scrambling

Rock scrambling in Snowdonia with Mountaineering Joe

Rock scrambling in Snowdonia with Mountaineering Joe


Rock scrambling courses offers an opportunity for the experienced hill walker with a head for heights, to scramble along rocky summits, ridges and gullies. Snowdonia provides some excellent scrambling that varies in difficulty from technical walks with some short sections of difficulty, to routes that require basic rock climbing skills and rope protection. By developing your rope work skills this will allows you to move more efficiently over steep ground, and confidently gain access to those more exciting and adventurous areas of Snowdonia , Lakes or Scotland .
Grade 2 rock scrambling in Idwal valley

Grade 2 rock scrambling in Idwal valley

Sarah on the upper pitches on the rock scramble North West face

Sarah on the upper pitches on the rock scramble North West face


Rock scrambling rope techniques over the weekend in Snowdonia with Rob and Sarah We had 2 days practicing various rock scrambling rope techniques enable fast movement over steep committing scrambling ground. We started on the North west face scrambling route, followed up with continuation wall and ended up on Cneifion Arête for some great days out. The second day was on the east face of Tryfan where Rob lead Bastow Buttress Variant and Sarah took us down Nor Nor gully into Nor Nor Groove with a few abseiling descents. A great rock scrambling weekend!
Rob negotiating the rock pinnacles on Cneifion Arête

Rob negotiating the rock pinnacles on Cneifion Arête

Cneifon Arête is serious on a windy day

Cneifon Arête is serious on a windy day


Rock scrambling on Cneifon Arête and learning the rope work skills required for fast scrambling is a good skills set to have. We spend the day moving fast with an Alpine style approach to rock scrambling. The first pitch of Cneifon Arête is steep rocking climbing followed by an hard to start chimney then the ground eases with delightful but very exposed rock scrambling with spikes leading on to the main ridge.
Rock scrambling on Cneifon Arête  Climbing Cneifon Arête's steep chimney pitch

Rock scrambling on Cneifon Arête Climbing Cneifon Arête’s steep chimney pitch

Idwal Slabs is a great place to start

Idwal Slabs is a great place to start


Learning to Rock Climb outdoors in Snowdonia on Idwal Slabs. Learning to climb outdoors is always a big step but Snowdonia is one of the best places to do this. We start with the basics, simple rope work and build up to managing belay stances on multi pitch routes. Learning how to rock climb outdoors with Mountaineering Joe
Rock climbing in Snowdonia relaxing on a belay ledge

Rock climbing in Snowdonia relaxing on a belay ledge

Welsh 3000s preparation on Crib Goch. Its all easy now Welsh 3000s preparation starting the scrambling after the col

Welsh 3000s preparation on Crib Goch. Its all easy now Welsh 3000s preparation starting the scrambling after the col


Lindsey and Dylan are preparing for the Welsh 3000s challenge at the end of the month. This week they tackled the knife edged Crib Goch ridge. Dylan was just a natural .. very relaxed as if he had done it many times and Lindsey soon got on top of it and by the end of the edge she was relaxed and flying! The Welsh 3000s will be no problems for them!
Welsh 3000s preparation on Crib Goch. Taking the Crib Goch turning here we go!

Welsh 3000s preparation on Crib Goch. Taking the Crib Goch turning here we go!

Welsh 3000s 14 peaks Elidir Fach summit finally with the Cantilever

Welsh 3000s 14 peaks Elidir Fach summit finally with the Cantilever


Welsh 3000s (14 peaks) Challenge. The weather was really good for the Welsh 3000s covering 30 miles and 14 of Snowdonia’s highest peaks ..what a great mountaineering walk! The pictures show some excellent views across Snowdonia. Whether you want to attempt this in 24 hours or at a more relaxing pace over 2 days staying in mountain style accommodation deep in Snowdonia have a look at http://mountaineeringjoe.co.uk/welsh-3000s-14-peaks-challenge/ and email or call for a chat with Joe
Head torches full on for the start of the Welsh 3000s 14 peaks!

Head torches full on for the start of the Welsh 3000s 14 peaks!

Guided rock scrambling on the Crib Goch sharp knife edge. Robert making the moves across the ridge

Guided rock scrambling on the Crib Goch sharp knife edge. Robert making the moves across the ridge


A great day out rock scrambling on the Crib Goch. Scrambling up the south ridge with it’s great rock steps and across the exposed knife edge ridge, scrambling up all the rock peaks and then on to the summit of Snowdon. An excellent day out with some really good exposed scrambling. Rock scrambling with Mountaineering Joe
Guided rock scrambling on the Crib Goch sharp knife edge ridge.

Guided rock scrambling on the Crib Goch sharp knife edge ridge.

Reaching the summit of Pen ye Ole Wen

Reaching the summit of Pen ye Ole Wen

One of MtnTraining courses. A Mountain skills course really will help you to develop the necessary skills to enjoy the mountains fully and safely with Mountaineering Joe. Run over a weekend you will develop navigation skills, route finding, hazards and emergency procedures, weather, clothing systems and environmental knowledge to leave you prepared for walking in the mountains. The next course is the end of May 2015. Moving fast over grade 2 ground with Mountaineering Joe

Ascending the Ridge of Grib Goch

Ascending the Ridge of Grib Goch

An excellent day traversing of Crib Goch in Snowdonia. The powder snow made it more challenging and the cloud came in but an excellent winter’s day out
The sky clear as we ascended the Crib Goch ridge

The sky clear as we ascended the Crib Goch ridge

Grib Goch never gives up starting the horizontal ridge

The mist covering the shear exposure of Crib Goch

The mist covering the shear exposure of Crib Goch

An excellent day rock scrambling over Crib Goch . Misty but with low winds. Mark looked very confident as he flew across the exposed ridge! An excellent day.
The narrow traverse over on Crib Goch and down to the main Col

The narrow traverse over on Crib Goch and down to the main Col