Walk Route Map gw105 Snowdon via The Watkin Path from Nantgwynant

Walk gw105 Snowdon via The Watkin Path from Nantgwynant

Snowdon via The Watkin Path

Vital Statistics:

Length:	7¾mls (12.5km)
Ascent:	3,682ft (1,122m)
Time:	6½hrs
Grade:

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Route outline for walk gw105:

Nantgwynant - Bethania - Castell - Gladstone Rock - The Watkin Path - Bwlch Ciliau - Bwlch y Saethau - The Scree Path - Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) - The Scree Path - Bwlch y Saethau - Bwlch Ciliau - The Watkin Path - Gladstone Rock - Castell - Bethania - Nantgwynant

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Points of Interest/Notes on this walk:

The Watkin Path was started by Sir Edward Watkin, a 19th century railway entrepreneur, to connect his summer house in Nantgwynant to the summit of Snowdon. Prime Minister William Gladstone (aged 82) officially opened the (incomplete) Watkin Path from Gladstone Rock in 1892 and the National Trust finally completed the route in 2002 - some 110 years after it was first started.

The building on the summit of Snowdon (Hafod Eryri - The Snowdon Summit Visitor Centre and Cafe) is thought to be the home of the highest house mice in England and Wales!

Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

1
Welsh
Mountain

0
Wainwrights

1
Welsh
Nuttall

0
Welsh
Deweys

0
Wainwright
Outlying Fells

1
Welsh
Marilyn

0
Bridgets

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) at 1085m (3561ft). Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) is classified as a Welsh Mountain (Hewitt) (1st highest in Wales,Highest in England & Wales)

Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) is also known as a Welsh Nuttall (1st highest in Wales,Highest in England & Wales) and a Welsh Marilyn (1st highest in Wales, 43rd highest in the UK).

Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) means 'The Burial Place' in Welsh and is pronounced 'ur-oo-ith-va'.

The summit of Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point. Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) is the highest point in the county of Gwynedd, the highest point in Snowdonia National Park and the highest point in England and Wales.

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1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (the ones with orange/yellow covers):

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1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (the ones with pink/magenta covers):

115 Snowdon & Caernarfon

Some Photos and Pictures from Walk gw105 Snowdon via The Watkin Path from Nantgwynant

In no particular order . . .

Me at the top of Snowdon

Photo: Sallyanne Rose (1)

Myself in September on the final approach to Snowdon summit via the Rhyd Ddu path

Photo: Patrick Craven (1)

Llyn Llydaw from Snowdon

Photo: David Atherton (7)

Me and Janine on our way up Snowdon

Photo: Christina Jones (1)

Friends on Mount Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa)

Photo: Jonathan Goddard (1)

Me, my fella and two of the kids at the top of Snowdon

Photo: Christina Cooke (1)

Walk gw105 Snowdon via The Watkin Path from Nantgwynant - Post marking the pint where the Watkin Path joins Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa)'s South ridge above Bwlch Main - with Mynydd Mawrm Llyn Cwellyn and Moel Eilio in the distance

Post marking the pint where the Watkin Path joins Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa)'s South ridge above Bwlch Main - with Mynydd Mawrm Llyn Cwellyn and Moel Eilio in the distance

Photo: Tom Shaw (7)

On Snowdon with Y Lliwedd beyond

Photo: David Atherton (5)

Friends climbing Snowdon

Photo: Nick Hopkins (1)

Walk gw105 Snowdon via The Watkin Path from Nantgwynant - The view from Mount Snowdon with a touch of hoar frost on the grass making them into white ribbons

The view from Mount Snowdon with a touch of hoar frost on the grass making them into white ribbons

Photo: Pauline Styles (1)

Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) Summit Cafe

Photo: Richard Nicholls (13)

On the Watkin Path enroute to Mount Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa)

Photo: Christine Jeffries (1)

Climbing Snowdon

Photo: David Atherton (2)

The summit of Mount Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa)

Photo: David Wright (179)

Climbing Snowdon

Photo: David Atherton (3)

Andy Brown on Snowdon during the Three Peaks Challenge

Photo: Andy Brown (7)

Walk gw105 Snowdon via The Watkin Path from Nantgwynant - Cwm Llan and Yr Aran (right - in shadow) from Bwlch y Saethau on the upper slopes of Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa)

Cwm Llan and Yr Aran (right - in shadow) from Bwlch y Saethau on the upper slopes of Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa)

Photo: Tom Shaw (6)

Crib Goch from Snowdon

Photo: Paul Gillett (1)

. . . round the other side of the cafe at the top of Snowdon

Photo: Oliver Hunter (2)

Walk gw105 Snowdon via The Watkin Path from Nantgwynant - Bwlch Ciliau, Y Lliwedd Bach and Y Lliwedd from the Finger Post at top of Scree Path near the summit of Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa)

Bwlch Ciliau, Y Lliwedd Bach and Y Lliwedd from the Finger Post at top of Scree Path near the summit of Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa)

Photo: Gerald Murphy (12)

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