Day 3
After another evening of business development (cloaked fairly liberally in local ale and snacks), it was time for our final full day in stunning Snowdonia; this time Tryfan was on the cards. We had all summited Tryfan before, mostly via the grade one scramble up the north face, so we set out for something different.
On the east side of this rugged mountain sits the aptly named ‘Heather Terrace’. After hiking up a near vertical hill to get there, we managed to find our starting point gulley and, in turn, Bastow Buttress Variant. This particular route is either a Grade 2+ or a Grade 3 – depending on who you ask. UKC describes it as a Grade 3, so we’ll definitely take that!
The wind and rain had pretty much disappeared for our final foray so we could enjoy this scramble a little more than the previous day. The rock was dry and grippy, the views were plentiful and the rib provided an enjoyable route up onto the north face of Tryan. We even got to eat our sandwiches at the top without being blown around too much – success!