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 I'd say Bristly. Route finding's a bit trickier, it can be made harder if you want, it's generally a lot quieter. Just more interesting in my opinion. Plus of course it can be tagged onto Tryfan's North Ridge for a cracking day out.
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Hey Mrs. Nesbit if we started going over Tryfan and then felt like doing Bristly what's that like, or is it easier to do it the other way round?
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 Having gone over Bristly several times from either direction....I'd be keener going up it.
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 I prefer down Bristly but when combining it with Tryfan - then definitely upwards is the way to go, it's a cracking day out.
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After reading that Kelvin - coming down it does avoid the alternative mega-death scree slide....
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Not the nicest scree slopes eh? I have a nice route up the Idwal slabs, Cneiffon arete, Gribin and then down Bristly, up Tryfan south ridge and down the north ridge. Cracking day out and helps with fitness and the ability to move quickly. Maybe not for newbies tho.
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I can't say I fancy that nasty little downclimb at the top of the slabs much these days....can't remember if you avoid that going up the Gribin...
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You guys are beginning to worry me 
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MC, Tryfan NR and Bristly is a good day at solid Grade 1. Bristly can feel a little more intimidating than Tryfan. If you're not confident just go with someone who's done it before.
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.jpg) Tryfan and Bristly Ridge a great day out.A few on Bristly here.
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 Can only agree with the majority. North Ridge can be as busy as Crib, but not all carry on so Bristley is usually quieter. I enjoy N Ridge and Bristley combined. On a weekday in May, I am sure I had it all to myself- what a joy. Never enjoyed Crib, the exposure doesnt bother me, but just not for me. Only problem with Bristley and many other busy scrambles, is the muppetts who send stones down without so much as a shout "below" 
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Owen, I've done Bristley twice, but both times I think I started in the wrong gully. In your pic is the usual route the gully in the centre, with someone in it and another person traversed out to the right? The first time I thinkI was in the gully on the far right which towards the top had some steep moves which seemed hard for grade 1. The second time I think I was too far left.
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Yes that's the way i have done it .If you click on the picture and zoom it you can see there are a few people on that route.
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 I've only ever downclimbed Bristly Ridge and I thought it was a little bit more technical than Crib Goch, but that's basically a walk with a steep drop on either side anyhow. Bristly Ridge was over in a matter of minutes as well, it's hardly a day out! Worth doing if you're doing Tryfan's North Ridge, I'd have thought though.
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The gully on the left is Sinister Gully. I think confusion usually arises because the most worn path goes up to the right-hand gully. Following the left-hand gully gets you to the garden wall/short wall (a retaining wall) mentioned by Ashton - on the terrace part way up. Not that it is particularly easy to escape the left-hand gully at the top anyway - hard grade 1.
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 I think Crib Goch is memorable more than enjoyable, it's a fantastic ridge and twinned with Yi Liwedd to complete the horseshoe it is a classic. But Tryfans north ridge and then on to sinister gully and then bristly ridge is still the best walk I have ever been on. I was grinning all day, loads of easy hands on fun, most of the exposure is avoidable, there is only the gullys or chimneys at the start that are committing but only in the sense that it would be awkward climbing down with people coming up. On this walk you have the scrambling itself, the cannon, the cantilever, Adam & Eve , the castles and you can add the summit of Y garn too if you're up to it.
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 I grinned from ear to ear doing Crib Goch, both from terror and excitement, have yet to do Bristly and feel a tad apprehensive, but there again I felt the same about CG and Tryfan.
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