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I'm heading to Snowdonia at the weekend, hoping to get some long mountain routes done, e.g. Longlands/Red Wall, - as part of getting some practice in before heading off to the Pyrenees. Looking at the forecast - it's raining today and 'patchy' tomorrow. Can anyone with local knowledge/experience offer an opinion on how likely it is to be in a reasonable condition by Saturday, or should I be looking for lower/better orientated crags and coming up with a serious plan 'b'?

In reply to Paul Baxter:

Hi Paul, Forecast is looking OK for the weekend, and it's not always dry in the Pyrenees in any case !

In reply to Paul Baxter:

Hi Paul ... Well we're currently hunkering in van at Eric's having given up on cragging in the pass, it was dryish at the start of the week but has rained a lot last couple of days. We climbed at Tremadog yesterday but it's currently piss wet having hammered it down last night and on and off this morning.

If you like a bit of big boot mud gully action you'll be fine, but I can't see much drying out with forecast as it is. We're contemplating heading elsewhere...

Good luck!

In reply to Justin T:

That's what I was afraid of. It looks like it'll be OK by the weekend, but if it's that wet now I may have pack the big boots and steam up a long V Diff or something.

In reply to Justin T:
Shiiiiit!

You been to Gogarth Justin? Forecast looks OK from midday tomorrow so would imagine (hope) there will be dry stuff to climb somewhere...

In reply to Justin T:

NW as far as liverpool is soaked as well, still raining even now. Just FYI.

In reply to GrahamD:


Yeah, but there's "OK" and there's "what a perfect time to head for a big high vegetated North-facing crag that's famously nasty when it's wet"...

In reply to Ramblin dave:


True enough, but I suspect Paul understands my approach to climbing well enough to take any advice at the appropriate value

In reply to Duncan Campbell:

We haven't been up to gogarth, should be a better bet generally but was checking the rain radar yesterday and I think everywhere was getting hit in waves. Currently drizzle in the pass and has been all night/morning, Jerry's roof is dry and some of the quick drying slate was ok in a dry spell yesterday eve but all the pass crags are soaked now I think.