CUHWC trip to south Snowdonia. Excellent weather on Saturday (the first T-shirt day of the year!) meant an ambitious scramble on the Cyfrwy Arete of Cadair Idris; less favourable Sunday weather (but still good for January) saw us on the Aran hills.
Ghosts of Michael, Will and Helen cross the bunkhouse field
Saturday 9:16 AM
Meanwhile, Dave is still faffing by the bunkhouse
Saturday 9:16 AM
Setting off, with Cyfrwy Arete visible beyond
Saturday 9:50 AM
Starting off
Saturday 9:55 AM
Cyfrwy Arete
Saturday 10:32 AM
Heading up towards Llyn y Gadair
Saturday 10:40 AM
Looking west towards the Pony Path, where we'll descend, and beyond to the sea
Saturday 10:51 AM
Michael and Helen fuel their bodies for the ascent
Saturday 10:58 AM
Helen and Will on the scree slope
Saturday 11:23 AM
The start of the scrambling
Saturday 11:29 AM
Will on the first bit of scrambling
Saturday 11:53 AM
Helen concentrates on her move
Saturday 11:56 AM
Toby scouts for a good route
Saturday 12:00 PM
Walkers on the summit ridge
Saturday 12:39 PM
Dave scrambles up behind Michael
Saturday 1:00 PM
Michael, Will and Helen scrambling high above Llyn y Gadair
Saturday 1:03 PM
Helen, Will and Michael on the Arete
Saturday 1:05 PM
Will scrambles into a patch of sunlight
Saturday 1:08 PM
View west towards Barmouth and the sea
Saturday 1:17 PM
Barmouth zoom
Saturday 1:17 PM
A look back at the arete from near the summit
Saturday 1:34 PM
Will, Helen, Michael and David pose before Craig Cwm Amarch
Saturday 2:47 PM
Michael on Craig Cwm Amarch
Saturday 2:54 PM
A last look at the scramble, with a couple of climbers for scale
Saturday 3:42 PM
Pen y Gadair from the top of Cyfrwy
Saturday 3:44 PM
View northwards to the Rhinog hills and beyond
Saturday 4:20 PM
Evening mist shrouds the northern crags of Cadair
Saturday 4:28 PM
Evening silhouette from the Pony Path
Saturday 4:43 PM
Setting off on Sunday morning: Michael and Kate in Cwm Cywarch
Sunday 9:42 AM
Map readers: Michael & Helen
Sunday 10:01 AM
Crossing the Glasgwm footbridge
Sunday 10:09 AM
The route appears to get steeper at the col!
Sunday 10:57 AM
Michael near the top of Aran Fawddwy
Sunday 12:37 PM
On Drosgyl, having met the other Cambridge group and formed a small army...
Sunday 1:49 PM
... and coming face-to-face with a similar army from the Other Place!
Sunday 2:04 PM
Sunlight plays in Hengwm
Sunday 2:20 PM
Stream development in Hengwm
Sunday 2:32 PM
The final descent back to Cwm Cywarch
Sunday 2:48 PM