Boulders around Llyn Bochlwyd, Ogwen

Submitted by: David Comer
Crag: The boulders around Llyn Bochlwyd

Various boulder problems (see below)

Date of ascent: 25/03/2017
Climbers: Dave Comer, Dave King

Start location:

The boulders around Llyn Bochlwyd (just south west of Tryfan). I’ve not managed to find any mentions of them online or in guide books, so I’m optimistically submitting the lines we climbed on them here as new problems.

• Area 1 is on the obvious rock just off the path on the Tryfan side of the path which runs to the east of Llyn Bochlwyd.
• Area 2 in the most obvious area of large boulders down between the path and the east shore of the lake.
• Area 3 is the large crystal covered boulder just to the south of the lake.

Pitch descriptions:

Topos for the descriptions below can be viewed …

Area 1, photo 1, line 1: Got to start somewhere
Grade: V1
Climber: Dave King
Description:

Area 1, photo 1, line 2: Brownie
Grade: V2
Climber: Dave Comer
Description:

Area 1, photo 2, line 3: Boot Route
Grade: Mod/scramble/VB (10m)
Climber: Dave King
Description: Climbed in boots because we were there and it looked cool. Climb the corner on the steepest ground you can find, then scramble up the obvious arête above.

Area 2, photo 1, line 1: “Fischer Price: My First Crack”
Grade: V0
Climber: Dave King
Description:

Area 2, photo 2, line 2: Chiropractor
Grade: V2
Climber: Dave Comer
Description: Don’t fall off.

Area 2, photo 3, line 1:
Grade: V2, V0 if you use the pillar on the left.
Climber: Dave King
Description: Sit Start

Area 2, photo 3, line 2: Greenpeace
Grade: V3
Climber: Dave Comer
Description: Sit start

Area 2, photo 4, line 3: Railroad
Grade: V2
Climber: Dave Comer
Description: Start sitting in the crack, go left, then pull over the left-hand end of the overhang.

Area 2, photo 4, line 4:
Grade: V2
Climber: Dave King
Description: Start sitting in the crack and follow the most obvious line directly upwards.

Area 3, photo 1, line 1:
Grade: V0
Climber: Dave King
Description:

Area 3, photo 1, line 2:
Grade: V0
Climber: Dave Comer
Description: Straight up the middle of the crystal covered boulder.

Area 3, photo 2, line 1:
Grade: V1
Climber: Dave Comer
Description: Sit start, surprisingly few surprisingly easy moves on surprisingly large holds.

Area 3, photo 3, line 2:
Grade: V3
Climber: Dave Comer
Description: Start low as far right as you can reasonably go, then traverse left for a top-out in the groove.