 | | Author: | Lucy Henderson (ID: 8474) | | Posted: | 2011-04-14 21:09 GMT+00:00 | | Mileage: | 7.59 km | |
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 | Tags: | Travel, Hiking, Landscape, Adventure, Educational, Snowdon, Mountain |
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On Wednesday April 13th 2011, Sally, Iccy, Flynn Paul & Lucy set off to climb Mount Snowdon.
Here is a brief photolog of our climb!!!
| The car park at Llyn Cwellyn |
| All raring to go |
| We set off |
It was rather wet and windy following 2 weeks of blue skies in the region!!!
| Follow the grey slate path! |
We followed the Ranger Track
| Looking back over the lake |
| Look the sky is a bit brighter over there |
| Lucy catching back up |
| The zig zag initial ascent |
There are dark specks by the darker green scrub, this was the rest of the group
| Beautiful view back down the hill |
| Already a way up |
| The summit is hidden |
We were heading for the ridge ahead
| Pausing on the slate bridges over the streams |
| The cloud got lower |
| Stunning mountain views |
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| Where's the top again??? |
| Streams cut their way through the landscape |
| Clear stream water |
| Sheep huddle together for warmth |
As we began to climb steeper, the icy wind became stronger
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| Spirits still high |
| Slate paths ribbon across the mountainside |
| Taking a breather |
The path here began to steepen, meanwhile the wind had got significantly stronger making walking increasingly difficult
| Rehydrating |
| Looking down |
As we look back to the little lake the mist began to drop lower
| Keeping going |
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| The path to the ridge |
| Visibility got worse |
| Looking down from the ridge |
| Cold wet and windy |
The cloud would clear momentarily then surround again
| Our summit!!! |
We had to decide to abandon the final climb due to the conditions so built our own summit
| And the wind still blew |
It was difficult for the men to stay on their feet at this point
| Book crossing |
Paul left a book for another climber, although we didn't see another person at any point of our climb today
| Lambs |
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| The way back down |
| More lambs |
| And even more lambs... well it is Wales! |
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