Clogwyn y Tarw Slab Climbs

Summer is back! Beautiful late afternoon climbing on Clogwyn y Tarw (also known asGribin Facet). Felt like a real treat to spend a late afternoon/evening climbing in T-Shirts on this easily accessible crag that has a high mountain feel to it. Being north facing, it is almost always in the shade, but on a late summer evening, the slabs catch the sun and the rock is warm to touch. As for the views - see for yourself...

View down the Nant Ffrancon

We joined up two routes to get the best combination of climbing, by setting off up the first part of 'Slab Intermediate Climb' (V.Diff) and then heading up the sunny slabs of the aptly named 'Slab Climb' (Diff).

Setting off up the first pitch of 'Slab Intermediate Route' (V.Diff)

The sunny 'Slab Climb' (Diff)

We were about to pack up and head back down when we decided to quickly nip up the 'Slab Direct Route' (V.Diff) as well. With a 60m rope, you can climb it in one pitch - but ours was only 50m - so this involved a bit of moving together to reach the spike belay at the top! Back down at the bags 20 minutes later and heading down through as the sun set, to The Cottage, for home made pizza...

View from the top of Slab Climb (V.Diff)