Snowdon - Yr Wyddfa

Area:Snowdon
County:Gwynedd
Country:Wales
Classification:Furth, Welsh 3000, Marilyn, Hewitt, Nuttall, HuMP, and High Hill of Britain
(also Clem, Sim, County Top - Administrative, County Top - Historic, County Top - Current County and Unitary Authority, and Tump)
Height:1085m (with a drop of 1039m)
Maps:OL17(W) Explorer or 115 Landranger
Grid Ref:SH609543         Hills nearby: 5km 10km 20km
Summit:trig point/view indicator
Daylight:dawn 07:02, sunrise 07:41, sunset 16:20, dusk 16:59
External links:Wikipedia

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The Snowdon Massif from Glyder Fawr
The Snowdon Massif from Glyder Fawr


Snowdon, or in Welsh, Yr Wyddfa is the highest mountain in Wales and the highest point in the British Isles outside Scotland1.

The summit can be reached by a variety of well-known routes and it can also be reached via the Snowdon Mountain Railway, a steam hauled rack and pinion railway opened in 1896 which carries passengers 7.6 km from Llanberis to the summit station. The summit also houses a visitor centre called Hafod Eryri, built in 2006 to replace one built in the 1930s, which offers food and drink and also has toilets.

  1. But not the second highest mountain in the UK, a claim you often come across: there are actually 108 tops in our database which are higher than Snowdon, all in Scotland.

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Other walkers registered on our site who have already walked up this hill include: anne mariecb, Bazwell, beaumont.dan@gmail.com (twice), beckylindeman, Bentley, beth, Billygoat75, Biscuits17, Bluebeard (twice), Bonnister (x12), Burneyc, CARLOS, CEW, charlottegetsaround, Chris the rambler, chrisfry35, christhepuma, Chuckbrick, Cnwhayward, CodyJ, Craig9253 (twice), DANE2766 (x8), davidjfryer (x13), DG123, Drpjohnston (x3), drsylvester68, Druid, dsutton101, DukeNukem (x3), DuncanG22 (x4), eclipseandy (x4), fabio (twice), Ffion (twice), finndougal, Fisher, Floydian1 (x3), frizzwig, gallowshill (x3), Gasman, gbh (twice), geordiegary, gerainta, gilly_3886, goth_angel, GraemeLackford, Graywoodhouse (twice), haileybury924, Hannahfw, HannantMark (twice), helmel, HollySalaman, Innes31, jackyburke80@yahoo.com, JamieL, jcolvinjarvis (twice), jegger (twice), Jimearl6, jkpole, josiejowalker, JSutton, Julieabram, kasw3670 (x3), kevharris73 (x5), kierandol (x3), Kingskerswell, koczur, kraufdinner, leedrich (x5), lfaulder, LordoftheHillside, LWP1982, macca69 (x16), madakela, Mags763, Mandbar (twice), mariablky, markhallam (x4), markryan80@me.com, martutd, matthewmarcel@gmail.com, McLeish, medmondo, Michaelholbrow, MichyAndWill, mintcake, mrjbrister, MrMole, mush145, Nathaniel Hillman (x8), navdave (x16), Nicdaws16, Nottspanther (twice), OriginalSkarletk, pah800 (twice), PaulG1952, penno3, Quique_CF, Ricey, rjlawless (twice), RockChick, rockhopper, roro1978, Rudi2309, s.lee90 (x3), sammyb7 (twice), shamian001, Stephenmshanks, sterushton, Steve Britton (x10), Steve1607, Steve18566, steven brown (x12), StevetheRover, Strangerclur, strawdeluap, StuartL, SukiNoodles, The Ozard, ThinArthur, tiamaria (x3), VickyV, Walmo124 (twice), walsh581 (x4), We11za, Westcoasthiker , wezboyes@hotmail.com (twice), windridge, wrowlands3, Xuth, and yorkmunrobagger (twice).

In our forum you can read the following walk reports which include this hill:

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