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Quick question. I'm on a course next week at Plas Y Brenin and have wednesday afternoon off. Could anyone suggest a good wet weather route? Looking for a decent buttress or gully at about severe-ish that could be done in big boots. The north wales equivalent of Corvus. Cheers!

In reply to steveP: Debbie who works in the Bryn Tyrch, or you could always get up on one of the classic routes on Tryfan!

In reply to The Voice of Reason:

The Bryn Tyrch?

In reply to steveP: Pub, Debbie is an 'accomodating' barmaid!

In reply to The Voice of Reason:

Debbie does Plas Y Brenin eh? Not one I've seen

In reply to steveP: There was a bird called Anna there a few years ago who did 5 in one sitting!

Apparent she was known as Airtight Anna!

In reply to steveP:

Get along into Ogwen and whip up one of the E Face of Tryfan routes - 3-4 hours round trip.

In reply to steveP: Would second Tryfan as a very accessible mountain with loads of routes to choose from...can't guarentee the wet weather I'm afraid, but it often rains in Wales... Enjoy!

In reply to steveP:
not sub-cneifion rib, and probably not anything on idwal slabs (polished+wet=bad)

In reply to steveP:

Grooved arete was great in the dry. there are about 4 to chose from in classic rock.

cenotaph corner in the wet?

In reply to Greenbanks: I'd have suggested Tryfan but not at this time of year. I can't imagine many people getting to the summit from PyB in 3 hours. 3 hours is all the time between 1 when I would assume the morning session finishes to 4 when it's dark and it would probably take 1 hour to get from PyB to being racked up with 6-8 pitches to the summit.

I'd suggest something on Milestone butress, possibly the direct.

In reply to steveP:

I know it is nice asking on here but it may be better to ask the instructors what routes you are doing with them. They can then suggest something suitable for the time you have free

In reply to sutty:

Pulpit route and ivy chimney on milestone buttress, excellent big boot wet weather route, with the ivy chimney pitch (go through the hole) being one of my favourite pitches in the uk.

In reply to Swirly:

A good fit young 'un? Easy!!

In reply to SidH:
Ordinary route on Idwal is good in the rain, potentially you could continue to the Cneifion Arete but I can never be bothered if the cloud's down.

And of course there's Lockwood's Chimney. Or Bryant's Gully which is more of a scramble than a climb, but great fun when in spate - worth missing out the bit just above the big chockstome if you're on your own as it's pretty loose.

In reply to Simon Caldwell:

Yes if you like climbing waterfalls.

In reply to steveP: You've got to do Lockwoods chimney - did it last night with about 20 otherfellow students from bangor uni. Would highlt recomended - the chimney itself is quite unbelievable and we only lost one girl due to hypothermia! Also a bit of advice dont do what my non trad climbing, bouldering mate did: he led the chimney pitch but rather than following the bottom of the chimney after the chockstone he decided to carry straight on up - probably at least an E1 and promptly took a 20 foot slide back down the chimney after ripping a bit of gear.

Awesome for shits and giggles!