Well I had a busy day yesterday, in the morning I headed to the Caban in Brynrefail for a quick coffee and to get the keys to Huw’s store room, where all my winter climbing kit was stored away. Then it was back to retrieve said gear before walking up the LLanberis Path to the finger stone before descending down to the base of the Trinity Face.
The snow in the gullys was almost perfect neve, but had been well stomped out, resulting in the longest staircase in the world, I was pretty knackered by the top, and as I went to descend I ran into Si Lake toping out of Ladies Gully. So I team up with him and his wife to make the walk out along the PYG track and then have another coffee in the Caban Pen Y Pass.
I spent the evening playing Wii with Hill, Rich and Moony, and was throughly beaten by Hill. A total humiliation! Anyway it is very much winter on the tops, and ice axe and crampons are pretty much essential. Although saying that it is damp out at the moment, but I suspect that the top are still below freezing. I recommend reading a post from a few years back on winter safety on Snowdon for walkers