A chance to stay at Idwal, climb in Ogwen and Llanberis and for the Club to say goodbye to Jon, in our own way…

Some of us will arrive on Thursday, and climb local to the hostel on Thursday afternoon. Friday is a day for any Club members to get on the rock together. Saturday morning will be spent at Little Tryfan (Tryfan Fach) to climb a crag close to Jon’s heart… His first Welsh climbs, first multi-pitch experiences and where he first trained for his subsequent Alpine adventures… And a venue he came back to on many occasions with his family.

Jon’s Friends

Any of Jon’s friends are invited to join us climbing on this morning.. and you are more than welcome to join us socially for the whole of the trip. We will do our best to share a rope and lead you up a climb that Jon climbed in his days with the Club. These climbs are very accessible but may be couple of hundred feet high (though don’t have to be). The venue is easy to access from the bottom and easy to walk off the top.To those who join us on this day who are not members of the Club, we will manage you to the best of our abilities… which are plentiful, but please accept that you are responsible for yourself and your family at all times, if you join us. Please make sure you make your own judgments about what you choose to do, at all times…

For any friends of Jon, please email Jim so he can sort equipment, ropes and lead climbers for your climb… If there are any Club members who are happy to help on Saturday and are willing to make a commitment to attend, either managing a lead or a top rope, then it would be great to know by email also please. Thanks for this… We want Jon’s friends to see him as we did, and we want his friends to see the Club as we are, and this helps.

Climbing

Plenty to go at for the Club…learn to climb on Little Tryfan, big routes on Idwal Slabs, Milestone Buttress, the East Face of Tryfan, the North Face of Glyder Fach, Suicide Wall and the Kitchen. Further afield, the Llanberis Pass, the Snowdon Buttresses or the Carneddeau.

For walkers, plenty of low, medium and high level routes and scrambles for all ages and abilities. We can suggest walks of all grades.

Families

For families, plenty to keep the kids amused, from caves and mines to steam engines, forest paths to mountain biking, the longest zip wire in the UK, an underground trampoline with disco lights (highly recommended) or some of the best tea shops in North Wales.

Same rules as ever, book yourselves in then sort transport and we will see you there.

Food and Accommodation 

Food: Eat and drink at the hostel is the easiest option, or camp site if you have booked in there.

Jim and Melanie to arrange a cooked meal for all those of us staying at the hostel on the Saturday evening. Please let us know if you are staying there and want to be a part of this. We want you to be, Club members, and friends included.

Accommodation: Hostel accommodation or camping at Idwal YHA (limited! camping just outside the Hostel, half the price and get to use all the facilities) , 0845 3719744 http://www.yha.org.uk/hostel/idwal or camping at Gwern Gof Uchaf, http://www.tryfanwales.co.uk/ (camp site up the valley – nearer to the climbing but less fun).

Shops: At Bethesda, free cash withdrawals at Tesco Express-Petrol or Betws-y-Coed, which has multiple services.