A cold day, but the presence of some blue skies had drawn out the crowds to the Ogwen Valley. I took a group of students to climb Tryfan, but could find no free parking spaces in the entire valley! We were about to change our plans and find a less popular area, when some kind climbers who were about to leave, gave us their spot. From then on, we moved light and fast (to make up for lost time) up the North ridge - one of the classic scrambles in all of North Wales.
To be honest, it was a bit windy to be trying to stand on the Cannon Stone as we moved past, but I'm not normally one to pass up a challenge.
I've no idea how many times I've climbed this peak, but the nice thing is that every time, I seem to find another variation. There was big group on the final tower, who were taking ages to negotiate a steep part, so we took a sneaky variation and ended up in front.
On the top, we all made the leap between Adam and Eve, which everyone was pumped about before making our escape down the West Face, via a few geological stops...
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