Winter Walking in Cwm Bochlwyd, Ogwen Valley in Snowdonia.

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Winter walking in Snowdonia Winter walking up towards the Glyders

Winter walking in Snowdonia Winter walking up towards the Glyders


Winter Walking in Cwm Bochlwyd, Ogwen Valley in Snowdonia. Walking in the Ogwen Valley Around the side of Tryfan. A great winter day out with beautiful views across Snowdonia. Mountaineering Joe

Winter navigation in Snowdonia. Concentrating on Identifying contour features

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Beautiful walking around Capel Curig

Beautiful walking around Capel Curig


Winter navigation. There can be far less features around like walls, fences and streams. Therefore it is much more important to interpret the shape of the land and use your compass more accurately in Winter. Winter navigation with Mountaineering Joe
Identifiying contour features.

Identifiying contour features.

Winter walking in Snowdonia on the Glyders

A great out day walking in Snowdonia

A great out day walking in Snowdonia


Winter walking in Snowdonia on the Glyders. In between the storms we have been having it great out there. We walked through Cwn Idwal climbed the North Ridge of Y Garn. The weather came it and we escaped the high winds of 60 plus down devil’s kitchen path but a great day out in the mountains. Mountaineering Joe
Fantastic weather conditions

Fantastic weather conditions

Walking in Snowdonia and preparation for ML Training course

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Navigating on complex ground

Navigating on complex ground


Dylan is starting to preparing for the ML training course. He wants to get the most out of his training as it is a preparation for assessment not a basic mountain skills course . Today we looked at the level of navigation expected. Micro navigation in the ML award is a high standard and to reach this takes practice so his ML training will be fine tuning not a shock! Dylan certainly has a natural talent for navigation and he was finding his way around complex steep ground efficiently ! An excellent day with Mountaineering Joe
Beautiful views across the Snowdonia range

Beautiful views across the Snowdonia range