Snowdon is in the snowdonia national park in North Wales , at 1085m (3,560 ft ) it is Wales and British isles highest peak outside Scotland.
Parking up at Pen-y-pass car park £10 rip off!!!!!!! i can see loads blue sky at present, but looks a bit misty up near the summit. We are taking the Pyg track up to the summit, and will descend down the miners track.
We have started walking , blue sky and quite warm for a change. heading up towards Crib Goch. here is the valley looking down to Llanberis where the rack and pinion railway starts from.
Having reached the top of the path where it splits to go up Crib , we take the left path where we can now see Llyn Llydaw and Snowdon itself. The white path that you can see is the Miners track that goes around Llyn Llydaw down in the valley.
What,Why & How did a chair get up here??????????
We are getting great views from up here , Heading towards the Glaslyn view point now at the top of this path on the right that winds up the mountain side.
We have made good progress up the track you can see on the left side of below image.
Don't know where all the blue sky has gone :( Glaslyn is below us now and we are very near to the top now.
At the top ridge , the rail track makes a good diagonal across this image. i can hear a train coming, wonder what Mollster will think of it :D
She is trying to chase the train haha
Admiring the awesome view from just below the summit.
Beautiful pose Molly.
Mollster has reached the Summit of Snowdon YAY!
What a shame the cloud and mist has covered up all the views!
its turned quite chilly up here as the cloud builds, good job i brought a fleece :)
The summit cafe/railway station, its really busy up here, walkers are having to wait to get in !
Sun light breaking though the clouds painting the valleys with light while Mollster poses :)
A nice Molly portrait :)
The track back down to Glaslyn is behind Molly and goes down around the lakes in the distance.
A Stunning view from the summit, sea gulls are having a great time and Molly is watching them :)
Looking behind the mist and low cloud has rolled in, very atmospheric !
The sun is painting light on the fabulous landscape ,a good view of the lakes Glaslyn at bottom of image and Llyn Llydaw near the centre. the white path halfway up the image is where we have just walked, and the lower path down to Glaslyn is our way down.
Molly is posing :) as usual!
We are heading down now after a nice half hour rest.
this is near the top of the steep path down to meet the miners track at Glaslyn , it is quite loose under foot! but Molly having 4 paw drive its not a problem hehe
"are we going down there Dad? " Molly is thinking
Yes Mollster, that is Glaslyn , you might paddle if you pick up the courage lol
having reached the Glaslyn Molly is actually paddling, but only ankle deep ! the water is stunningly clear and the sun is lighting up the far side , wonderfull view
My favorite image of the day
walking back to the car park, i stop to watch the welsh mountain goats on the hill side before ending the day .its been a superb 7 hour walk today
the end of another super walk.
all images shot with canon 5d mk2 & 17-40 L
