — helps drying
About Cromlech Boulders
One of the most internationally famous roadside bouldering venues in the world — a scattered field of huge fallen rhyolite/tuff blocs below Dinas Cromlech in the Llanberis Pass. About 300 established problems from Font 3 up to Font 8A+, with iconic circuits on the Roadside and Wavelength boulders. Jerry's Roof (Font 7C+), first climbed by Jerry Moffatt in 1989, remains the standout hard testpiece. Part of Welsh climbing lore since the Joe Brown era — you can literally step out of the car and start on the easier problems. Boulders face multiple directions across the scatter, so sun or shade can always be found. Best in cool, dry conditions: friction on the coarser rhyolite blocs suffers in warm summer sun.
- Region
- North Wales — Llanberis Pass
- Rock type
- Rhyolite
- Aspect
- mixed-facing
- Altitude
- 380m
- Exposure
- medium
- Seepage
- low