Mr Litchfield and his walking companion were trying to find their way off Glyder Fach when he fell. Photo: Mike White CC-BY-SA-2.0
A walker who died after falling 300ft from a Snowdonia mountain has been named.
Guy Litchfield of Durweston, near Blandford Forum, Dorset, was pronounced dead in hospital after being airlifted from Glyder Fach on Tuesday.
The 22-year-old was with a 23-year-old companion, also from Dorset, when the pair took the wrong route while descending the 994m (3,261ft) mountain and Mr Litchfield fell about 100m before they could deploy their rope properly.
Climbers nearby rang 999 and tried to help Mr Litchfield, and Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation and RAF Valley Mountain Team treated the walker at the scene, but he was certified dead after being airlifted by an RAF Valley Sea King crew to Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor.
An inquest was opened and adjourned by North Wales Central Deputy Coroner John Gittins.
