A blustery day out!
7th May 2011
Another great day back in the Welsh mountains!
I had planned a big climbing/scrambling link-up of Lliwedd, Snowdon and Crib Goch however by the time we arrived at Pen Y Pass, it was pretty clear to see that any proper climbing wasa not going to be happening today, it was hammering it down with rain.... sideways!
We decided to just crack on and have a good mountain day anyway regardless of the weather and so parked at Nant Peris park and ride and caught the shuttle bus up the pass to the youth hostel car park, from here we started up the Pyg Track (one of the most popular ways up Snowdon). Pretty soon we forked off rightwards and headed up into the clouds that had shrouded the famous scrambling ridge of Crib Goch, this is normally a fairly easy scramble for an experienced climber however in 60mph winds it was a little more interesting.
We followed the exposed knife edge ridgeline which eventually joined the main paths near the summit, by this point we were soaked through but we scampered up to the top regardless. After a quick Lucozade break we were soon trotting back down the popular Miners Track, by this point the clouds had parted and the rain subsided and we were rewarded with breathtaking views over Llyn Llydaw.
By the time we got back to Pen Y Pass, neither of us was compeltely shattered so we opted to to save ourselves a pound each and walk the 3 miles back to Nant Peris rather than catch the sherpa bus.
Slowly starting to feel fitter.........
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