 Poster: A snowHead
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or more dumb things done in Wales.
Half ten on Friday night found us unpacking the car in a field somewhere between Capel Curig and Betws-Y-Coed.
DPP_0398 by Swirly2006, on Flickr
Our home for the weekend
DPP_0402 by Swirly2006, on Flickr
We were prepared to make the most of the facilities
DPP_0403 by Swirly2006, on Flickr
Although collecting water was an interesting excursion
DPP_0404 by Swirly2006, on Flickr
Up at six am and into the hills by seven
Tryfan West Face by Swirly2006, on Flickr
Our target for the day
Llyn Idwal and Clogwyn-Y-Geifr by Swirly2006, on Flickr
Pitch 3 of the stream and the snow arrived in spades
DPP_0409 by Swirly2006, on Flickr
The easy upper slopes
DPP_0415 by Swirly2006, on Flickr
More of the same on Sunday, it was pretty warm though and the ice at the bottom was very soft, about a foot of snow at the top of the gullies which was still fairly unconsolidated but hopefully the next cold period should sort that out. From looking at it another decent snowfall or two and banana gulley might be ridable. Pretty good for early December though. Sorry about the poor quality of some photos, hard to focus in pitch dark.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Sorry about the poor quality of some photos, hard to focus when I'm pissed out of my tree.
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Fixed.
Looks like you made the most of some outstanding conditions.
Sorry we missed you guys. None of us had any phone reception all weekend. Snowdon pics to follow if any of them are any good.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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good stuff swirly, keen to get into banana gulley this year if there is enough snow....
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Swirly, Great trip report fella... and there was me coughing and sneezing all weekend  The stream is a lovely day out and gives you plenty of mileage.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Nice one Gaz, yea Sunday was a bit warmer, I was on a MR team exercise in Idwal, you may have seen a load of people in red jackets rigging a 200m guideline for a stretcher lower from Devils Kitchen to 100m or so below 'The Curtain'.
I have a fair bit of midweek time available between now and Xmas for climbing, mountaineering and skiing or a mix of all 3 if people are in the same boat.
Just give me a call.
Yesterday was blue sky and feeling very cold, today its grey, plain and simple, still cold and fresh snow on the hills with more forecast this week.
Im out for a ski on Thursday in the Ogwen area and will post some pics on the Welsh snow report thread.
Bye for now
Mark
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Don't know why people keep calling me Gaz?????
mark handford, we spoke to a few of your team as we were descending as you were heading up. We had considered doing the Devil's Drainpipe but decided it looked like it would quite happily have fallen down on us so ended up doing some mixed route instead.
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