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

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

Rock Scrambling rope work techniques in Snowdonia.

Adventure Holidays, Mountaineering, Private Guiding, Scrambling, Snowdonia

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

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

Mountain Challenges, Mountaineering, Private Guiding, Scrambling

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

Wild camping in Snowdonia

Adventure Holidays, Mountaineering, Navigation and Map Reading, Snowdonia, Walking

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

Trad rock climbing Learning techniques to keep you safe

Adventure Holidays, Mountaineering, Private Guiding, Rock Climbing, Scrambling, Snowdonia

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

Trad rock climbing learning rope techniques

MT Mountain Skills course on the 22/23 of July 17

Adventure Holidays, Mountaineering, Navigation and Map Reading, Snowdonia, Walking

Navigation skills Following a bearing in the mountains

We are running a mountains skills course on the 22/23 of July 17. This is were you can run through mountain navigation, handling steep ground, use of outdoor kit and generally looking after yourself in the mountains.Just contact us if you would like to register.

Navigation in poor visibility

Rock scrambling in Snowdonia on the North ridge of Tryfan and Seniors ridge direct

Adventure Holidays, Mountaineering, Private Guiding, Scrambling, Snowdonia

Rock scrambling in Snowdonia on the North ridge of Tryfan just below the summit

Rock scrambling in Snowdonia. The weather was far from perfect but we had two good days out rock scrambling in Snowdonia. Mandy and Craig really powered up grade 2 and even grade 3 rock scrambling with ease! The North ridge of Tryfan then down the south ridge followed by Seniors Ridge direct and above were just a couple of the scrambles. Snowdonia is just excellent for rock scrambling. Mountaineering Joe

Rock scrambling in Snowdonia on Seniors ridge direct with Mandy and Craig

Rock scrambling courses in Snowdonia with rope techniques

Adventure Holidays, Mountaineering, Private Guiding, Scrambling

Rock scrambling courses in Snowdonia Jack learning rock scrambling rope techniques

Jack and I were out in Idwal valley practicing rope techniques on steep grade 3 ground. You need good rope techniques to handle this type of ground safely. Full pitching, short pitching, belays, walking with the rope are all techniques required to handle yourself with confidence in the mountains. Rock scrambling courses with Mountaineering Joe

Rope work for rock scrambling in Snowdonia on grade 3 ground Rock scrambling courses with Mountaineering Joe

Snowdonia’s Crib Goch traverse in winter conditions a great day out

Adventure Holidays, Mountaineering, Private Guiding, Walking, Winter Walking and Winter Skills

Snowdonia’s Crib Goch traverse in winter conditions. A period of winter conditions has come to Snowdonia National Park. So a great time to enjoy some brief winter conditions. Crib Goch under winter conditions was just excellent! We got a reasonable weather window to enjoy the ridge with no wind. Winter walking and scrambling with Mountaineering Joe

Rock scrambling in Snowdonia as the snow comes in

Mountaineering, Scrambling

A great day out rock scrambling in Snowdonia. The snow just kept coming and we ended up with a fair dump! But the blue skies came out and we found ourselves in a winter wonderland!