Went for an ‘exploratory’ day up on Glyer Fach Main Cliff with Gaz today. He was keen to seek out some steeper lines and I was happy to follow. Our initial new routing plan soon changed due to lack of snow and ice, but we did come across East Gully which was well iced up… Read more

Overnight, the temperature dropped again, indicating that the remaining snow in the mountains of Snowdonia should be morphing into good neve – the best snow for gully climbing. It was well past 1pm, by the time I was heading up into the mountains, but my predictions had at least been correct.  Crampons were needed from… Read more

‘Soft’ would be the word to best describe the snow conditions today. Soaking wet, saturated and unfrozen, would also be fair descriptors! Utterly grim weather has blasted across the park, with rising temperatures and incessant rain on the back of a fairly strong warm wind. All in all, not quite the alpine experience I had been… Read more

I had to assure the team today, that there are in fact some fantastic views from the cliff top coastal path around Moelfre on the east coast of Anglesey. Even with the low mist, the water still looked tropically green and somewhat inviting. Although it would have been a lot more inviting if it had… Read more

The cliffs and cwm below the mountain of Foel Goch are some of the closest to The Cottage, yet up until today, I’d never really been up there. Keen for an exploratory day, I set off on my own, travelling light and fast, with just a 18L Lowe Alpine rucksack. I didn’t see a single… Read more

Monday is always a great day to be out in the mountains. And today was a particularly good one. Not only did we have the place to ourselves and good winter conditions on the ground, but there was also no wind or threat of incoming bad weather. And it helps living close to the action too. No alpine… Read more