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A glorious day in Snowdonia on Saturday. Things kicked off with a cloud inversion and just got better from then on in. Did Tryfan’s north ridge, the cannon, Adam & Eve, all the usual stuff, before moving on to Bristly Ridge & the Glyders. There are two distinct gullies at the start of Bristly Ridge ( to the right of the wall). Apparently, ‘sinister’ means ‘left’ in Latin, and the bigger gully with all the scree coming out of it (and the one I’ve always used in the past mistakenly believing it to be sinister gully) is actually Main Gully. Some people call it Dexter Gully, as ‘dexter’ is Latin for ‘right’. Anyway, Dexter (or Main) Gully is slightly more difficult because of an awkward exit at the top. The first pitches of both gullies are wet and, if you start off in Main Gully and don’t fancy the second pitch, there is a path traversing across to Sinister Gully. Also it is possible (and easier) to climb up the rock on the right of Sinister Gulley and so avoiding the wet first pitch.
And that’s about it really as I’m going to let the pictures do the talking. Loads of thanks to Pete, Jenny, and Chloe (hope I remember the names properly) from Devon who were responsible for the cannon, Adam & Eve, and cantilever photos. A magic day all round, but no goats. Where did all the goats go to on Tryfan??
- Cloud fills Nant y Benglog
- Llyn Ogwen obscured by cloud
- A sea of cloud over the Menai Straits
- Views start to open up
- Leap of faith from Adam to Eve
- And back
- Bristly Ridge
- Scrambling Sinister Gully
- Looking back to Tryfan from Bristly Ridge
- The Cantilever on Glyder Fach
- This levitation lark’s dead easy once you get the hang of it!
- Castle of the Winds with a Snowdon backdrop
- The Snowdon Horseshoe
- Towards Glyder Fawr
- Glyder Fawr summit rock formations
- Crib Goch (left), Snowdon (centre), Carnedd Ugain (right)
- View to Anglesey down Nant Peris
- Glyder Fach from Glyder Fawr
- Y Garn & Llyn Idwal
- Pen yr Ole Wen from Y Gribin
- All the way to the sea
- Tryfan & Llyn Bochlwyd