Hiking in Snowdonia — Fred Leeming

Setting off in Jo’s converted Ford Transit, four of us travelled to Snowdonia for two days and two nights of camping and hiking, culminating in summiting Wales’ highest peak - Mt. Snowdon.

27th-29th April 2018

L-R: Jake, Jo, & Hec

Jake taking a ride on Snowdonia’s answer to Norway’s Trolltunga

The beginning of our climb was very steep as we headed up to the summit of Tryfan

The route up to the summit wasn’t always clear…

…but we eventually found a gap in the cliffs that would lead us to the summit.

The view from the top of Tryfan

The top of Glyder Fawr is quite flat and very rocky, with some very interesting formations not pictured

The boys checking out the rest of our route, you can see the peak of Mt Snowdon in the distant to the right, partly covered by clouds

Jo and Mt Snowdon's just visible peak

We found an amazing camping spot at the foot of mt Snowdon next to a lake, the weather started to drop towards freezing quite quickly

We were lucky that Hec had just returned from crossing the Atlantic by pedalo, and had plenty of left-over ‘boil in the bag’ meals

Arguing over how porridge is made best, just after sunrise, as we prepare to summit Snowdon.

Morning sun landing on Snowdon first thing in the morning. This was the view from our campsite.

Looking back on the lake we camped by, our spot was on the far shore as it disappears into the sun at centre left of picture

Unfortunately, a cold fog clouded us as we got closer to the top.

Awful visibility at the summit meant there wasn’t much to see

We had some difficulty locating the beginning of the horseshoe ridge that would lead us back to the van.

Jo making progress along the horseshoe ridge.

Our last view of Snowdon, with an old mine sitting at the bottom.