I have been joined for the day by regular client Roddy who wanted to have an intro to winter skills following the gift of an ice axe from Father Christmas! When we left the car in Ogwen it was a promisingly low 3c and we headed up into Cwm Cneifion where there was a dusting of fresh snow that had fallen overnight. We looked at the basic skills of using the boot, axe and crampons as tools, including some self arrest. We also looked at avalanche avoidance and then climbed Hidden Gully (II) onto the Glyders. We headed over the summit of Glyder Fawr and then descended the Devils Kitchen. The snow high up was well consolidated and the turf frozen but it was still all very soft below about 850m. I followed the gritter back down the A5 which is always a good sign!
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