A good day out Guiding on a scramble in the Nant Ffrancon Valley on Milestone Buttress, (Ogwen Valley Area) Snowdonia called Milestone Buttress Approach (grade 3).

Starting the difficult moves up the flake on Milestone Buttress Approach Scramble the crux of the route

Milestone Buttress Approach is a brilliant scramble up the main face on Milestone Buttress on the west side. It is such good scrambling but the rain did come in during the morning! Low temperatures were forecast so we went for Milestone Buttress as it low down in the valley. We were scrambling on the right hand side on the west face of the buttress. We scrambled on a route called Milestone Buttress Approach just right of Pupit route. The rock has excellent friction and full on grade 3 scrambling pitches up the main face. It was a wet and windy day but excellent scrambling. http://mountaineeringjoe.co.uk/rock-scrambling-courses/