near the
summit

Tryfan

although its not good to have favorites, especially with so many mountains to choose from.   But if I was to have a favorite mountain then it could well be Tryfan.

Tryfan is not high in mountain terms, indeed its only the 14th highest peak in Wales and as such is the lowest of all the 3000 feet peaks in Wales, but a mountain does not have to be the highest to be a good mountain

Tryfan was the first mountain over 3000 feet that I climbed, this also my first Wellingborough Mountaineering Club meet

this was in February 1980, and was followed by the ascent onto the main Glyders ridge and the ridge traverse back to the cottage

with its three summits and two blocks on the highest of these its a very easy to recognise mountain
but its character is what stands it out from so many other high mountains

Tryfan has such a variety of both climbing and scrambling, as well as good views over both the Glyders and Cardenau range

Tryfan, like many mountains in the British Isles suffers badly from erosion

this path is only 50 metres
from the main road and leads up to Milestone Buttress and the North ridge

without this path maintenance
the path would be a deep scour of mud

conservation

wild goats can also fairly easily be seen above the Llanberris quarries in the Northern Glyders

the other large wild mammals seen in Snowdonia include wild ponies in the Carneddau.

Tryfan's
two
Rock climbing crags

both pictured here in less than perfect weather

the summit

Adam and Eve

traditionally
an ascent of Tryfan should include
the jump from Adam to Eve
and back

pre-paring
to jump
on another
occasion

or
as I have seen it attempted
to be done
note the trainers
and the quote
"I left my boots in the hut"

the weekend was open to county leaders
and venture scouts

Welsh mountain index

Snowdon

other mountains
that merit their own page

Ben Nevis
Lochnagar