Great weekend in Snowdonia!

This weekend was pretty good here in North Wales (apart from the Rugby, but lets not mention that!).
On Saturday Tanya and I headed up Parsley Fern Gully (grade 1), which was in fabulous condition with bullet hard neve.
The cloud rolled around in the valleys and made for very atmospheric conditions.


On Sunday I went to upper Cwm Cneifion in the Glyderau to climb on Clogwyn Du. We followed 2 teams up Y Gully Left hand (grade V,5), which was one of the very few lines left. The ice was brittle at the start, making for hard climbing (not helped by chunks of ice coming down from the other teams - I hate being behind people on ice routes!), with a very exciting set of thin moves left onto the main ice - good lead by Gareth. The upper two pitches were in great condition with the top being my pitch and truly excellent ice!

Back in the Snowdonia office today, and its cold and grey outside. Feeling very keen now so fingers crossed that it stays cold.

Bryn

MLTW National Development Officer