Decided to stretch the legs today with a trip over to Craig yr Ysfa in the Carneddau. We wanted to move fast and not carry too much weight, so strimmed down our kit down to the bare essentials. The Glyders were stuck in the grip of clouds, but over east, the mountains were cloud free and full of sunshine!
It's a decent walk-in that took an hour and a half (including a good lunch break on the col), but at least my legs felt good after a week in the Alps!
The route is described as a 'classic mountaineering expedition'. The first part of the buttress involves a bit of V.Diff grade climbing...
Then half way up, turns into great scrambling along an 'alpine-esque' ridge.
Along the way are a couple of large gendarmes, which you can skirt round, but we opted for the direct line 'up and over'.
Then a final scramble brings you up onto the broad ridge that leads to Carnedd Llwellywn. Great stuff and a real buzz to be moving light and fast together.
On the summit rim, we did our good deed for the day by rescuing two climbers on Ampitheatre Wall, who'd abseiled in and got their ropes stuck! Over on the other side of the National Park, we could see that the mornings cloud remained, with only Tryfan escaping its grasp! We'd defiantly chosen our route well!
Just over an hour later and we were back at The Cottage, sipping coffees in the late afternoon sun. What a great Tuesday.
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