Distance: 9 miles - 14.5Km (there & back)
Ascent: 3,199 feet - 975 metres
Duration: 6 hours
Grade: Medium
Start/Finish: Snowdon Mountain Railway Station
Parking: Llanberis Community Centre - £8 Pay and Display
Parking Directions - Llanberis Community Centre car park
Post Code: LL55 4UR
Snowdon is the highest mountain in Wales and England. Its Welsh name, Yr Wyddfa, means tomb or monument. Legend has it that it is the tomb of the ogre Rhita Gawr, who supposedly met his end when King Arthur climbed to the top of Snowdon and killed him. Snowdon is a part of a close-knit family of jagged peaks and offers views across Snowdonia, Anglesey, Pembrokeshire, and Ireland. The whole area has been mined for copper since the Bronze Age, and you will find the ruins of old mine buildings and tramways across the whole mountain.
If you are moderately fit, climbing Snowdon is definitely within your reach. Although Snowdon is one of the highest mountains in the UK and the tallest mountain in Wales, it is probably the friendliest for the novice walker to ascend.
The event start time will vary depenedent on the time of the year the challenge takes place on
02:45 - Meet Sky Blue Adventures Team at Snowdon mountain railway Station.
03:00 - After a team briefing commence climb on the Llanberis Path
06:00 - Reach Snowdon Summit and enjoy the views from the Summit Café
06:30 - Start descent down the Llanberis Path
09:00 - Arrive in Llanberis and finish challenge
Llanberis Path is the longest and most gradual of the six main paths to the summit of Snowdon, and offers fantastic views of Cwm Brwynog, Llanberis and over the Menai straights towards Anglesey.
The path mainly follows the Snowdon Mountain Railway track, and goes by Hebron, Halfway and Clogwyn stations. Before the railway was opened in 1896, visitors employed guides to lead them to the summit along this path on mule- back.
A remarkable geological feature can be seen from the Llanberis path, the Clogwyn Du’r Arddu syncline. The syncline was formed over thousands of years, as the earth moved and transformed horizontal deposits into vertical layers of rock.