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Y Gribin - Snowdon not Glyderau
« on: 08:18:28, 23/04/21 »
Has anyone here on WF done the scramble up Y Gribin ridge (the one from Glaslyn up to Bwlch Y Saethau; not the one north of Glyder Fach)?

I've Googled it of course but I'd appreciate any further first-hand hints or descriptions. Any problems?  Much exposure (compared with, say, Crib Goch)?  Any awkward moves?  Is route-finding straightforward?  What other Grade Ones does it compare with?

I had a recce the other day and it looked a bit steep and sketchy on its mid-to-higher section.

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richardh1905

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« Reply #1 on: 09:36:48, 23/04/21 »
You intrigued me as I have not been up this way.


Found this; doesn't look too deadly!


https://www.walkupsnowdon.co.uk/snowdonia-walks/scramble-up-y-gribin-ridge-and-y-lliwedd/
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Re: Y Gribin - Snowdon not Glyderau
« Reply #2 on: 10:06:33, 23/04/21 »
I may have done it many years ago, but the name is not familiar. All rock climbs on Crib Goch north face were pretty loose from my recollection and this was reflected further west above Cern Las, yet the good snow and ice conditions in the 1960's made this area very climbable. If exposure makes you nervous, it is well to bear in mind that a friable surface will augment this. Pete Crew refers to this in his guide Snowdon South.
Main Wall in the Cern Las is a classic climb (Hard Severe), more because of the exposure it puts the climber into than technical difficulty, the experience can compare with Alpine climbing though for a very short distance. My guess is that it is this experience that is giving this route some popularity in recent years and a name.

Sorry on wrong side of the hill, we came down it after doing the Trinity gullies in snow, beautiful way but as it was under snow I can be of little help to the underlay. Yet I never felt that the exposure on Lliwedd so as ferocious as where I have just described.
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Re: Y Gribin - Snowdon not Glyderau
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« Reply #4 on: 10:53:30, 23/04/21 »
Thanks Richard, much appreciatred.

That appears to be another version of this:https://www.mudandroutes.com/routes/y-gribin-and-lliwedd-scramble/


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Re: Y Gribin - Snowdon not Glyderau
« Reply #5 on: 08:18:23, 26/04/21 »
At your service, sir! (About half way through the TR).


http://www.walkingforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=42015.0

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« Reply #6 on: 09:02:33, 27/04/21 »
At your service, sir! (About half way through the TR).
http://www.walkingforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=42015.0
Thanks MkP, I will read it with interest  :)

Edit: Excellent TR - thank you  O0
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