Eryri / Snowdonia
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Christmas Trip 2024
Not for the first time, we stayed at Idwal Cottage Youth Hostel for the 2024 version of the MMC Christmas Trip. And not for the first time, the weather wasn’t perfect for spending time in the mountains. Storm Darragh kept us indoors till lunchtime on the Saturday, after which most of the 15 of us…
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Snakes and Ladders
This weekend was billed as an ‘intro to multi-pitch climbing’, but all the attendees actually knew how to multi-pitch climb already. The weather in North Wales was looking less than ideal for climbing so… we took the opportunity to have a go at ‘snakes and ladders’ in Llanberis. It was on the ‘to do’ list…
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Christmas Trip 2023
The 2023 Christmas trip saw us return to the Snowdonia Mountain Hostel in Nant Ffrancon with record numbers! Typical December weather (i.e. quite a lot of rain) led to some careful choices of timing and activities, with no less than four different options on Saturday. Those who were most prepared to battle the elements walked…
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Christmas Trip 2022
Every year MMC heads to Snowdonia in late November / early December for the most popular trip on the calendar. The 2022 edition was a real treat with spectacular winter conditions and perfect weather. Their base was the Snowdonia Mountain Hostel near Bethesda and Saturday’s walk took them up onto the lesser-travelled northern end of…
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Cadair Idris
A weekend camping near Dolgellau was the limit of what we could do in the summer of 2021. A linear walk along the full Cadair Idris ridge on Saturday was followed by a wet Sunday explore of the Mawddach Estuary to keep away from the worst of the weather.
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Christmas Trip 2019
The 2019 Christmas trip saw the club staying at Idwal Cottage Youth Hostel. Cold and frosty conditions on the Saturday were ideal for some winter scrambling up Y Gribin onto Glyder Fawr and then Y Garn – complete with Brocken Spectre. Sunday was a trek up Pen Llithrig y Wrach (the Slippery Peak of the…
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Rhinogydd
The aim was simple. Most of us had never been to this bit of North Wales before, so we wanted to see it all in a single weekend. Day 1 was a beautiful sunny day and we headed for the northern end of the range. Very rough walking through the glaciated landscape took us to…
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Christmas Trip 2017
The 2017 Christmas trip involved a stay at Idwal Cottage Youth Hostel, murky weather and an excellent festive dinner feast (including the traditional goats in ponchos). Saturday’s walk was a slushy trudge up onto Glyder Fach, a walk along to Glyder Fawr in the snow and then the familiar descent into Cwm Idwal. On Sunday…
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