Climbing Forecast Snowdonia — Llanberis Dinorwic Slate Quarry (Serengeti & Never Never Land)

SNOWDONIA — LLANBERIS · SLATE

Dinorwic Slate Quarry (Serengeti & Never Never Land) climbing conditions

Poor — wet, too windy or closed

Right now

Temp14°C
Wind25 km/h
Gusts30 km/h
Humidity78.93%
Rain 48hdry
Last rainNone recent

Assessment

0.5mm rain forecast
Good friction temperature range for slate
Breezy — good for drying

7-day forecast

Scroll through each day — hourly detail is shown inline.

Today Wednesday 16 September
Poor
Temp14°C
Rain0.5mm
Wind22 km/h
Gusts30 km/h
Humidity77%
0.5mm rain forecast
  • Breezy — helps drying
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
12:00 14° dry 25 30 78.93%
15:00 14° dry 20 30 74.49%
18:00 14° 0.2mm 13 33 86.56%
21:00 14° 0.2mm 15 39 83.46%
Thu Thursday 17 September
Poor
Temp15°C
Rain3mm
Wind21 km/h
Gusts42 km/h
Humidity69%
3.2mm rain forecast
  • Breezy — helps drying
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 14° dry 12 31 82.42%
09:00 13° dry 19 38 74.14%
12:00 14° dry 22 42 69.21%
15:00 15° dry 21 41 69.72%
18:00 14° 0.1mm 13 32 73.47%
21:00 14° dry 15 35 74.99%
Fri Friday 18 September
Poor
Temp14°C
Rain6mm
Wind31 km/h
Gusts57 km/h
Humidity87%
6.3mm rain forecastWindy — 31 km/h, gusts 57 km/h
  • Breezy — helps drying
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 13° dry 13 30 83.25%
09:00 14° dry 22 42 75.74%
12:00 14° 0.5mm 30 55 81.68%
15:00 14° 4mm 31 57 91.6%
18:00 15° 2mm 31 55 93.71%
21:00 16° dry 31 52 94.06%
Sat Saturday 19 September
Caution
Temp16°C
Raindry
Wind28 km/h
Gusts50 km/h
Humidity82%
Should be dryWindy — 28 km/h, gusts 50 km/h
  • Breezy — helps drying
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 15° dry 28 47 94.2%
09:00 16° dry 30 50 89.69%
12:00 16° dry 29 50 82.47%
15:00 17° dry 27 45 81.83%
18:00 16° dry 21 35 83.21%
21:00 15° dry 22 37 79.57%
Sun Sunday 20 September
Good
Temp15°C
Raindry
Wind19 km/h
Gusts35 km/h
Humidity71%
Should be dry
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 13° dry 18 30 80.78%
09:00 13° dry 21 35 75.16%
12:00 14° dry 20 35 71%
15:00 15° dry 19 32 71.19%
18:00 15° dry 15 24 80.3%
21:00 14° dry 15 25 86.59%
Mon Monday 21 September
Poor
Temp17°C
Rain1mm
Wind20 km/h
Gusts35 km/h
Humidity90%
1.2mm rain forecastHumidity 90% — potential fog
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 14° 0.3mm 17 28 94.49%
09:00 15° 0.3mm 19 32 92.51%
12:00 16° 0.3mm 21 35 90.31%
15:00 17° 0.2mm 20 34 89.99%
18:00 16° dry 18 29 93.48%
21:00 16° dry 17 28 94.91%
Tue Tuesday 22 September
Poor
Temp16°C
Rain2mm
Wind16 km/h
Gusts30 km/h
Humidity86%
2.3mm rain forecast
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 15° 0.5mm 17 27 96.02%
09:00 15° 0.7mm 17 30 92.49%
12:00 16° 0.5mm 17 30 87.35%
15:00 16° dry 15 25 85.38%
18:00 15° dry 11 17 89.34%
21:00 14° dry 11 17 90.77%
Wed Wednesday 23 September
Good
Temp15°C
Raindry
Wind16 km/h
Gusts28 km/h
Humidity76%
Should be dry
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 13° dry 10 16 91.14%
09:00 14° dry 13 22 82.84%
12:00 15° dry 16 28 76.34%

About Dinorwic Slate Quarry (Serengeti & Never Never Land)

Upper-level Dinorwic slate — a pair of adjacent quarry levels above Rainbow Slab, both from the Redhead-era of hard slate development. The Serengeti sector holds a run of superb E4s: Out of Africa, Balance of Power, Remain in Light — all thin, technical wall climbing on compact slate. Never Never Land itself hosts Kubla Khan (E4 6a) and the eponymous Never Never Land (E5 6a). Route 362 takes its name from the number of quarrymen killed working the Dinorwic quarries. South-west facing, catching good afternoon sun and drying almost immediately once weather passes. A dedicated E4-and-up playground — not the place for your first slate day.

Region
Snowdonia — Llanberis
Rock type
Slate
Aspect
south-west-facing
Altitude
360m
Exposure
medium
Seepage
low

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