[Pantontino]

Nesting restriction has just been lifted on main part of the cliff:

http://news.v12outdoor.com/2012/06/27/castell-y-gwynt-seasonal-nesting-restriction-lifted-early/

So get to it - one of the best limestone crags in North Wales.

[Johnny Brown]

For a minute then I was expecting a grand unveiling of the amazing blocs to be had on the summit of Glyder Fach. Next year?

[petejh]

For a minute then I was expecting a grand unveiling of the amazing blocs to be had on the summit of Glyder Fach. Next year?

Nodder's hard at work on it sans oxygen.


Good to see pro-activity from the wardens regards the Gwynt; Diamond next? Hopefully heading down the Gwynt in the next week to give The Long Goodbye a proper lower-off and stick a bolt or two in the lower wall on Central Pillar - possibly the earliest confirmed 8a in the UK? (although 8a+ had already been done).

[Doylo]

although its likely thats its got harder so maybe 7c+ at the time? Actually i bet it was 8a, still can't believe that Masterclass was the standard for 7c+

[Pantontino]

For a minute then I was expecting a grand unveiling of the amazing blocs to be had on the summit of Glyder Fach. Next year?

For those who don't mind a good stomp the promised land is at the Capel end of the Glyderau.

Actually, the true promised land is in a completely different place further south - Huffy knows; he described it as the most impressive collection of undeveloped boulders he had ever seen...

[petejh]

I'm only an occassional boulderer but I've seen a promised land - it's a wild upland made of silvery grit, promised hike too.

[Pantontino]

Down in the Rhinogs perchance?

http://www.northwalesbouldering.com/newsitem.asp?nsid=570

(This is not the place Huffy told me about)

[petejh]

Down in the Rhinogs perchance?

http://www.northwalesbouldering.com/newsitem.asp?nsid=570

(This is not the place Huffy told me about)

It is indeed. Not the roman steps ones in George's BOTM although I have looked around there and it looks good, but another area on the Northern tip of the range accessed via a 30ish minute hike from a single-track road to the West of the power station (close to where you went in you V12 report). I've even given Nodder grid refs and circled it on the O/S map, but these boulderers just don't like to get out of their comfort zone! I've done all the obvious easy lines btw... (anything up to V12) 

Martin Crocker's prob done it all before anyway.

[Duma]

pete, would gr 671 355 be about right?
looks like some sizeable blocs on google maps

[petejh]

Yes that's the area. The whole plateau area North of Diffwys/Foel Penolau. The pictures below were from some exploring I did in Spring 2009 whilst house-sitting a cottage in the Rhinogs for friends, I wasn't much of a boulderer at the time but did a bunch of easier lines on the walls in the photo and further around from there. There looked to be lots more potential and I remember an impressive jutting prow on one boulder. Can't promise anyone they won't hike for miles and find a load of total shite though, like I said I wasn't much of a boulderer at the time so my perspective might have been out.

I parked at Cefn Clawdd and walked up the old pony track and then over Foel Penolau (about 40 mins) but a better option would probably be parking at gr684368 and taking the path due West up to the plateau.






the locals

[Fiend]

Rhinnogs in "lots of potential" shocker