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Pen y Pass Car Park - Pay and Display but you must pre-book a parking space from 23 March, 2024. If the car park is full and you are keen to walk from Pen-y-Pass you can use the Sherpa'r WyddfaPark...
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Llanberis Path is the easiest and longest of the six main paths to the summit of Snowdon. Originally, tourists were carried up this path on ponies and mules, and to this day it continues to be a pony path. Important: You must not walk up or down the Snowdon Mountain Railway track. Not only is it very dangerous with trains passing and railway mainte...
Following the opening of the Llanberis pass in 1832, the Miners Path was built to carry copper from the Britannia Copper Works near Llyn Glaslyn to Pen-y-Pass, where it was then transported to Caernarfon. The mining came to an end in 1916, remains from the work can still be seen on the path to this day. Distance: 8 miles (there and back) Total Clim...
There is some uncertainty about the origin of the word Pyg. It is believed that the path was named after Pen y Gwryd Hostel by climbers who stayed there. Another possible origin is that the path was named after Bwlch y Moch (the pass of pigs) since the path crosses it, as it is sometimes spelled as Pig in English. Or it could have been named Pyg du...
This path was named after Sir Edward Watkin, Liberal Member of Parliament and a railway entrepreneur. Watkin had a summer house by the start of the path and he was responsible for creating the path from South Snowdon Slate Quarry to Snowdon’s summit. Officially opened in 1892 by William Gladstone, the Prime Minister, on a boulder by the path which ...
This path used to be known as the Beddgelert Path since it was from this village that walkers started their journey to the summit. Distance: 8.5 miles (there and back) Total Climb: 895m (2,936 ft) Difficulty type: Hard/Strenuous Time: Approx 6 hours (there and back) Start and Finish: Rhyd Ddu Car Park (LL54 6TN / what3words) Map: OS Explorer OL17 P...
The path begins near the ‘Snowdon Ranger’ youth hostel, near Llyn Cwellyn. John Morton the self proclaimed 'Snowdon Ranger' used the path to guide Victorian tourists to the summit. He also opened a tavern where the youth hostel site stands today, and called it the ‘Snowdon Ranger Inn’. Distance: 8 miles (there and back) Total Climb: 936m (3,071 ft)...
Planning your transport and parking should form an essential part of your plan for climbing Snowdon. With over ½ a million visitors every year visiting the mountain, car parks can often be full in the warmer months by 7am! If you can we suggest coming during the week rather than on a weekend, and avoiding school holidays. Late September and early O...
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The Snowdon Walks app (called Llwybrau’r Wyddfa) is the official GPS guide to Snowdon’s paths and has been designed by the Snowdonia National Park Authority, together with partners who are responsible for the on-the-ground management of the mountain. This includes the mountain rescue teams. The simple-to-use GPS-enabled app covers the 6 ...
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Map sheet number OL17 in the OS Explorer map series is the ideal map for exploring the mountain scenery in Snowdon. This is the most detailed mapping in 1:25k scale, showing footpaths, bridleways and terrain information. This area, famous for its fantastic walking routes, is home to the highest mountain in Wales.
