Thursday, 30 July 2020

A Tour of Tryfan

It's been nice to be back up in the mountains and seeing this view again. One of my Uni friends, who I'd not seen in quite a few years, called up out of the blue to see if I fancied doing some of the classic climbs in the area, so we chose to go up, over, around and across Tryfan. The mountain had been off-limits during the lockdown, so it was great to get re-acquainted with the mountain as well as Rob.


We started up through Milestone Buttress and then up onto the Continuation Wall, which I last climbed with Clare in 2004.


We then picked up the path and moved around onto the East Face, via the Heather Terrace. After soloing up Little Gully, to save time, we moved onto more serious ground below the North Tower. Rock boots and a head for heights were required for Bell Vue Bastion.


From the top, we descended the West Face to meet the base of Notched Rocks, which is immaculate rock.


It's got a real alpine feel to it - we only wished it was longer.


Having descended the North Ridge, the afternoon temperatures went sky high. So much so that after returning to The Cottage, Clare and I went back out and down to the river for a delightfully refreshing swim.


There are some cool clouds about and it was warm enough still to eat dinner outside at gone 8pm. Lovely....


Tryfan Climbs:
- Milestone Scramble*** Gd III
- Milestone Continuation Wall**, V.Diff
- Little Gully**, Gd I
- Bell Vue Bastion** VS (4c)
- Noched Arete** Diff
- The North Ridge***, Gd I (Descent)



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