The Big Wales Trip - Snowdon

Day 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

DATE 21.09.2013 | DISTANCE 10.4KM | HIGHEST POINT 1085M

Posted by Matt | Filed under snOWDONIA

 

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A crap night’s sleep in the tent and a few too many beers last night left me feeling cream crackered this morning. A coffee and a bacon roll at Pen-Y-Pass gave me some much needed energy for today’s clamber up Mount Snowdon. On the 3 other occasions that I have been up Snowdon I had started the walk at 2am so when we set off in dreary conditions this morning I felt accustomed to the poor visibility. I only managed to squeeze off a few photos on the way up due to how wet we were getting walking up through the cloud. We were impressed with Mark’s performance today. He looked tired when we arrived at the Snowdon Summit Café but we certainly didn’t feel like he had slowed us down. To our surprise the summit started to clear whilst we were in the café and we managed to get a few brief views of distance peaks breaking the cloud line.
During our decent the conditions got better and better and I managed to take more photos. We enjoyed plenty of banter with other walkers on our return journey. ‘Better move fast, the café is about to shut’ went down well. Although one guy’s wife looked pretty pissed off and gave her husband an icy glare.

 

 

tHE VIEW DOWN THE LLANBERIS PATH JUST AFTER SETTING OFF FROM PEN-Y-PASS. IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE NICE WEATHER TODAY BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK IT.
THE VIEW BACK DOESN'T LOOK ANY SUNNIER BUT STILL MAKES FOR A NICE PHOTO
MY CAMERA WAS PACKED AWAY FOR MOST OF THE ASCENT. TOO WET AND NOTHING TO SEE APART FROM THE TRACK BENEATH OUR FEET
THE APPRAOCH TO THE SUMMIT
A GLIMPSE OF SKY ON OUR FINAL PUSH. THIS LOOKS PROMISING
THE SNOWDON SUMMIT VISITOR CENTRE
OUR FIRST TIME INSIDE. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN CLOSED WHENEVER WE HAVE COME UP IN THE PAST. cOFFEE AND A MARS BAR..DONT MIND IF I DO.
LOOKS LIKE ITS CLEARING UP OUTSIDE
OUTSIDE ON THE SUMMIT THE SUNSHINE WAS BREAKING THROUGH
it's all smiles and relaxed waterproofs on the descent
plenty of people heading up meaning plenty of people to tease or encourage
a guy from leicester that we met in the cafe offered to take our photo
looking back up to crig goch. now a very sunny afternoon
hugely different to the view when we set off this morning
llanberis pass