| Location |
Time |
Comment |
| Cae Du campsite at Beddgelert
SH598486 |
Friday night - 2200 |
Nant Peris campsite would have
been a better choice |
| Ditto |
0330 Saturday |
Alarm – get up! |
| Pen-y-Pass SH647557 |
0400 to 0410 |
Start up Pyg Track. Cool and
cloudy. Back light for watch needed, but no torch - a perfect time to start |
| 1. Crib Goch SH624552 |
0515 to 0520 |
First summit, in the vicinity
of 3 other groups, including a trio of Oxford medics, after a lovely red
sunrise |
Early
morning on the path up Crib Goch |
|
| 2. Crib y Ddysgl (Garnedd Ugain)
SH611552 |
0610 |
The cloud came down here, and
we were alone on the hill after a slight diversion as a result of not sticking
to the ridge |
| 3. Snowdon SH609543 |
0625 to 0630 |
Several groups seen here, including
a lone lady who we tracked all the way to Foel Fras |
Nant Peris Car Park SH606584
Support
point for bacon butties and tea, ably provided by Alan
Roberts
|
0755 to 0810
(0345 to 0400 from start) |
The following descent route
proved efficient and allowed us to catch up other groups:
Descend to Clogwyn Station, then along left side of track for ½ mile.
Then on grass to right of line towards a rounded green prominence. Over
a very small stile, then down a steep grass ridge to the right towards the
valley, tending left on steep grass towards the bottom. After a high stile
in deep bracken at foot of slope go diagonally left and cross the footbridge
to Nant Peris |
| 4. Elidir Fawr SH612613 |
0940 to 0945 |
After a slightly boggy ascent
(wet feet) the top was in mist, but conditions were excellent - cool and
calm. Other groups were in the distance ahead and behind |
| 5. Y Garn SH631595 |
1040 to 1045 |
|
View from Y Garn |
|
| Llyn y Cwn SH638585 |
1100 to 1110 |
The path from Devil’s
Kitchen joins here, enabling drop outs to descend or supporters
to join up for the walk over the Glyders. Alan provided excellent support
from his huge sack - a choice of hot chocolate, coffee, tea or barley water,
and also butties |
| 6. Glyder Fawr SH642579 |
1140 |
Suitably refreshed, we
sped up to here, followed by Alan |
| 7. Glyder Fach SH656583 |
1210 to 1215 |
Intermittent cloud cleared
to reveal the Cantilever Rock. Lots of people out for the day |
| Bwlch Tryfan SH662589 |
1245 |
Alan caught up here, after
the steep scree descent, and provided further support before heading back
down to replenish his supplies |
| 8. Tryfan SH664594 |
1320 to 1325 |
Sue by Adam and Eve |
| Idwal Cottage SH649604 Support
point at the Car Park by the kiosk and toilets |
1425 to 1440
(1015 to 1030 from start)
|
We descended south in lovely
clear conditions towards Bwlch Tryfan, cutting across to the descent path
by an obvious line. We had wet feet as a result of using Salomon shoes (recommended)
and a change of socks was most welcome - Sue had already changed hers on
Y Garn |
| 9. Pen yr Ole Wen SH655619 |
1600 to 1610 |
Phew! Time for some photos..... |
Martin on Pen yr Ole Wen with Tryfan |
Llyn Idwal and Glyder Fawr, with
Snowdon |
| 10. Carnedd Dafydd SH663630 |
1635 |
By now we had caught up the
3 medics first encountered at the start of the day. They proved good company
over the Carneddau |
| 11. Yr Elen SH674651 |
1735 to 1745 |
We reached here very efficiently
by contouring to the south west of Carnedd Llewelyn. Sue was fading on this
section and needed sugary sustenance on the pleasant summit, with good all
round views. Cameras were exchanged with the medics |
Sue and Martin at Yr Elen |
|
| 12. Carnedd Llewelyn SH683643 |
1810 to 1815 |
The mist suddenly came
down as we reached the rocky summit, so a bearing was taken for the first
time |
| 13. Foel Grach SH688658 |
1840 |
It was near here that one of
the medics tried to sell us a book written by his elder brother! 'Mountains
of the Mind' - Robert MacFarlane (review to follow) |
| 14. Garnedd Uchaf SH686669
|
1855 |
Not always regarded as a separate
summit, but en route. Our support team - Alan and his huge rucksack - were
on hand to greet us |
15. Foel Fras SH696681
|
1920 to 1935
|
That’s all the summits
in 14 hours. Precisely the timetabled result!
Here we celebrated with the lone woman, the medics, and a group of old runners
who had started on Snowdon at 0715. One of them was 68 years old - he whinged
at the lack of champagne and ran off |
Road head up Afon Anafon
(the end of the road out of Abergwyngregyn) SH676716
Final collection
point |
2055
(1645 from the start - a long day out)
|
We turned north west at the
col before Drum (SH706690) and descended to join the track at Llyn Anafon,
whilst the medics headed on over Drum. By 2200 we had picked up fish and
chips in Llanberis and were eating them at Idwal Cottage as the light dimmed
over Pen yr Ole Wen. Alan was reunited with his own car at Pen-y-Pass and
returned home, whilst Sue and I headed back to the midgy Cae Du camp site
to brave the company of a new set of drunken revelers and another disturbed
night's sleep |
