Winter climbing Cwm Cniefion Cwm Idwal Ogwen valley Snowdonia

March 6, 2018

Dog walking in Tower gully

A bit of winter climbing in Cwm Cniefion Cwm Idwal Ogwen valley Snowdonia. A great day out with Sally and Spin i Tower Gully.

Descending to the right of Clogwyn Du

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Navigation across Snowdonia on a multi day camp

February 15, 2018

A Multi day wild camp across Snowdonia. We had a great time navigating across Snowdon navigating both day and night. We camped just below the snowline out of the wind. It was a great fun! Mountaineering Joe

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ML Training for Phil George at the weekend.

December 5, 2017

Beautiful views on the south side of Snowdon

A beautiful few days wild camping on the south side of Snowdon. We had great weather to practice day and night navigation. And of course to see how many people we could get in a 2 man tent!

Snowdon starting to look wintery!

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Mountain leader Assessment for Phill George in Snowdonia

November 11, 2017

Mountain leader Assessment on Lliwedd during the multi day camp

I was assessing a ML (Mountain leader assessment) group this week in Snowdonia. Luckily the weather held for us so the wild camp wasn’t too wet! Taking your assessment soon then try a 1:1 ML refresher with Joe and be firing on all cylinders for your ML assessment!

Mountain leader Assessment on Lliwedd during the multi day camp before dropping into Cwm Dyli

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Rock Scrambling in North wales on grade 2 and 3 ground in Snowdonia

November 9, 2017

Rock Scrambling in Snowdonia in North Wales. We blasted up the west face of Tryfan down the East face and then over to Idwal to finish a great day. We have had some great weather with us. Even got a coffee in at the end of the day! Rock scrambling in Snowdonia with Joe

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Rock Scrambling rope work techniques in Snowdonia.

November 3, 2017

Rock Scrambling rope work techniques in Snowdonia. We have had some great weather this week and I have enjoyed teaching rope work techniques to Mike. Good rope works means faster movement through the mountains. The winter weather still holding off for a while! Cheers Joe

Rock Scrambling techniques in Snowdonia Scrambling across exposed rock faces on grade 2 and 3 ground

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Rock climbing in Snowdonia on Tryfan Bach

August 30, 2017

Rock climbing on Tryfan Bach. Harry and Stan had a great time Rock climbing climbing multi pitch routes up to grade HS. Even doing a 160 foot abseil from the top of Trfan Bach. A great day moving from a climbing wall to outdoors and loving it. Mountaineering Joe

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Rock scrambling in Snowdonia starting the sharp edge of Crib Goch in the evening sunshine

August 12, 2017

Rock scrambling in Snowdonia Starting the sharp edge of Crib Goch in the beautiful sunshine

A great evening rock scrambling in Snowdonia, scrambling across the sharp edge of Crib Goch in the evening sun and just getting off before dark. A great way of spending your evening in the summer! Rock scrambling with Mountaineering Joe

Rock scrambling in Snowdonia Crossing Crib Goch in the evening

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Wild camping in Snowdonia

July 13, 2017

Wild camping in Snowdonia good tents are very important

Wild camping in Snowdonia over 3 days with 2 nights camping. We started in the south of the Snowdonia park and cross 3 mountain ranges before arriving in the north of the park. We camped on the south side of Snowdon, and continued across to the Glyders were we camped on the Carneddau.

Our camp site for the second night of wild camping in Snowdonia

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Trad rock climbing Learning techniques to keep you safe

July 10, 2017

Trad rock climbing belays

Trad rock climbing in Snowdonia. Rope and belay techniques to keep you safe outdoors. Learning to set up efficient and safe belays, properly set gear are all a part of trad rock climbing outdoors. Here Sophie and Greg get to grips with all the techniques required to safely trad climb. Spend time to learn safe rock climbing techniques which pays off in the long term. Learn to rock climb outdoors with Mountaineering Joe