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A wonderful morning last week after some snow the night before on the tops of the Snowdon horseshoe, with absolutely calm waters for a mirror like reflection! A great place to start the day!
A dramatic view West from Snowdon Summit towards the lower hills of the Nantle Ridge & Lleyn Peninsular.
Last light falling on The Snowdon Horseshoe with the expanse of Llynnau Mymbyr in front. From Plas y Brenin.
Stayed at the campsite at the end of Llynnau Mymbyr that can be seen middle of the image. I woke fully expecting to witness a misty scene but it wasn't the case with a fully grey sky and a choppy lake.
By the time I'd made my way up to the other end of the lake the forecast clearer skies were just moving in and the odd break allowed for the sun to light up the horseshoe. The wind kindly dropped too.
Its there somewhere , been here a few times and never seen it , begining to think someone is having a laugh :)
The view towards Snowdon from Mynydd Mawr on nice evening to be be out with camera, summit nearly uncovered lol
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I knew I would want to climb Snowdon on our trip to Wales. But not in rain or fog: too dangerous for me + it's the view from the top I enjoy most. Because of some problems with my back I'd been having, we tried to book the train to take us up, and then we would descend on foot. Luckily (with hindsight), the train was fully booked till the end of August (more than a month ahead!). The disadvantage of booking the train that far ahead is that - of course - you have no idea what the weather will be like.
So we studied the 6 walking routes up Snowdon and decided to take the Pyg Track up and the Miners Track down.
And yes, the weather was fantastic on the day of our choice: a bright blue sky and not too hot to climb! Here we had been climbing for a short time. This is the view down the Llanberis Pass in the direction of Llanberis, and of the Glyderau mountain range.
My trusty Gull, who seems to feature in many of my pictures, shows us the way to Mount Snowdon, North Wales. Although it is looking the wrong way!! Mt Snowdon is a few miles to the right. (yeah OK, I know its not the same Gull).
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Taken a few weeks ago, Snowdon covered in mist.
Snowdon is the highest mountain in Wales, at an elevation of 1,085 metres above sea level, and the highest point in the British Isles outside the Scottish Highlands. It is located in Snowdonia National Park in Gwynedd.
Sadly, the weather became misting, fogging with heavy rain, our uphill to the Snowndon mountains wasn't a success event.
Rime encrusted rocks create a great fore-ground for this dramatic scene from the upper slopes of Snowdon.
We headed down to the lower levels of the quarry to avoid the gale force, bitterly cold winds on top. And splashes of sunshine arrived just as it was time to head home!
A great evening spent on the summit all to myself and a walker who was spending the night their in his bivvy bag so after a break in the clouds just prior to sunset I soon had nice light bringing out the summer colours within the landscape
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Hiking up Snowdon pre dawn was an unforgettable experience. Rising above the clouds revealed this fine scene towards Crib Goch.
A camp I did with a friend (asleep in the orange sleeping bag) with walkers in the distance heading for the summit.
Feeling very blessed to have captured the Snowdon Horseshoe unobstucted from cloud, The summit of Snowdon is the peak to the left'
I am not suggesting I actually walked the Snowdon Horseshoe (a knife-edge ridge walk), but here you get a view on it.
The peak of Snowdon is almost visible through the clouds now. The lake is Glaslyn.
A few months ago we wanted to organize a small Polish-English expedition to Snowdon (the highest peak in Wales -1085 metres above sea level). The originators of this idea were Matt and me. Unfortunately, our mate Matt can not be here with us today ( has had a stroke) So, we're climbing to the top for you Matt. Get well soon bro! Llanberis Track- level hard.
Mount Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales. If you can zoom in enough on the image, you can see two people at the top. This was taken along the Miner's Track at Pen Y Pass.
This was also taken at a viewpoint car park area.
The Snowdon Horseshoe is a name given to the horseshoe ring of ridges and peak's on Snowdon's eastern side and makes up part of the Snowdon massif.
The peaks included in the horseshoe are, Y Lliwedd, Snowdon, Garnedd Ugain & Crib Goch.
The Snowdon Mountain Railway is a narrow gauge rack and pinion mountain railway in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. It is a tourist railway that travels for 4.7 miles (7.6 km) from Llanberis to the summit of Snowdon, the highest peak in Wales.
The railway is operated since 1896 in some of the harshest weather conditions in Britain. Single carriage trains are pushed up the mountain by either steam locomotives or diesel locomotives. (Source: Wikipedia)
Shot of "The Snowdon Lily" pushed by the steam locomotive "Enid", build in 1895, close to the summit.
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Snowdon Mountain Railway
Die Snowdon Mountain Railway ist eine Schmalspur-Zahnradbahn in Gwynedd, Nordwest-Wales. Die Bahn führt auf einer Strecke von 7,6km von Llanberis zum Gipfel des Snowndon auf 1085m.
Die Bahn ist seit 1896 in Betrieb - unter den extremsten Wetterbedingungen in ganz Großbritannien. Ein einzelner Passagierwaggon wird dabei von einer historischen Dampf- oder Diesellok den Berg hinauf geschoben und überwindet auf seiner halbstündigen Fahrt so knapp 1.000 Höhenmeter. (Quelle: Wikipedia)
Aufnahme der "Snowdon Lily" geschoben von der Dampflok "Enid" aus dem Jahr 1895, knapp unterhalb des Gipfels.
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