Wild winds and clear skies on Snowdon at the start of our MDES New Year's trip. We joined Crib Goch at the halfway col (scene of a historic igloo construction) and finished up to the summit, with everyone still standing.
One final route for 2018 - the Peak District’s “longest scramble”. 70m of crumbly limestone, moss and mega winds. Next time we’ll go to North Wales.
Day 2 with Tom, Ros and Erinna. We descended from the Simonyhütte right down to the valley floor - an excellent test of the gradient limits of snowshoes and the differences between our Decathlon and Hobbs models. A long, fun, powdery day out!
Tom and Ros were visiting for the weekend and the after a week of snow and rain, the weather was absolutely perfect for us.
We took the lift up to Dachstein from Obertraun and snowshoed towards the Simonyhutte. On the way I ran a mini avalanche training session them. Trying to teach something is definitely a good way to learn it! Thankfully they successfully rescued me three.
A welcome, but unexpectedly heavy dump of snow slowed the Lake District traffic to a gentle, sliding crawl. Getting to Grisedale seemed like a safe option so we went on a quick wintery horseshoe up to Great Rigg and down via Rydal Fell. Sadly, nobody could be bet into a double-pointer dip in Alcock Tarn.
One last day out before 2017 rolls in! A damp, misty ascent of Cadair Idris. Beautiful, panoramic views below the clouds. Terrible views within them.
