I teamed up with a friend of mine, Baggy today to see if we could get some early season winter climbing done. We left Pen Y Pass car park at 7:30am and headed up to the Trinity Face on Snowdon. We decided to try Snakebite, a grade III buttress route, but after two pitches of unconsolidated snow we moved across into Right Hand Trinity. We climbed half a pitch before deciding that we were in danger of damaging the turf beneath the snow and so abseiled off into Central Trinity. This is a lovely snow gully that we followed to the summit of Snowdon. The snow was reasonable and it was just great to be out enjoying it. We descended via Crib Goch and got some more great photos. The paths on the mountain are very compact snow and very slippery, on the top section of Crib Goch we were glad that we had crampons. The freezing level has risen and it is set to get warmer tomorrow so that looks like the end of winter climbing for now - not that it really began!!
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