Rescue teams reached the boy, who was from the Liverpool area, and slowly carried him down to an area where the helicopter could land.  He was airlifted to hospital in Bangor at dusk, but North Wales Police later confirmed he had died.  A police spokeswoman said details would be passed to the coroner.  Rescuers said visibility on parts of the mountain was very poor, and praised the skill of the helicopter crew, which is based at Valley on Anglesey.  Thirty members of Llanberis and Ogwen Mountain Rescue Teams were involved in the rescue.  Low cloud prevented the helicopter from helping rescuers on the ground.  The helicopter was launched when the alarm was raised at 1255 BST but low cloud had prevented it from helping ground-based rescuers.

Hospital staff at Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor had prepared for the boy's arrival, said Gwyn Roberts, chairman of the Llanberis mountain rescue team.  Mr Roberts said the boy had been in a difficult-to-reach position and rescuers had been considering using a four-wheel-drive to get to him him.  He said that ground rescuers had put him in a stretcher and had traversed him down the mountain.

The boy came from a party of walkers containing two families.  One of the adults in the party is the boy's father.  It is understood there were two adults and two children walking there when the incident happened.  Crib y Ddysgl is a narrow ridge not far from the 3,560ft (1,085m) summit of Snowdon.

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