Snowdon

Magnificent mountain. Compared to Scafell Pike, which proudly the boasts the highest inches in England, this majestic peak is leagues ahead. I have been lucky enough to have been up it five times (once cheatingly on the engaging rack railway) and have had a completely different walk every time. Snowdon or Yr Wyddfa, has a summit height of 3560 feet. Despite the Ordnance Survey selling out to Brussels I am not listing this in metres, but I can tell you that it does reach four figures. Most people will approach Snowdon from the east, because of where it is. I like great mountains to be quite reclusive about their presence until ...  Read the complete review

Snowdon standing at over 3,500 feet tall is the highest peak in England and Wales and one of the tallest in Britain. It is also known and the busiest mountain in Great Britain. It is important that when climbing Snowdon and any mountain, that you go properly prepared making sure to carry plenty of fluids and food (if required) and being as Snowdon happens to also be one of the wettest climates in the country, that you bring proper waterproof clothing. There are a number of routes to get up the mountain and the Snowdonia National Parks website (www.eryri-npa.co.uk/english/index.php) provides excellent help showing the locations of each path, how to ...  Read the complete review

Heh. What a climb. However you get up there, prepared to be amazed. Just don't go on a cloudy day. There are a number of paths, from more family paths to some more traditional mountain climbs. There is one that is only for very experienced mountain climbers, which I would not reccommend to anybody who is not very experienced. You might find one group a week doing this path. If your looking for a challenge, then I would suggest the watkins path. Fairly steep, and 6 miles long, you should look to do it in about 4 hours 20 minutes (Should take 6, I did it in 4 and a half hours with small stops, not including the stop at the top). Be warned, the last 400 feet are dangerous, ...  Read the complete review

It is fashionable to decry Snowdon and moan about the cafe and the masses of tourists on the summit. In fact, Snowdon rates amongst the most beautiful mountains in the world. Whichever direction you approach it from the size will impress you. Its starfish shape gives six magnificent ridges each with their own special and individual character. The deep valleys range from the easily accessible to hanging valleys only reached by complicated scrambling. This moutain really has something for everyone! You can even go up on the mountain railway! I must admit when you trudge up one of the harder routes and you get up there and you see old ladies in flowery skirts ...  Read the complete review

Snowdon or Yr Wyddfa to give it its Welsh name is the second highest mountain in Great Britian. It is located unsuprisingly in the Snowdonia National Park in north west Wales and at some 3559 feet high is a not inconsequental lump of rock! It is also quite possibly the easiest mountain in the British Isles to get to the top of as it has a railway to its summit, this starts at the town of LLanberis and as I say will carry you all the way to the top (well not at the moment it won't as they are currently updating the building at the summit so it only runs to halfway up for the time being). The building at the top will contain an info centre, ...  Read the complete review