Talk:North Ridge of Tryfan

Required Scramble?

 * "Tryfan is the only mountain in the United Kingdom outside the Cuillin Ridge of Skye to require sustained scrambling on the ascent." Are you sure? I can think of several others. E.g. Curved ridge on the Buchaille Etive Mor (Plus several others...Stac Pollaidh, Beinn Allign, Forcan Ridge (on the Saddle)) etc etc. It's subjective (and if you go the "right"way up two of those hills the books will "tell" you to not go the scrambly way!). :) Caterina, Ekatrina, Ekaterinaberg, the Beast, Panda Girl (only when with black eye). 23:35, 1 May 2008 (BST)

--Coops 00:00, 2 May 2008 (BST)
 * Is the word "require" is the key? i.e. there is no other way up which doesn't require scrambling. Do you mean your examples have sustained scrambling options, rather than requiring them? (I'm sure I've done Buchaille Etive Mor without scrambling).


 * Erm, well, you can walk up Tryfan too, round the back from the col. You walk up through the boulders. Or is that the new scrambling? And I wouldn't describe the path up to the col between the Glyders and Tryfan as particuarly scrambly.... If, you mean the north Ridge, as it is a scramble from roadside to Adam and Eve, then yes it is sustained all the way, but there are other hills in the British Isles which offer this. If you do Curved Ridge on the Buchaille, you have a short walk in on a near enough flat path to the start of the route and you top out a stone's throw from the summit. If you are meaning hills which it is impossible to get up without a bit of a scramble then, examples of other hills that you must scramble to the top of include: the Cobbler in Arrochar, Stac Pollaidh in Sutherland, and to get to the top of Beinn Mheadhoin in the Cairngorms you have to scramble up a tor. There will be other examples but those are the ones that spring to mind at the moment. Caterina 10:14, 2 May 2008 (BST)


 * I don't believe that path exists - it's just a legend! Every ascent and descent I've done between Tryfan and the Col has ended up as a scrambling, but if you can vouch for it write about it. (I find it entertaining that text has been on the site for *years*, but only gets discussed now!) --Coops 10:53, 2 May 2008 (BST)


 * Because no one notices it until someone (you, mostly :p) updates the page. Heh. --Chris Banks 18:16, 2 May 2008 (BST)

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