Overview
- Caernarfon coroner Kate Robertson concluded on January 14 that Smith died from multiple injuries due to a fall from height.
- Witness accounts said he reached for his dog on the exposed ridge, lost his footing, fell about 30 metres, then tumbled at least 150 metres.
- Walker and British Army Reserves team medic Connor Holler called 999, but the precarious slope prevented CPR as rescue teams arrived.
- A search and rescue helicopter winchman recovered Smith, and testimony said the dog also went over the edge but survived.
- Smith, a father of three who ran a plastering business in Bolton, had previously climbed Yr Wyddfa and Cader Idris, and no further action was indicated.