Short family break in North Wales...I booked 3 nights at Caernarfon from saturday to tuesday morning for my family ( my wife, our daughter and myself ) to spend some days with my wife's sister and her boys. They are living in London and we travelled from Scotland so the North Wales looked like a good place to meet as it's @ a half way for both families

The longer weekend finally came and we started our journey. Our daughter Cheyenne had 4th Birthady on the saturday so the plan was to celebrate the birthday - partly in the hotel swimming pool that day. On the sunday they wanted visit the town, castle and some shops...good opportunity for me to prepare some short mountain's trip and then join them in the hotel swimming pool afternoon again

My hope for the short holiday was to do Tryfan, Glyders and The Snowdon Horseshoe. Tickets for the mountain train available only for monday when I booked during the week before.
I enjoyed all the scrambling on Tryfan and Bristly ridge...really beautiful day



Day 1: Sunday's Tryfan & Glyders via Bristly ridge trip here:
http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=63269
On monday we used our both cars to get to Lllanberis...they wanted visit the town before the train will get them to the Snowdon summit and I headed to Pen Y-Pass to start my climb via Crib Goch, meet them on the Snowdon summit and then continue the Snowdon Horseshoe via Y-Lliwed back to the car park.
Crib Goch route was really great, especially in such a beautiful sunny day...the beer tasted very well on the Snowdon summit when I was waiting them there




Crib Goch from the road A4086...

...and Zoomed


The initial path from Pen-Y-Pass for Pyg track and Crib Goch route.

Leaving the path - Crib Goch route ahead


Crib Goch from the bottom...

Rock, rock and rock...scrambling from the bottom. Can you spot the 6 people ?


You can chose where you want to scramble




The angle of ascent

"Easier" part...and more people ahead

Looking back from the top...Pen-Y-Pass, Pyg track and Miners track nicely visible


Thanks to willing walker who made this photo


Looking down from the ridge

People ( trying ) mooving on the ridge



Looking back on the ridge

The ridge offers great views ! Snowdon in the background...


Airy feelings...and some company


The pinnacles...

...the last pinnacle, thinking which side use to overcome




The crag...

Y Llivedd opposite, Pyg track & Miners track in the bottom

Descending the last pinnacle

Looking back

...and looking back towards Crib Goch again

Snowdon

Y Lliwedd and the ridge opposite, my planned way from Snowdon

ascending Crib y Ddysgl and looking back to Crib Goch


Some scramble necessary again


...and more scramble...

Snowdon closer...a little bit


Crib y Ddysgl ridge, some scramble, but much easier than Crib Goch

Y Lliwedd from the higher level of Crib y Ddysgl

Snowdon again...

Another part of scrambling

Towards Llanberis, the mountain railway and the Llanberis path

The crowds moving to ( and from ) Snowdon...Pyg track, Miners track and the Llanberis path was most busy that day


Looking accros the valley - the ridge opposite...Pyg track in the bottom

Busy Snowdon summit




Views from the summit of Snowdon ( the ridge I came... )




...and the route I will go: Y Lliwedd looks great

Mountain train from Llanberis

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the train arrived and the summit is tooooo busy now !







The station from the summit

Time to continue the Snowdon Horseshoe...using Watkin path on the beginning

People struggling up ( and me struggling down )



the flat easy walk under Snowdon...

Y Lliwedd ahead and looks really great !



Let's scrambling again


Looking back to Snowdon

Nice rocky shape...can you spot the two people ?


Y Lliwedd ahead

...higher and higher ! Crib Goch opposite



The 2nd top of Y Lliwedd ahead and 3 walkers there


Llyn Llydaw and Crib Goch

Snowdon, Crib y Ddysgl and Crib Goch

Y Lliwed and Snowdon over Llyn Llydaw

...looking back to the Snowdon Horseshoe - shape in the sunshine...


It was a great short break in Snowdonia !!! Great time together, some fun with the kids and the weather was just perfect



7 Hewits done, another Snowdon routes completed and looking forward to come back there again in the future...Still a lot of routes to Snowdon to try and also mountains like Cadair Idris, Moel Siabod and many more to do

