Pete Marshall Mountaineering

25/02/2020

Cat has gone south to the sun, whilst back in North Wales the snow line is descending! Wintery forecast all week, looking promising for winter skills course at the weekend. Still a couple of spaces left if anyone is interested?

25/02/2020

Still waiting for the snow to arrive, it is forecast to be cold and snowy all week.
If good conditions develop and the snow lasts until Saturday I will be running an introduction to winter mountaineering skills, with the potential to run a second day on Sunday.
Cost will be £45 per person, per day. I have a limited supply of kit that can be borrowed.
Drop me a message for more details if you're interested.

22/11/2019

If anyone is interested, I will be running this course next Friday. There are limited places still available!

Friday 29th Nov
Llanberis £50pp
One day course looking at self rescue and problem solving for climbers. How to safely escape up or down from a multitude of sticky situations.
Get in touch if you're interested in this course or let us arrange skills training tailored to your needs.

14/03/2018

Learning the ropes: Introduction to outdoor climbing. 1st April (not a joke!)

A tailored course looking at how to safely use climbing protection and ropework for those wishing to start the journey from indoor to outdoor climbing.
The main focus will be on use of trad climbing protection, ropework and rigging, though we may also look briefly at best practice for outdoor sport climbing. 4 places-£40 per person.

06/03/2018

ML refresher and Navigation Masterclass on the 17 March, It will be aimed at both trainee and qualified MLs. We will cover efficient planning and understanding of navigational strategies, from looking at the overall day to individual legs of navigation, how to pick the simplest techniques to meet a navigational aim and the implementation of those techniques.
there will be a short classroom based session with the rest of the day being practical based on the hill.
Meet in Pete's Eats Llanberis at 9am, 6 places (though I think there are only two remaining) £40 for the day.

27/02/2018

Incident 20 - 23/2/18 @ 18:42

The Team were contacted by North Wales Police after receiving a call from a couple who reported themselves as stuck and unable to move due to icy conditions on the Llanberis Path above Clogwyn Coch. Due to the freezing temperatures and the location of the casualties, a helicopter from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency was requested and Rescue 936 arrived from its Caernarfon base to carry troops and equipment as high as possible which proved to be Clogwyn Station. On landing, the team discovered that the two were in fact 25m below the railway line and just above the cliffs of Clogwyn Coch. Snow belays were set up and a team member descended on a rope to bring the casualties up one at a time. Whilst both very cold, one of the casualties was showing the onset of hypothermia and a decision was made to call upon Rescue 936 to land again at Clogwyn Station and lift the entire hill party down to our landing zone in Nant Peris. After a thorough medical assessment by the onboard Paramedics, the two were taken back to our base for a warm drink and some advice. As always, we are very thankful to our friends in the Maritime and Coastguard Agency for their assistance.

The railway line above Clogwyn Coch is a blackspot in winter as the snow banks out across the railway line and forms a steep slope. In winter, the railway line should NEVER be considered as a safe descent route in snowy or icy conditions. The attached picture shows the slope angle above the Clogwyn Coch cliffs

Snowdon in winter is a very different proposition and you should always carry additional warm clothing together with crampons and ice axe which are essential items as all the routes to the summit are covered in ice and snow currently. Batteries don't like the cold so you should consider carrying spares and not rely too heavily on electronic mapping or phone as your only method of navigation. Low-tech is good so carry a compass and paper map and have the knowledge how to use them. Please check the up-to-date mountain weather forecast and conditions. Current conditions reports can be found by following "Eryri Warden Report" on Twitter or checking the mountain weather forecasts provided by the Met Office and BBC Wales News

The Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team is a fully voluntary organisation which responds to those in need on Snowdon and the surrounding mountains. The team is on-call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and relies entirely on donations from members of the public to carry out this essential life-saving rescue service

Please support the Team by clicking on this link - www.justgiving.com/llanberismountainrescue

{PICTURE CREDIT - BRYN WILLIAMS}

27/12/2017

Unfortunately not an uncommon occurrence at this time of year, never underestimate the mountains in winter and be properly equipped and knowledgeable.
(Unlike a lot of the people that have posted below the video!)

26/12/2017

A fresh dusting of snow on the tops, hopefully more to come through the week!

18/12/2017

Luna enjoying the sun above the clouds in Tre'r Ceiri hillfort.

08/12/2017

First Snow for Llanberis

07/12/2017

Looks like it might be time to search out crampons and ice axe for North Wales adventures this weekend!
If like these, your skills are a bit rusty, give me a shout!
Lots of availability for courses to winterise those mountaineering skills.

01/07/2015

Long week of work, guiding scrambles, teaching multi-pitch climbing and DofE. I was under the illusion DofE was an abbreviation of Duke of Edinburgh Award, now I'm pretty sure it stands for Death of Enjoyment (for all involved!)

On a brighter note I did stumble across this amazing bronze age cairn, and now it's my mid-week weekend :)

04/06/2015

A fiery ball appeared in the sky today, Paul and I took this as an omen that we should spend the afternoon climbing some Tremadog classics! Merlin direct, One step in the clouds and Shadrach :)

01/06/2015

Doing our best to avoid hypothermia this weekend, with Jo and Ross On the East face of Tryfan. Welcome to summer!

11/02/2015

Day 2 of scrambling course ended up here! Marcus looking barely convinced by my claim that "it's all just mountaineering...right?" ;)

12/09/2014

Climbed at the base of El Cap a few days ago.. Now in Moab :)

09/09/2014

Little bit of Yosemite cragging.. Probably a little more tomorrow...

04/09/2014

Had a great time climbing in Squamish. The mosquito bites have finally faded. Now driving into the heat towards Yosemite...

08/08/2014

Introducing Fanziska and Felix to the delights of sea cliffs and sunny Gogarth. Thanks to the guys on the adjacent route for the extra pics!

05/07/2014

Finally got round to climbing Commander Energy at the Roaches this afternoon in the beautiful sunshine. Superb!

30/06/2014

Made the most of some rarely dry mountain crags last week and finished the week off with an advanced ropework course for Paul and Simon.

24/06/2014

Finally got around to climbing one of North Wales if not the UKs most famous routes...any guesses (not you Buck Jones, too easy!)

06/06/2014

Heading down to the soutwest for a bit of a surf and climbing roadtrip. If anyone fancies some climbing instruction or guiding on sun kissed Cornish granite or possibly Devon limestone drop me a line. You can have a look at types of course on offer at mountaineering.webs.com

06/06/2014

Managed a handful of classic slate routes before the weather got worse this afternoon. Anyone recognise which routes we're on???

05/06/2014

Not a bad place to stop for breakfast. Working on the Snowdon leg of the Welsh 3000s.

02/06/2014

Spent the afternoon hiding from the typical summer weather bouldering in a cave...

26/05/2014

A very soggy weekend working on a Mountain Leader assessment, well done to all the candidates for putting up with the weather and managing to remain positive throughout!

19/05/2014

Had a bit of a play at the Roaches yesterday