A brief spell of winter in the mountains had me putting on my crampons for the first time this year. Between the weather fronts was a dry window of opportunity, so I raced up into the Ogwen Valley in the morning, where it was still very windy, but surprisingly bright.
The cliffs below the summit of Y Garn were looking wintery, but not really white enough for climbing. I still chose the gully option as it was much more sheltered than walking up the ridgeline.
Every now and then I got a face full of spindrift snow exfoliating my face as it blew past!
It was full winter conditions on the summit!
And into the wind on the descent, I had to deploy my new face mask - good testing conditions for next week - where I'll be in the Arctic on expedition I figured!
After lunch back at The Cottage, I jumped on the bike and met Clare down in Bangor, where it was almost as cold!.
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