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Venue: Wales
Date: 13th April 2002
Who: Tony Saunders , Clare Holdich , Steve Marshall , Andy Longyear

Description: A single day visit to the Ogwen Valley to climb Milestone Buttress. A change of plan took us on a circular route to the top of Glyder fawr via the Y Gribin arete - starting with an excellent climb; Gribin Facet via the Slab Intermediate Climb (Pitch 1- VDiff) to a nice stance behind a boulder, then via the Slab Climb (D) straight up the exposed slab over the steep face. (Total 180 feet)
The crag doesn't see much sun until later in the day and the first pitch (which is the hardest) was quite cold for both climber and belayer. Route quite polished in places.

Big Thanks to Bernadine and Steve for an excellent meal and stay, and to Andy for driving.

Bernadine & Steve

Gribin Facet (Clogwyn y Tarw)
East Buttress - Slab Climb (D) + Pitch one of Slab Intermediate route (VDiff)

L-R : Tony, Clare, Steve and Andy
Apart from having to lug all the gear, doing a circular route which takes in a bit of climbing, scrambling and walking makes for a superb day.
<<< The route on Gribin Facet. The orange circles are sensible belay points (unless you have a 60m rope) - in which case you can miss out belay two and proceed to the final belay at the top.
First pitch is VDiff - the rest is Diff.
Tryfan in the exceptionally clear morning light. An almost cloudless sky promised a good day.
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Clare, Andy and Steve
Andy
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(Below) Steve leading the first pitch - Intermediate Slab Route to the first belay as indicated by the lowest orange circle on the route above.
View down the valley towards Bethesda from Glyder Fawr
Route down
View to Llyn Idwal.
All four of us near the summit of Glyder Fawr by the summit cairn. From here we went on a descent route down to the saddle before Y Garn - then down via Idwal Slabs

Glyder Fawr facts
Height: 3279 feet (999m)

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3D ViewPoints

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Tony & Steve heading up to Glyder Fawr via y Gribin. Llyn Idwal lies below.
Clogwyn Y Tarw (Gribin Facet) - the route we did marked
Clare with Tryfan in the background
3D Map of the route (orange line)
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