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Directions (Start)
Start at the corner of the Car Park by the cafe leading up
the slope onto the mountain (the Pyg Track). Avoid the Miners
Track (the road leading from the lower end of the Car Park).
The track climbs steadily across a hillside towards an obvious
pass ahead.
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After about ¾ hour you reach this pass (634553) where the
ground obviously falls away and the Snowdon comes into view
Avoid the right turn (which leads to Crib Goch) and stay
on the cinder path, which climbs gradually up the side of
the mountain. The peak opposite is Lliwedd, and the lakes
of Llyn Llydaw and Glaslyn are below.
After about 2 miles the path gets rougher and begins to climb
the wall ahead. Near some mines it divides into several routes,
but keep to the right (following the cairns) to avoid the
mine workings. You now approach the zigzags. When you break
out onto the skyline (608549) you begin the gradual final
ascent, following the mountain railway to the summit (610544).
Return from the summit via the Ranger Path (647557).
Start by retracing the route, following the railway to a
large stone set vertically into the ground a few hundred yards
past the point where you came up the zigzags onto the plateau.
Follow the path that passes above and to the East of the railway,
ensuring you are making a steady descent to the North.
The path curves round to come alongside the railway, then
passes underneath it (608560) just before Clogwyn Station.
The Llanberis path from here is well defined and follows alongside
the railway, passing under it once more (595577).
The path meets the road at Cader Ellyll (582589). Follow
the road down for ¾ mile and turn left onto the A4086 for
the last few yards into Llanberis (584597)
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