Hi all,
Me and a friend are looking to head back to Snowdonia in December to go hiking and climbing in a bit of snow! We've never done anything in winter and the most difficult thing I've done so far is the Rhyd Ddu path up Snowden in heavy rain and fog so we've never really climbed and never hiked in snow!
We were planning to go back and climb Cader Idris via the steeper path from Llyn Cau (the route name escapes me right now) and then go around the Nantlle Ridge the next day as we've been told there's a relatively easy bit of scrambling in it that we could start our snow climbing career on!
A quick search bombarded me with gear that we would need and I couldn't really makes sense of any definitive list as there was so much choice!
For those two climbs, can anyone recommend: boots, crampons, ice axe and any other necessities? I would like to get boots and crampons that would hold up in harder climbs as I plan to progress over this winter and don't wanna have to buy another pair after (cause I'm poor haha!)
So yeah, advice on gear is welcome as is general advice as I have no clue what I'm doing really!
Thanks,
Jordan!