Snowdon
the mountain that gives Snowdonia its name
a selection of my many Snowdonia
pictures
(most of my early mountaineering years
were spent on Snowdon
& in the Glyders)
on Wellingborough Mountaineering Club meets
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Snowdonia is a huge area with lots of mountains,
the Snowdon massif consist of the highest range
and includes several good walks.The
most famous of these is the Snowdon
horseshoe walk encompassing three of the
fourteen separate 3000 foot peaks
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Snowdon summit Station
just below the mountain summit
at 3560 feetabove -
The railway station taken on Christmas day 1986, hence a longer lunch break than usual to
admire the view and sample a little Champaign
left - in the moon light from the
point where the Llanberis path, Miners path and the Pyg track meet. Jan 1998 |
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another picture of where the
Llanberis path, the Miners path, &
the Pyg track meet
taken earlier the same day
Jan 1998the famous
pointed summit shape
of Snowdon can clearly be seen. |
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The Snowdon Horseshoe
looking back at Snowdon summit
often called by its Welsh name of
Yr Wyddfa
the other peaks are
Crib Goch 3023 feet
&
Crib y Ddysgl 3493 feet |
| not much danger of being hit by a train this February at the top of the
Llanberiss path |
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| the top section of the miners path where it meets the ridge can often be
very icy |
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not the
recommended
way down |
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Snowdon Horseshoe in winter
from Plays Brenninfrom an old
photograph
I took in the early 1980's.
digitally scanned
for this web site. |
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Snowdon Horseshoe
from the window of
Plays Brennin |
try
the Snowdon Horseshoe navigation exercise
920,000 visits are made to Snowdonia each
year by car,
with only 80,000 visits by people using other forms of transport
conservation index
