Snowdon: The Miners' Track to Yr Wyddfa
North Wales, Wales
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Snowdon: The Miners' Track to Yr Wyddfa
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Snowdon — Yr Wyddfa — is the highest mountain in Wales at 1,085m and the busiest in Britain: 543,541 people walked up it in 2022. The Miners' Track from Pen-y-Pass is the gentlest of the six main routes, 6.6km with 726m of climbing, crossing the causeway over Llyn Llydaw built in 1853 and passing the ruins of the copper mine on the way up to Glaslyn. On top is Hafod Eryri, the summit building opened in 2009, and the end of the Snowdon Mountain Railway, opened in 1896, which climbs 4.75 miles from Llanberis. One legend puts the giant Rhita, killed by King Arthur, under the summit cairn.
Required Activities
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of 4
Climb Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa, 1,085m), the highest mountain in Wales, by the Miners' Track from Pen-y-Pass — 6.6km with 726m of ascent, the gentlest of the six main routes
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of 4
Cross the causeway over Llyn Llydaw, built in 1853, and pass the derelict copper-mine buildings on the way to Glaslyn
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of 4
Find the brass toposcope on the summit pillar, which names 100 places you can see on a clear day
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of 4
See the Snowdon Mountain Railway, opened in 1896 and running 4.75 miles from Llanberis to the summit, from the top
Climb Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa, 1,085m), the highest mountain in Wales, by the Miners' Track from Pen-y-Pass — 6.6km with 726m of ascent, the gentlest of the six main routes
Cross the causeway over Llyn Llydaw, built in 1853, and pass the derelict copper-mine buildings on the way to Glaslyn
Find the brass toposcope on the summit pillar, which names 100 places you can see on a clear day
See the Snowdon Mountain Railway, opened in 1896 and running 4.75 miles from Llanberis to the summit, from the top
Before you go
A full mountain day. The summit can be far colder and windier than the valley — boots, waterproofs and a map, and turn back if the cloud comes down.
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