Snowdon via Crib Goch Route (2) - June
2000
| My trips to Snowdonia follow a standard pattern; leaving Chelmsford
at 4-30 a.m. for the drive to Betwys-y-Coed; arrival at Betwys around
8-30 a.m. followed by a "Full Monty" breakfast (Dill's
Diner used to be my favourite until it closed); up to Pen-y-Pass
to start the Crib Goch route for Snowdonia; camping overnight at
one of the local farms; the climb of Tryfan on the second day before
returning home late evening. I have done this ritual several times
and it is almost a pilgrimage to see whether my nerves will stand
up to the challenge of Crib Goch! |
Start of the walk from Pen-y-pass,
with Mt Snowdon in the distance.
Looking back towards Pen-y-pass
Decision time; Over the style for
the easy route or up to the right for Crib Goch
The route up
Looking back the way up; Llyn Llydaw
on the right
The start of the Crib Goch ridge
Looking back on Crib Goch ridge
you get a better impression of the height and the severity of the
rock walls
Arriving at the Snowdon Station
You could come up the easy way on
the Snowdon Mountain Railway
Accommodation for the night!
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