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Originally Posted by adrian74
Evening (Or morning) all.
Has anyone here hiked up Mt Snowdon in Wales?
A friend and I are considering doing it in a couple of weeks.
I would appreciate any info/tips etc, such as "You will die if you do it in October" as was suggested to me by someone recently!
Seriously though, we have little experience of this and would love to hear from some experienced hikers etc.
Also we may take the bikes and camp near the base, weather depending.
And yes, we will be looking on some dedicated forums for this kind of thing, but I just thought I'd have a look on the HUBB first.
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Its easy enough. Just take the miners or Pyg track from the Llanberis pass. these are clear on both 1:50 and 1:25k OS maps.
Go prepared, the cloud can come down very quickly up there. Both tracks mentioned though are easily navigated. check the met office website for weather before you go.
should be possible to do a return trip in 5 hours.
I dont recommend Crib Goch as a way to the top for begineers, there is no quick way off the ridge. you either traverse the lot or drop down the west ridge (close to the northern end). There are also lots of scrambling sections and it is very exposed.
Im sure you will enjoy it and have fun. Just be mindfull of the weather/conditions/timing etc. all the way up, if your thinking straight you shouldn't get into trouble. Just dont get 'summit fever'!
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