Rainbow Slab Area (Llanberis Slate)
The jewel of the Dinorwig slate quarries: a vast, smooth purple slab rippled by a rainbow-shaped quartz vein. Slate climbing at its purest - tiny edges, perfect friction and serious run-outs - made famous by the 'slateheads' of the 1980s and Johnny Dawes's visionary routes. The industrial amphitheatre setting is like nowhere else in Britain.
Conditions right now
Classics
| Route | Grade |
|---|---|
| Pull My Daisy | E2 5c |
| Poetry Pink | E5 6a |
| Rainbow of Recalcitrance | E6 6b |
Access & approach
Park in Llanberis or at Bus Stop Quarry and walk into the quarries; access is via well-trodden paths on Dinorwig land. Keep off working areas, respect fenced zones and beware loose ground.
Always check the BMC Regional Access Database (RAD)for current restrictions and seasonal bird bans before visiting. County: Gwynedd. View on OpenStreetMap ↗
Photos
Freely-licensed photographs taken at or near the crag. Rock changes less than websites do, but check the date — an approach can silt up or a path can be diverted.
Dinorwic Slate Quarry - Llyn Peris reservoir and Dinorwic port - geograph.org.uk - 8164943 · Chris Gorringe, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons 
Dinorwic Slate Quarry - Llanberis from the quarry - geograph.org.uk - 8164946 · Chris Gorringe, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons 
Dinorwic Slate Quarry - Looking back at the edge of the old slate heaps - geograph.org.uk - 8164950 · Chris Gorringe, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons 
Cutting linking Pentre Newydd Barracks with the Zig-Zag Path - geograph.org.uk - 1428846 · Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons 
Entrance to the higher part of Dinorwig Quarry - geograph.org.uk - 2892751 · Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
