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Snowdon May 14th 2008.
Having been up Snowdon on two previous occasions and seeing absolutely nothing because of cloud and rain, I swore blind I wouldn`t bother again.But now I`m in a position to pick my days,I thought I`d give it another go.So I duly arrived at the Pen-y-Pass car park at about 7-45am after a 3 1/2 hour drive.
The weather was perfect as I headed for the pyg track,it`s a well defined path and I soon got a view of my first objective the eastern end of the Crib Goch ridge.
Climbing steadily up to Bwlch y Moch where the path splits,taking the right fork to climb up to the ridge, it`s worth taking a few minutes here to admire the views both down and across Llyn Llydaw.
The path soon disappears and it`s left to you to pick your own route to the top.It`s a fair old scramble and I found it a bit hard going,but I put that down to my age. On reaching the top and taking a well earned breather, you get to see what you`ve let yourself in for.
It`s really exposed with a near vertical drop to the right but keeping to the left I cautiously made my way along the ridge which descends to the pinnacles I safely negotiated these and arrived at Bwlch Coch with the ridge completed.
From here the path climbs again to the trig point of Crib y Ddysgl giving a fine view of Snowdon.
It`s easy going from here going down to join the Llanberis path and on up to the summit.
After a break I returned down the Llanberis path but joined the pyg track down the zig zag and then down a steep descent to the miners track for a long level walk back to the car park.Another 3 1/2 hour drive back home,
round to the Railway Inn for a few pints and a Chinese a fine end to a fine day.