May 14
With a fiery sunrise and 16 degrees Celcius at Ogwen at 6am, I made it up the False Gribin on Monday. It was significantly less effort than my previous attempt! A lovely little scramble, and I just had enough time to leg it up the proper Gribin before heading out to Anglesey for the day. Brilliant.
Mar 30
In amongst a very enjoyable stag weekend (congratulations J), I managed to find some time yesterday for a wander on the Glyders. I've come down Y Gribin often enough, but I fancied either a wander up the False Gribin, or at least a look at it to see what it was like when the forecast wasn't "mobility may be impossible on higher ground". Sure enough, when I got there it was too wet and windy to be any fun, so I wandered up a snow slope to the side of the main ridge.
Although there were a few gusts, it wasn't too bad until I reached the top of the ridge (see photo for the view back down towards Llyn Bochlwyd). The wind was absolutely hammering across the top, and mobility was indeed impossible! The plan had been to descend Y Gribin and meet the rest of the group in Cwm Idwal. However, I had to turn around, and went back down the way I'd come up; not quite what I had in mind, but a very fun couple of hours nonetheless. The snow was melting rapidly, so it looks like that's the end of another Snowdonia winter. Bring on the sunshine!
