from Guy Steven - Mountain Leader
There was a really good atmosphere up on Ben Nevis today, its always great when you see lots of people you know. Kenny , John and I headed up into Observatory gully with quite an open mind. Word had got round that some ice routes were quite fat. They were not wrong. There were several teams ahead and behind us, all heading up into the same area. At first it looked like 3 teams were heading for Smiths but fortunately they all went their separate ways. One them headed up Tower Gully (I), Luke and Conrad went
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from Andy Mountains
Hey Andy Thought I'd send over this conditions report. I hope it's useful. Picture 1: Cwm Idwal from Sub Cneifion rib . Nothing at all in Cwm Idwal, the only ice we could see was the top pitch of The Devils Appendix. Picture 2: Clogwyn Du from the base of Tower Slabs. 3 or 4 teams on it at about 3:30. 3 people were on Clogwyn Left Hand, seemed to be hanging around on pitch 2 or 3 for a while, can't have been in too good condition, it was relatively warm, about +4 in the car park so I assume it was still
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from Andy Mountains
Today I headed down into the mountains expecting to see a covering of fresh snow, but it seems that yesterdays forecasts of blizzrd conditions for several hours had not come true. Cwm Cnefion was my chosen destination & my route for the day ended up as: up East Wall Gully then up Tower Gully , down Easy Route then up Hidden Gully . Down Corner Gully then up Tower Slabs .
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from Andy Mountains
The following info is from Misha & is also on the UKC Welsh Winter Condition thread A couple of his photos below too. 'Hidden Gully on Clogwyn Ddu in easy condition for the grade. Good neve most of the way up with little bits of ice towards the top. From a distance, it didn't look like there was any ice on P1 of Clogwyn LH. However later spoke to a team who said they had gone up the approach gully to have a look and thought the ice was thin and required mixed climbing up the rock to the right. They didn't
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from Andy Mountains
Today I headed into Snowdonia to see how the winter was coming along. As I drove through Bethesda up the A5 I wasn't too impressed by the volume (or lack of!) white stuff on the mountains. However looking up from Ogwen cottage towards Cwm Cneifion area filled with with some optimism, & I opted for The Gribin Ridge. There is hardly any snow cover below the 700m mark in the Glyders, but as I got to the 'football pitch' & looked up at the ridge proper it was like a different world! I had just been walking up
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from West Coast Mountain Guides
A very warm ascent of Tower Ridge today. All smiles at the plateau, well done Sally and Colin. Teddy came along for the ride. Approaching Tower Gap and no snow to hinder progress. Only a small patch at the very top of the ridge, which is avoidable. The depth of snow on the plateau has gone down over one metre in the last ten days. A clear, if exposed path on the Eastern Traverse Plenty of action on the harder climbs today on Carn Dearg Buttress and Left-Hand Route (?) on the Minus Face. Also a team on ...
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from West Coast Mountain Guides
Keywords:
Alan,I,
Ice building,
Upper Cascade,
murk,
2 gully Buttress,
tourist route,
Good Friday Climb,
Tower Scoop,
Indicator Wall,
Tower Gully
Hi Alan,I forgot to tell you I saw teams on No 2 gully Buttress, Tower Scoop, Upper Cascade, Tower Ridge, Smiths, .5, Good Friday Climb, Indicator Wall and Tower Gully through the murk. Not many folk on the plateau or tourist route. Ice building on some of last week's thin routes. Thanks Spike I have also heard of some teams having to retreat from various of the above routes, so conditions are suspect in places.
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from West Coast Mountain Guides
Hi Alan, As promised, No.2 was great today, new ice was forming near the plateau. Glovers had traffic, as did Green Gully and Comb. Central Gully and Right Hand were in. The soggy snowpack was very firm today. The forecast looks like things will get better too. The harder mixed cliffs are empty of snow, but high up Indicator wall will probably be good. Looking down an escape able Gardyloo, Caledonia and Shot in the Dark looked well in after the overnight high freeze. Cascade would be climbable, especially
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