Overview

• Assistant coroner Sarah Riley said mountain rescue teams located Mr Smith and a helicopter medic confirmed he died at the scene.
• The inquest heard the provisional cause of death as multiple injuries due to a fall from height, and it was adjourned for further investigations.
• Mr Smith, a plasterer from Bolton and father of three, fell at about 11:30am on 16 August after traveling to climb Yr Wyddfa that morning.
• His partner, Shelley Price, paid tribute and described him as an adventurous and loving father, noting he died doing what he loved.
• The family launched a JustGiving appeal for Llanberis Mountain Rescue, as reports note seven walking deaths in Snowdonia this year and an average of about eight deaths annually on Snowdon, with one to three on Crib Goch.