Not Snowdon
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2016 1:03 am
I did two of Snowdon's neighbours but didn't quite get to the top of the big one.
Parking the car in Llanberis, I caught the bus up to Pen y Pass, then took the Miners Path and turned left onto the path leading to Y Lliwedd.
The path becomes a scramble as it heads up to the ridge, and then a good path leads up to the summit.
I didn't stay long on the summit of Y Lliwedd because I was attacked by a swarm of flies.
There's a long rocky descent with a bit of scrambling before the path joins the Watkin Path route up Snowdon. The upper reaches of the Watkin Path are very steep - the kind of path that would be difficult to climb without having good grip on your shoes.
It was a sunny day in the school holidays so it wasn't surprising to find a lot of people on Snowdon - probably the most crowded summit area I've ever been on.
I decided the summit already had enough people standing on it so I didn't bother with it (I'd been there twice before.) Instead I went to the nearby top of Garnedd Ugain, also known as Crib y Ddysgl.
This was a more important objective to me as it meant I'd finally completed the Welsh 3000 footers.
Although the summit wasn't deserted, it was a more peaceful place to stop for lunch than the other place.
I started following the Crib y Ddysgl ridge downhill, but when I came to a downward scramble I didn't like the look of, I changed my mind and went down the easy way instead.