Tag: Snowdonia

Kim and I finally did Tryfan

10 December 2020

When I heard Kim hadn't done Tryfan, and remembered I hadn't done this favourite minimountain for at least a year, I suggested a trip. Kim was going backpacking afterwards, I was headed to South Wales, it was perfect timing. In the second wettest conditions I've done it in, we headed up the North ridge, taking […]

Four friends on a wintery Bristly Ridge on Glyder Fach

3 January 2020

Four Climbing Clan friends on a wintery Bristly Ridge on Glyder Fach. We a fun day trip up one of Snowdonia's most exciting scrambles, made all the more committing and exciting with a light dusting of snow. This is the sort of day I go climbing for © Originally posted on this post on Instagram

A fantastic day on Pinnacle Ridge in Ogwen

21 December 2019

Throwback to a fantastic day with Mark, doing Pinnacle Ridge (Ogwen) [VDiff ish]. Wonderfully exposed ridge with some exciting moves on it. There were a few times I said: "how the fudge do I do this?". Really fun to spend a day in unseasonably nice weather getting to tick off an objective I've been eager […]

Climbing Clan weekend at Caseg Fraith in the Ogwen Valley

31 March 2019

Our February Climbing Clan weekend trip was to the Caseg Fraith hut in the Ogwen valley. With 3-4 new to seconding routes outside, we did some training on Little Tryfan before heading to Craig Y Tonnau for more routes and some top roping. It's so rewarding watching people who thought they'd find climbing real rock […]

Three generations climbing together in Snowdonia

9 June 2018

The Climbing Clan Spontaneously went to Snowdonia last weekend. I climbed in a 3, with 3 generations of family! We did some easy multipitch (chimney crack[M] and mossy slab[HVD]) on little Tryfan, then did Pulpit route[VDiff] on Milestone Buttress. On Sunday, we did Pinnacle Rib Route [diff] on the east face. It was my mum's […]

Snowdon is snowy but dry stone walls are an oxymoron

6 February 2012

Yesterday I climbed Snowdon; the highest mountain in Wales for the first time with UMHC. I'm not quite sure what's taken me so long to have a go at it, but I think it's status as a major tourist attraction was probably part of the story (Snowdon has a railway up the side and a […]