Walk Route Map gw100 Mount Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) from Pen-y-Pass

Walk gw100 Mount Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) from Pen-y-Pass

The easiest way up Mount Snowdon

Vital Statistics:

Length:	6½mls (10.5km)
Ascent:	2,938ft (895m)
Time:	5½hrs
Grade:		(Moderate)

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Route outline for walk gw100:

Pen-y-Pass - Pyg Track - Bwlch y Moch - Miners' Track - Snowdon Mountain Railway - Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) - Miners' Track - Pyg Track - Bwlch y Moch - Pen-y-Pass.

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Points of Interest/Notes on this walk:

There is a Snowdon Sherpa bus service that links all the main car parks and starting points for the main routes up Snowdon - including Pen-y-Pass - and the fare is cheaper than parking for the day at Pen-y-Pass- if you can find a space that is. You can buy tickets from the driver (Pen-y-Pass is pronounced 'Pen-uh-pass'). See The Snowdon Sherpa for details.

The final push onto the summit ridge is very steep and often has a large snow cornice quite late into Spring. It can be extremely dangerous for the ill equipped.

The Snowdon Mountain Railway is the only rack railway in Great Britain. It was opened in April 1896 and has been ferrying people to the summit of Snowdon ever since. To date, the Snowdon Mountain Railway has suffered only one fatality.On the day it opened one of the engines briefly lost control near the summit, tempting a passenger to leap from the train. He died from injuries.

'Pyg' (as in Pyg Track) is and abbreviation for Pen y Gwryd - the hotel at the bottom of the pass.

The building on the summit of Snowdon (Hafod Eryri - The Snowdon Summit Visitor Centre and Cafe) is thought to be the home of the highest house mice in England and Wales!

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

1
Welsh
Mountain

0
Wainwrights

1
Welsh
Nuttall

0
Welsh
Deweys

0
Wainwright
Outlying Fells

1
Welsh
Marilyn

0
Bridgets

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) at 1085m (3561ft). Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) is classified as a Welsh Mountain (Hewitt) (1st highest in Wales,Highest in England & Wales) Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) is also known as a Welsh Nuttall (1st highest in Wales,Highest in England & Wales) and a Welsh Marilyn (1st highest in Wales, 43rd highest in the UK). Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) means 'The Burial Place' in Welsh and is pronounced 'ur-oo-ith-va'. The summit of Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point. Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) is the highest point in the county of Gwynedd, the highest point in Snowdonia National Park and the highest point in England and Wales.

This walk is on Ordnance Survey Maps:

OS Explorer Map OL17
1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers)
OS Landranger Map 115
1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers)

Some Photos and Pictures from Walk gw100 Mount Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) from Pen-y-Pass

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The Miners' Track from the PYG Track, Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa)

Photo: Barry Lugg (17)

On the summit of Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) with Crib Goch (left) and Llyn Llydaw (right) in the background

Photo: Eric Sharp (1)

Snow on Y Lliwedd from the summit of Snowdon

Photo: David Cartwright (7)

On the summit of Mount Snowdon

Photo: John Cottle (2)

The summit of Mount Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa)

Photo: David Wright (179)

Climbing the PYG Track up Mount Snowdon

Photo: Leslie Williams (4)

Llyn Llydaw from the summit of Mount Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa)

Photo: Andy Holliday (4)

Glaslyn and Llyn Llydaw from Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa)

Photo: Charlotte Drysdale (1)

Walk gw100 Mount Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) from Pen-y-Pass - This is a pic of my boyfriend mounting the steps to the summit of Snowdon in rather foggy conditions!

This is a pic of my boyfriend mounting the steps to the summit of Snowdon in rather foggy conditions!

Photo: Emma Maudsley (1)

Me on top of snowdon, looking like a smurf

Photo: Christina Jones (2)

Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) Summit

Photo: Richard Nicholls (12)

The summit of Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) from the air

Photo: Don Williams (11)

My wife Donna near the top of Mount Snowdon

Photo: Chris Pieper (1)

Me, my fella and two of the kids at the top of Snowdon

Photo: Christina Cooke (1)

The top of Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) is in sight!

Photo: Laura Whitfield (1)

Glaslyn (bottom), Llyn Llydaw and Y Lliwedd (right) from the top of The PYG/Miners' Track, Snowdon

Photo: Peter Dryden (2)

Craig Fach, Llyn Llydaw (top) and Glaslyn (bottom) from Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa)

Photo: Chris Player (10)

At the top of Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) with Kate, Ross and Robbie!

Photo: Rosie Woodward (1)

We made it! Sara and Tess on the summit of Snowdon

Photo: Leslie Williams (10)

Sheep on Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) with the Snowdon Mountain Railway beyond

Photo: Barry Lugg (19)

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