Back to Parsley Fern Gully (I,***) this morning, for James’ first proper winter route and my consolation for not going on the MPS Winter Skills trip. The wind was a bit mental on the walk in, but soon calmed down once we were in the cwm. The snow’s incredible at the moment, and it was a nice solo all the way. There’s a bit of a cornice, but it seems pretty solid and is avoidable on the left anyway.
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Ridiculously windy on top – I’ve since heard that gusts of 100mph were recorded at Clogwyn station! We walked back down the Llanberis path, past several people in trainers – a bit of a worry, given conditions up there. By the time we got back to the car at Gwastadnant, streams on the Glyderau side of the pass which had been running free this morning had started freezing well, right down to the road. Hopefully with some more cold and a bit of snow forecast for this week, conditions will hang around a bit longer.
Copyright Haydn Williams 2009
Looks fantastic Haydn. There is a covering of snow here making me feel more at home. I realise I’m not at home when all of London’s buses have been withdrawn – after it “suffered up to 10cm of snow” – the most in 18 years!! I like all of those words, “suffered”, “up to” and “10cm”, says it all.
Yeah – Metro today said temperatures “plunged” to -3C! Nightmare. :)