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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
We were in Snowdonia in September 2013, enjoyed all the area and also a wee trip to Snowdon summit - my wife with our daughter Cheyenne ( she was one year old only in 2013 ) by the mountain railway, I used Llanberis path to meet them there. It was my first time on Snowdon...second time I enjoyed the beauty of Snowdon summit views in summer 2014 when we finished our successful National Three Peaks Challenge with my brother ( we used Miners track for a change ). I loved Snowdonia from the 1st time and I wanted come again and discover more and more mountains and also get to the Snowdon summit via the famous Crib Goch ridge and complete all the circle - Snowdon Horseshoe.
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
We were very lucky with the weather - it was really lottery when booked the holiday long time before
Day 1: Sunday's Tryfan & Glyders via Bristly ridge trip here:http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=63269On 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
( body size / height is @ 1/5 of this pic ) . Then I decided a little right and straight over the top
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 !
family meeting and photo together
The station from the summit
Time to continue the Snowdon Horseshoe...using Watkin path on the beginning
People struggling up ( and me struggling down )
very steepy and slippery on the dusty - sandy ground
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 