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How wet are the A55 routes?

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hillbilly 09 Jul 2012

Hope to be in Wales on friday, though a visit to the sport routes would be fun, are they suffering from all this rain?

Ben Farley 09 Jul 2012

In reply to hillbilly: if its not actually raining you should be able to climb. The cave area at llandulas, especially the right wall rarely gets wet. Castle Inn dries very quickly, Penmaenhead stays pretty dry and of course the Orme is very quick drying. Honestly, if it isn't raining you should be able to climb as few crags seep much.

hillbilly 09 Jul 2012

In reply to Ben Farley: Great, I was not sure if seepage would be a problem. Fingers crossed for a dry day.

jezb1 09 Jul 2012

In reply to hillbilly: Got sunburnt at dyserth castle slabs yesterday....

tom290483 09 Jul 2012

In reply to hillbilly:

Ty Newydd will probably be ok.

doylo 10 Jul 2012

In reply to hillbilly:

Even the A55 crags have been overwhelmed. Ty Newydd has plenty of wetness. Dulas has plenty to go at but there is seepage where you'd never normally see it. Castle Inn doesn't seep but is exposed. Penmeanhead gets wet quickly but also dries quickly. Basically if its not raining you can find dry routes.

rockcat 10 Jul 2012

In reply to hillbilly: Your best bets are Castle Inn and Penmaen Head (though forget about Trench Wall!). In the Dyserth area Dyserth Castle Slab is south facing and dries quickly.