Tryfan mountain Scramble Adventure 6th August 2012

After all the butterflying i have been doing recently it was time for a change , a good scramble in the welsh mountains seemed a good idea .  so Tryfan fitted the bill :)    and great views down the valleys.  Tryfan 3,010 ft  is situated next to Lyn Ogwen in the Ogwen valley,  Snowdonia national park north Wales.
i arrived early in the morning, ish .   the weather forecast was for it to be dry with variable amounts of cloud and hill fog according to the mountain forecast , so not too bad.   here is the view just by the car park at the Ogwen cottages , i had decided to climb up via the waterfall path leading up to Llyn Bochlwyd , yes the scene of an earlier trip Here where i slipped and broke small bone in foot!!!!!!!!!!
must be careful this time i thought   lol

 a short distance from the road is the famous view up to the "devils kitchen" from the bridge over the Idwal waterfall :)

i make my way up the path until it splits and turns right to go up to Cym Idwal and the "kitchen"   makes a great composition :)  the "Devils Kitchen" amphitheatre surrounds the lake seen in the top of this image.  cloud looks like its building on the tops already, but there is still a few blue bits showing through the cloud!

Heading up towards the waterfalls that come down from Llyn Bochlywd , negotiating the very boggy ground and now looking back down the Nant Ffrancon valley

                                and up towards Tryfan on the left,and the waterfalls are visible straight ahead

                                 A shot looking down the valley from half way up the falls path

upon reaching the top , the boulder section that tried to kill me last time comes into view, this time i cross the stream on the rocks before it gets near to the lake which was much easier . but did stop,and carefully manage to take this image :)

                 a bit of blue sky showing through the low cloud , but don't think it will last long!

 Climbing high above Llyn Bochlwyd on the left side in this image , you can just see the end of Cym Idwal in the centre .   the views are stunning from up here , but will get even better as i scramble up to the summit of Tryfan :)

   looking down on Llyn Ogwen and Pen yr ole wen over to the right , Cym idwal left centre with Y Garn behind.

                                                                            What a view!

   Now its scrambling time :)     very enjoyable, steep slope of big huge boulders, one slip and a broken leg could quite easily happen!        

                Yip, this is scramble terrain , allot different to the Lakes walks i do :D

       The views are getting better now, after a good 15 mins clambering i take a rest and take a few shots:)                         (aka " a Tanya stop " as they are called from now on :) see HERE  for explanation )

        The summit of Tryfan is over to the right in this image , a long scramble still left to negotiate:)

          Looking down from the summit now , i will just let the images tell the story so to speak :)

 

in the clouds now :)

 

looking down the ridge of Glyder fach

Llyn Bochlwyd ,Cym Idwal and Y Garn

making my way back down now , scramble time. no real path or route to follow, just head downwards!

 

looking back up from where i have just made my way down!   

 

and the final trek back down the valley

 

What a great day its been , great scrambling and views.  and a good work out for the leg and arm muscles :)

Cym idwa & Llyn Bochlywd Waterfalls in the snow 4 march 2012

Having woken up at 8.50 on a Sunday morning and looking on the Snowdon cams at all the fresh snow that had fallen overnight!  i txt Pete  to say i was going!!!! hour and 20 mins later i was standing by this waterfall in the Ogwen valley :))

A classic view up the first waterfall section at the bottom of Idwal stream.

Pete had not arrived yet so i made my way up the falls to see what the conditions were like!   it was obviously very cold, and a mix of cloud and snow showers!  I shot this just before a blizzard of hail came down!  had to shelter beside a large boulder  haha

As soon as it cleared , blue sky appeared and i managed this shot of the devils kitchen.

Moments after this i climbed back down to the falls and another hail storm came down, Pete was sheltering a little further down the falls section  lol . getting all the seasons weather in a few short minutes this morning!

suns out down the nant francon valley :)

 I decided to show Pete the other falls that come from the second lake Llyn Bochlywd which is over to the left towards Tryfan.

After climbing over towards the waterfalls we came to the main path coming down from the lake where i shot this image, look at the difference in conditions!!!!!!

Here is a shot Pete took a few mins after this one with Lyn Ogwen down in the lower bottom right of image.

The falls are quite small but wind all over the place!  here are a few different views.

weather conditions constantly changing!

good views across to the mountains of the devils kitchen :)

I really enjoy being up here in the mountains, amazing views that are different every trip with everchanging weather conditions.  had everything today :)

and turning around shooting down towards the Ogwen valley:)

It was while shooting these falls that i LOST Pete, could not find him any where  lol

after looking for half an hour, hobbling on painful foot i gave up and made my way back to the bottom, where Pete was looking for me!  haha   he thought i had gone over to Cym idwal!!!

all images shot with canon 5d2 and 17-40 L