Product Description
North Wales Classics
by Jack Geldard
A significant addition to the Rockfax stable;
North Wales Classics is a pocket-sized guide packs in hundreds of superb routes throughout the mountains of
Snowdonia.
From
Tremadog to
Tryfan, and everywhere in between, the book covers mid-grade routes on the best crags and features top-notch photo-topos and inspirational action shots taking you where you want to go.
Also includes
Welsh Winter; a full chapter covering the best winter routes in Wales.
Llanberis Pass,
Trinity Face,
Cwm Idwal and the
Black Ladders with full photo-topos and glorious color.
The handy pocket format means you can carry the book easily up the routes, yet the full page photo-diagrams beautifully showcase the cliffs in perfect detail.
The guide does full-colour justice to several cliffs never before documented with topos, such as
Little Tryfan and the
Upper Tier of Tremadog.
North Wales Classics is the indispensable companion to your Welsh mountain adventures.
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Nanuls - Nov 16, 2010 8:27 am - Voted 4/5
Another Quality PublicationThe book is lavishly illustrated with glossy photo topos and maps, the vast majority of which are clear and accurately marked. Route descriptions are brief, succinct and to the point and area easy to use when combined with the topos at hand. One criticism might be that certain topos do suffer from some small errors, for example, there is a belay symbol missing from the line of Second Pinnacle Rib on Tryfan. Small errors are however to be expected and on the whole the production value is very high.
A welcome addition is the inclusion of a few pages on winter routes, which is the feature that really makes it stand out against the competition (Cicerone’s Welsh Winter Climbs is now over 20 years old).
Overall, this is a very good book. It’s not quite as comprehensive as Ground Up’s Norcth Wales Rock and it is arguably, not quite as good either. However, it’s presentation is still excellent, it’s size very handy and the inclusion of winter routes marks it out as unique. A worthwhile purchase therefore, for the occasional visitor to the area.