Mark and Emily had a great day of winter weather today for their second day on crampons. It had snowed overnight down to the A5 and we had some sporadic snow showers throughout the day and some nice views in between. We headed up Seniors Gully in Cwm Idwal which makes a great introduction to winter mountaineering and even had a nice ice step in it. We then made our way into Cwm Cneifion and climbed a couple of pitches of ice utilising the bulges on the right hand side of the Cwm which give a great introduction to ice climbing. The whole day allowed us to progress axe and crampons skills aswell as take some lovely photos. There were teams all over Cwm Idwal climbing various ice routes enjoying some lovely pre Christmas winter weather.
4 comments:
where's seniors gully? do you mean oblique gully?
Hi Anonymous
Seniors Gully leads from Cwm Idwal into Cwm Cneifion and so onto Seniors Ridge. The lower half is often used as the descent from the Idwal Slabs. I have always known it as Seniors Gully and do not know Oblique Gully but it could also be known as that.
Rob
Hi Rob,
I think you mean East Wall Gully, right next to Idwal Slabs.
Oblique gully is the far left hand gully on Glyder Fawr upper cliff, leading onto Seniors Ridge, accessible as a continuation of Introductory gully (aka Idwal Staircase).
Anyway, hope you're enjoying the fine conditions.
Cheers, Noel.
Its the gully that continues up from East Wall Gully. It is not named in any guidebooks that I have seen but the guys on Ogwen MRT and some of the other local instructors know it as Seniors Gully. Glad the blog is of interest.
Rob
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