Starting out?

i have just started to do a bit of walking and was going to walk up snowdon as my frist good walk but after seeing this site i would love to scramble it .It looks like the thing i would love to be doing . but need to now were to start my scramble plus the route to take your help would bbe great .
cheers neil
plus need it to be a grade 1 scrable please.

Neil - welcome to the world of scrambling! It certainly is great fun but do remember that it is considered by some as the most dangerous form of mountaineering as without a rope you have no protection. That said it is a great feeling of freedom.

The classic snowdon scramble is a traverse of Crib Goch and forms the first leg of the snowdon horseshoe.

Whilst it is a grade 1 scramble it is quite a long route and once your on it there are few options if you lose your nerve.

My suggestion would be to have a crack at the Gribin ridge on Glyder Fach - which is mostly a walk with a short scramble at the top to get used to the techniques. Then venture onto the classic north ridge of Tryfan where difficult sections can usually be passed on the left. Both Glyder Fach and Tryfan are in the Ogwen Valley, not far from Snowdon.

If you fancy some training take a look at http://www.pyb.co.uk/courses/course-notes-detail.php?code=SMH08

Happy scrambling

Neil, if you fancy Crib Goch don't want to go it alone I want to do it again soon. I am happy to go solo regardless. I may do the Horseshoe again or vary the route and practice my navigation so I may be a bit slow.
Tryfan is also good. If you have any energy left there is Bristly Ridge afterwards.
Possibly the best first scramble is Sharp Edge in the Lake District, descending via Halls Fell Ridge.

Give the daear ddu ridge on Moel Siabod a try. Nice easy scrambling with a path option towards one side and a more exposed scrambling option on the other.
Tryfan is also a possible first time option as it's not too long or too tricky.
I'd recommend you don't do Crib Goch or Bristly Ridge for a first scramble.

I'd agree with pj101.

BTW there is a Daear Ddu route in the routes section here , although I'd stay south of the woods at the end of the descent.

Be careful on Crib Goch, as on any other scramble. Another person died on Crib Goch yesterday - see here