Gwynedd Council have put forward proposals to restrict parking at the bus turnaround area at Allt Ddu (better known as Bus Stop quarry to climbers) at Dinorwig near the Llanberis slate quarries. Read more »
"Time was ticking very fast and I was in a pumpy position facing a fall onto a sky-hook. If it fell off... I searched for a panic slap option." Steve McClure talks about doing something few have done, onsighting E8. Steve also offers his thoughts on climbing dangerous routes as a dad. Read more »
This week, the Snowdonia National Park Authority called for mountaineers to ‘stay away’ from Snowdonia due to winter conditions. The BMC would like to clarify that the responsibility for decisions around what a mountaineer does in the mountain environment lies with the individual themselves. Read more »
In an unbelivable and shocking manner all three of Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team's emergency ambulance Land Rovers were targeted by criminals and put out of action in what was possibly an attempted theft between Monday night and Tuesday morning Read more »
Temporary access closures to the Dinorwig slate quarries at Llanberis are planned during June due to filming of a major Warner Brother movie, intriguingly involving Tarzan! Read more »
Recently submitted plans for a new pumped-storage power station at the Glynrhonwy slate quarries above Llanberis would create new reservoirs, a major pipeline, a possible upgrade to overhead power cables - and the permanent flooding of disused quarry sites that contain climbing routes. Elfyn Jones reports. Read more »
The BMC has been informed of a serious accident caused by loose rock and the likelihood of further rockfall in the East Gully descent from the Nose of Dinas Mot in the Llanberis Pass. Read more »
Following the recent closure of the slate quarries for filming, and the revival in interest in climbing at the Llanberis slate quarries concerns have been raised by the owners, First Hydro regarding liability and safety issues at the Dinorwig slate quarry. This is a brief update of the current situation at the begining of October. Read more »
Born from fire and sculpted by ice - Paul Gannon is your guide to the violent geological childhood of Llanberis Pass. Read more »
The first two open meetings in the national debate on the State of British Climbing were held in late September, at the Rockface in Birmingham and the Heights in Llanberis. Read more »
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