Snowdonia (Snowdonia National Park)

Member Name: i_p_jones

Product:	Snowdonia National Park
Date:	30/09/00 (78 review reads)
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Advantages: Great scenery, tougher walking than the Lake District

Disadvantages: Not as easy to get to as the Lakes, Snowdon is too touristy

One of my favourite pastimes is walking and scrambling, and I regularly pay a visit to the Lake District because it's so easy to get to. But every so often I go to Snowdonia for tougher walks.

Snowdonia offers more challenges than the Lakes, like the ridges of Tryfan (try the north ridge in pouring rain and mist! Great fun), the tough climbs up Cadair Idris and the Crib Goch ridge to Snowdon.

I have to say though, as a walker, Snowdon itself has been ruined by the café. It's a mountain, not a tourist attraction. When you get to the summit and see a cafe/pub/restraunt there with hundreds of people swarming around it, it somehow doesn't look right.

But not to worry, there's plenty more mountains there to climb. And like the Lakes, Snowdonia does offer some easier strolling, although not as much.

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