Snowdonia

Various pictures of Snowdonia: Carneddau, Snowdon, Glyders, Tryfan, Grooved Arete (Tryfan E face), Y Garn.  There's summer pictures and a few winter pictures from ice climbing trips.

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The first set of pictures are from February 2003

Cwm Eigiau

Snowdon horseshoe from Plas-y-Brenin

Snowdon horseshoe from Capil Curig

Moel Siabod NE ridge (the mountain, not Liz!) looking east towards Betws-y-Coed

Idwal

Y-Garn from Gribben Ridge (Idwal)

On Gribben Ridge

On Gribben Ridge

Tryfan from Gribben Ridge (SW face)

The top of the Glyders between Glyder Fach and Glyder Fawr

Top of the Glyders

Top of the Glyders looking south

Top of the Glyders looking south

Cwm Eigiau looking NW from Bwlch y Tri Marchog

Lunch stop at Bwlch y Tri Marchog, Carnedd Llewelyn in background

Cwm Eigiau looking NW from Bwlch y Tri Marchog

Path up to Pen yr Helgi Du from Bwlch y Tri Marchog

The scramble down between Pen yr Helgi Du and Carnedd Llewelyn

The scramble down between Pen yr Helgi Du and Carnedd Llewelyn

On top of the Carnedau at Foel Grach

Descending from Drosgl towards an old sheepfold at Gyrn

 

Miscellaneous pictures

     

Grooved Arete on the East Face of Tryfan.  Can't remember but this is either the 2nd or 3rd pitch (graded h V diff)

Near the top of Grooved Arete (Tryfan E Face).  Taken looking down the chimney from above the Chessboard.

Near the top of Y Garn looking back down NE ridge (Rob and Erol)

Chasm Face of Glyder Fach, just above the Alphabet Slab

Montage (Rob and Erol) looking back from the Chasm (NE) Face of Glyder Fach towards Llyn Bochlwyd and Tryfan (main and south summits)

Clogwyn-y-Geifr (SW of Llyn Idwal)

Pen yr Ole Wen from Cwm Idwal

Where's the beach?  The Pyg track on the way up to Snowdon in particularly bad weather.

Wild goats on Heather Terrace on Tryfan

Lliwedd from inside Snowdon horse shoe

North face of lliwedd (west peak)

Just coming to the top of Lliwedd having climbed the North Face

Approaching the north face of Lliwedd

Approaching the north face of Lliwedd

   

Crib Goch

     

Skirting round the top of Dinas Mott in the Llanberis Pass

Llanberis Pass

North Ridge of Crib Goch

North Ridge of Crib Goch

The (in?)famous traverse of Crib Goch

Traverse of Crib Goch

Sarah traversing round the pinnacles on the Crib Goch traverse

Sarah scrambling up towards the top of Crib-y-Ddysgl

Cwm Glas. North ridge of Crib Goch in the background and the Parson's arete in front of it

Descent from Cwm Glas

Almost back in the pass having come down the Cwm Glas ridge

 

Ogwen and the Devil's Kitchen

   

Going up into the Devil's Kitchen

Going up into the Devil's Kitchen

Devil's kitchen jammed boulder pitch.  It's an (English) 5b move with aid to get up this on the left (above Alex's head).  The right hand side is supposed to be easier but is obviously wetter

And the only way back down the jammed boulder is an abseil

Ross and the Ogwen Valley

     

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