North Wales scrambling

Scrambling course in North Wales over the weekend - with winter on the tops and summer in the valleys, we were lucky enough to enjoy some magical mountaineering on crisp, sun warmed rock amongst grand mountain architecture - all 10 mins. from the road in the LLanberis pass and Ogwen valley

Longstone Pinnacle

Another glorious weekend at Symonds Yat - the season is off to a good start with warm / dry rock encouraging a lot of climbing - with teams out on many varied routes - recent work clearing vegetation from some of the crag has led to a bit more exploration of the climbing areas ( pre-empting the new guide book ) and some old rarely climbed routes are coming back life - unpolished and fresh !

Spring at Symonds Yat

A lovely Spring day at Symonds Yat - with sunshine, blue skies and warm rock encouraging plenty of climbers out onto the popular routes - Golden Fleece , Snoozin Susie, Introductory Rocks and the Longstone all had ascents today, judging by the chalk marks some of the harder routes have also had some early season ascents - The Wasteland, OK Fingers have been climbed recently.

Northern Corries

Just back after a weeks training in the Cairngorms - despite a lot of early snow blocking the A9 last Sunday the week has had some good conditions with the unsettled weather giving a freeze / thaw cycle, with winds less than forecast - there were quite a few teams out in the Northern Corries as expected so graded ground in between named routes was used - a tactic which worked very well with good ground covered without being rushed or crowded by other teams .