Date: 08 - 12 - 12
Route: Daear Ddu ridge.
Another weekend another walk, Im currently walking with the consistnacy I intended upon starting this blog which is good news. There is still alot of snow around as it has been falling all week. The snow today was very soft but it should be in better condition after the cold weather we are expecting next week.
I decided on this route as although I was again walking alone in winter the Daear ddu ridge offers exposure and difficulty as you want it and with the snowy peaks it would offer an excelent panorama (I was not disappointed). Though as I decribed last time with this walk the opening section is somewhat of a slog untill you are past the farm at which point the gradient eases up.
The area at the bottom of the Daear Ddu ridge was very boggy and saw someone just ahead of me go waist deep into the mud. The ridge itself lower down was in intermittent snowy patches that increased in frequancy as I climbed. until there was a blanket on nearly everything.
The upper reaches of the ridge were fairly difficult and arduous in the knee deep snow that was unconsolidated and made for a slow plod to the summit which the wind had scoured into a large icy football field sized icerink. I donned my crampons at this point and after snapping a few pictures (below) I headed back down towards the farm on the west ridge.
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| The Glydreau |
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| Foreground : Glyderau, Background: Carneddau |
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| Very icy Trig point |
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| Looking down at the small reservoir at Dolwydellan |
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| View west along summit plateau |
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| Glyderau and Carneddau |
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| Snowdon massif |
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