Snowdonia
Mountaineering & Ropework training on the Cneifion Arete, Ogwen Valley, North Wales
From our summer base in Snowdonia we are able to reach a wide variety of venues including the famous mountain Rhyolite of Ogwen and the Llanberis Pass. As a venue for learning and practising scrambling the mountains of Northern Snowdonia are perhaps second only to the Black Cuillin on Skye.
The successful 1953 Everest first ascent team chose Snowdonia as their training ground for good reason – it’s full of steep, rocky and easily accessible mountains. Snowdon and The Glyders offer the finest mountaineering south of the border and our local knowledge means you can have a busy days scrambling, take in a summit and descend another interesting route. Traverse the Snowdon Horseshoe with a more demanding start – like the ‘Parson’s Nose’ or tackle a classic mountaineering route on the East face of Tryfan via the Tryfan Bach slab – ‘The easiest genuine rock climb in North Wales.’
(Further reading – Steve Ashton’s ‘Scrambles in Snowdonia’)
