Trad Climbing on Bochlwyd Buttress : Snowdonia, North Wales

Our final goodbye to Summer 2020 with a great day of trad climbing on the superb single pitch crag, Bochlwyd Buttress in the Ogwen Valley, Snowdonia, North Wales. This was my last climb before going into self-isolation ahead of my knee operation; it was certainly a fitting way to end the season and to look forward to getting my knee fixed...
It's a wonderful crag with gorgeous volcanic rhyolite providing excellent friction on a range of routes from an easy diff (featured in the video) up to a brilliant HVS and one E2 and E3 (not for me just yet!)

[@edwarddelderfield]

Great series of videos, especially that you show easier grades routes for us mortals! Thanks for sharing

[@BeyondTheTrail]

Hey, thanks for that. I am also a mere mortal, so it suits me quite nicely 😁

[@brass086]

Fantastic video (or should I say videos). Really enjoy your style of filming an the attention to detail . good luck with the knee op, hope you have a speedy recovery.

[@BeyondTheTrail]

Thanks Matthew, I really appreciate that. It's useful to know that the videos are enjoyed. Your comment led me to your channel...seriously exciting routes! Fantastic.

[@fredscratchet1355]

Did a few climbs here in my youf 😁 that was in the sixties and seventies.

[@BeyondTheTrail]

Classic era 😁 It's a great crag.

[@TG-pd3ft]

Enjoyed that Paul. Looks a nice piece of rock, too often whizzed past on the way to the more famous climbs

[@BeyondTheTrail]

Good to hear from you Freddie. Thanks. It's a brilliant crag for a long session. Lovely variety and mini adventures.

[@mehashi]

Great video! Thanks for showing some gear placements too! Really helpful to a newbie! As a little aside at 3:17, due to the 2d optical illusion that poor little blue nut looks like it is completely lost in a massive crack XD I know it isn't, it just looks funny on camera :p

[@BeyondTheTrail]

Hi, thanks, I'm really glad you enjoyed it. It's amazing how much force even the small nuts can hold as long as they are placed well. Enjoy your climbing 👍

[@joespencer6287]

So did you walk down and take everything with you that way. If you both wanted to rappel down would you have to leave your anchor points up there?

[@BeyondTheTrail]

Hi Joe. Yes, the walk down is short so it's good to walk down and do another route, though it is possible to set up an anchor and abseil off but you'd need a 35m rope to get down or twin 50m to retrieve them at the bottom.