Popular Trips in Snowdonia National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri)
Fantastic walk up the Miners Path, up onto Snowdon where we were greeted with the Extreme Celloists and a rendition of "Climb Every Mountain!" Return route the wrong way along Crib Goch - hairy!
snowdon from pen y pass car park up the pyg track and down the miners
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On a very cold December morning a quick spin around the beast, inlcluding the 'closed' top section. This is an epic ride, and although my computer only logged 24miles it was probably the toughest XC ride I have ever done. The GPS logged 1100m of ascent, not sure if this is accurate though, the trail map indicated 710m.
Go well provisioned for this ride, I found I needed lots of fuel to keep...
A steady climb to the summit via the Miners' Track with a demanding return journey over Crib y Ddysgi and Crib Goch.
This was the start of a 3 day walk unfortunatly after the first day the weather turned nasty, but our day on Snowdon was fantastic.We parked the car on the Royal Victoria Hotel car park (£5 for 3 days) the car park is just across from the Llanberis Mountain Railway. OK we cheated a little as by the time we got to Llanberis it was in the late afternoon so we took...
The Carneddau and the Welsh 3,000s - The other side of the Ogwen Valley
Capel-Curig, Wales, United Kingdom
9.7 miles
9.7 miles
Classic loop round the Carneddau mountains in the Ogwen Valley in North Wales. Full story and details at http://blogs.liverpoolecho.co.uk/aintnomountainhighenough/
I'm Wales for two days on a training course to learn more about, and try out, the latest ideas in mountain clothing, courtesy of George Fisher, Mountain Equipment and Gortex Ltd.Today we drive over from Plas y Brenin to the Ogwen Valley and enjoy a walk around Cwm Idwal starting with the summit of Y Garn.Full story can be found at http://www.loweswatercam.co.uk/091102_Plas_y_Brenin_1.htm
The famous grade 1 scramble up Tryfan
