This route is on the west side of the Conwy Valley, just south of the village of Dolgarrog. Firstly, just to stress that this is a 'gorge' scramble, not a 'ghyll' scramble. There are deep pools and y ...

Atlantic Slab, Carnedd y Filiast This classic grade 3 scramble, mysteriously absent from Steve Ashton’s ‘Scrambles in Snowdonia’, is also classed as a moderate rock climb under the name of ‘T ...

A relatively short but extremely worthwhile scramble on the east face of Tryfan, combining tricky moves and fantastic exposure on a route where escape is always an option and topping out leaves you with the best ...

Exposure is the name of the game on this one, at the same time both exhilarating and slightly petrifying! The bulk of the scrambling is confined to 2 main sections, one at the bottom of the route and the other ri ...

This is another route that is absent from the guidebooks, and as such is a good place to escape the crowds. It also starts right from the road so you can get to grips with rock straight away. The route is in the ...