With a whole week of sunshine forecast, it seemed like a perfect time to do another camping trip to Snowdonia. I've climbed Snowdon quite a few times over the years but this time I decided it would be nice to do the Horseshoe route which I'd not done before. As is often the case, the Pen-y-Pass car park was full up, so it meant catching a bus from the Park&Ride SE of Llanberris back to Pen-y-Pass. The bus stops running at 7pm, so by the time I was off the mountain by head-torch I had a delightful three extra miles to walk back to the car.
During the week I walked up Mynydd Mawr, an inviting looking mountain four miles west of Snowdon with an impressive view from the top. And then I finished off the week with an epic 16 mile hike from Betws-y-Coed up a long expanse of wild mountain to the spiky rocks of Glyder Fach (994m) before scrambling down Y Gribin to arrive at Lake Ogwen at sunset, followed by a 7 mile walk back along the road to the campsite by head-torch. A tough long hike, but good exercise, photos and memories.
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