[Krank]

Wheres the best place in North Wales to beach boulder? i am after problems up to V7. cheers

[steven82]

Angel bay is really good well worth a look

[Krank]

Nice on geez. I am headin up this evening for the weekend so i will check it out.

[Johnny Brown]

Angel bay is an okay venue, not worth travelling for. Parisella's etc is nearby so you could make a day of it, but I think its fairly well established that Porth Ysgo is the only N wales beach venue worth a long journey.

[Jim]

Criccieth is good with some excellent ice cream also

[fatneck]

Check out this http://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,4898.0.html

Or this http://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,5896.0.html

[Houdini]

Porth Meirion.  Well who'da thunk it?!  Get 'em while it's hot.

[Bubba]

Is there actually a beach at Porth Ysgo?

[GCW]

The BBC says there is in the Jelly Creatures Article.

[bigphil]

There wasn't much of a beach at Ysgo on saturday.  Looks like its all been washed away by storms.

[fatneck]

There wasn't much of a beach at Ysgo on saturday.  Looks like its all been washed away by storms.

The amount of sand has been steadily decreasing for years, which is a shame seeing as it makes the kids less likely to enjoy themselves for several hours while I circuit...

Bubba, the beach is over the headland on your right as you decend and contains some large blocks with worthy problems on them. Speaking of which, will these be in the new Lleyn guide or will they be left undocumented for adventurous dad's to discover again and again?

[Johnny Brown]

Although the bouldering area gets called Porth Ysgo it isn't. Ysgo is the bay to the west, NT owned with nice steps, a waterfall etc.
The main bouldering, old pier remains etc are on Porth Alwm, then further east, between the main area and the Made in Heaven boulder, is Porth Llawenan.
Both Porth Ysgo and Llawenan have nice sandy beaches at low tide, at high tide they are mainly coarse shingle. For the surfers amongst you, I've seen good rideable waves at both though there are a few submerged rocks.
I think Panton's reason for calling it Ysgo in the guide was to make it easier to find as the NT signs can then be followed.

[Monolith]

I think Panton's reason for calling it Ysgo in the guide was to make it easier to find as the NT signs can then be followed.

Which initially never clicked for me until I was half way down the harrowing descent via the conglomerate arete. Note to first-timers, take the nice steps that JB speaks of.

[Johnny Brown]

I wouldn't advise going down the steps, you then have to cross the point between Ysgo and Alwm, which is a non-starter above mid-tide. Go across to the wheel house, then down the incline.

[Falling Down]

For the surfers amongst you, I've seen good rideable waves at both though there are a few submerged rocks....

Shhhhhh JB.. there's no surf there, ever, don't go.. it's rubbish and the rocks will rip your fins off and break your ankles.  If anyone else asks, tell them its crap and unrideable.