Nor' Nor' Groove on Tryfan: The Complete Scramble in Stunning 4K

Nor' Nor' Groove is a scrambling route within a wider gully on the east face of Tryfan, a popular Snowdonia mountain in the Glyderau range.
Starting from the Heather Terrace, this grade 1+ line takes the scrambler up to The Notch, which is near the North Tower and only a short distance from the summit of Tryfan.
A full route description, photos and more can be found on this webpage:
thebaldscrambler.co.uk/snowdo...
The route contains four sections of interest:
1) A scramble up solid but often slippery rocks to the left of the main gully; this rises quickly above the gully floor but soon levels off.
2) A rest bite of sorts can be found on the heather section, which takes the scrambler away from the gully by about 10 metres or so before rejoining it above its steep wall.
3) The third section is a mixture of various lines, most with loose scree. This section ends at the East Traverse Path, a popular and well-worn route located just below but running parallel to the popular North Ridge.
4) The final section is over polished, solid rocks within the gully bed from the ETP up to the Notch on the North Ridge.
As a continuation, most scramblers head up to the summit.
While one may be tempted to descend via the gully on the opposite side of the mountain, those inexperienced should avoid it as it's a grade 2 route.
My footage was filmed early one morning in October 2021 after heavy rain, hence the slippery rock. This side of the mountain is usually bathed in sunlight by mid-morning, so waiting for dryer conditions would've been a safer option!
I hope you enjoy my video, which I shot in 4K. I've kept the editing to a minimum so you can see the entire route.

[@SirJonathanTPunkbottom]

I like the look of this one. Right up my street. I'd defo want better conditions though! Haha. The summit to yourself is pretty damn special!

[@Robbotom]

Amazing video. We did this route today in the snow 😰

[@tayyib2784]

Hi, I took my daughter up that section a couple of days ago... Not for the faint hearted!!!

[@bigdaddywild]

Did this a few weeks ago when it was really wet, we missed the left turn and ended up going up the gully where it got to steep and ended up going across on to the right hand side where some chaps where rock climbing. Scary stuff😅 😅😅

[@thebaldscrambler]

It's steep in there! I need to go back and film in the gully itself, it's on my to-do list.

[@TG-pd3ft]

Enjoyed that. I've only climbed that one in the dry and I think I went further right at the top over an awkward slabby boulder. I've also climbed Nor nor buttress on the RHS of that gully but that's hard. Bastow Buttress is a cracking route - you'd enjoy that I think (in the dry )

[@thebaldscrambler]

It's a great route, done it before in the dry and it was much easier on the lower section which was greasy after some rain a few hours earlier. BB is on my to-do list which is quite long atm and I'm repeating routes I've done many times before but this time with a GoPro. Hopefully I'll get a few more routes bagged before the year end.

[@adammcneill8637]

yea i really enjoyed nor nor buttress variant variant (the 3s version) very sketchy slab climb with no protection

[@user-vf3sm5oz4i]

Did this last week and had a bit of brain fog and went up left at 7:30. Pretty sketchy. I knew it was supposed to be quartz but somehow convinced myself it was better than going straight over.

[@aaronbriggs1296]

I got lost and came down this yesterday with no ropes. F*cking scary situation 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@thebaldscrambler]

Not the easiest route down, there have been a few rescues down that gully!

[@DannyDrakey]

Gutted you didn’t show the next 15 mins to the summit I turned back at the north tower and went back down wish I just pushed on now

[@AlexTunstall]

20:40 is roughly where you join the gully via the EFT, though that first boulder section is tricky and I struggled! 🤣 Climbing out of the notch is a little awkward too with some slippery rock when wet, but almost immediately after that the scrambling becomes pleasant and easy again all the way to the summit

[@adammcneill8637]

what was your camera mike set up?

[@_Trail_Wolf_]

The last section of the video isn’t Nor Nor Gully completely different gully nor nor is around the corner

[@AlexTunstall]

But it is nor nor gully? Because it climbs into the notch?