Snowdon mountain walk and the mountain railway
820 views · Published 21 September 2011 · 7:27 · Indexed 30 September 2026
Channel: Graham Houghton · 2011 · Travel & Events
I decided to hike up the 1085 metre Snowdon mountain as part of my stamina testing regime in readiness for next months climb of Ben Nevis in Scotland. Although the weather forecast was good after a 130 mile journey starting at 4.30am the weather was aweful but I still decided to climb after donning full wet attire. At low levels the visibility wasn't bad but above 300 metres became just 50 metres and the wind coupled with fine rain made the summit conditions very cold. It took me just 2.5 hours to cover the 4.8 mile climb to the summit and I was pleased to get there in reasonable shape! On the decent the weather improved ( typical) and there was a brief hour of brighter weather. On the way home I called at Llandudno, an old Victorian seaside resort to look at the Great Orme cable car system which hauls passengers to the summit making just one change half way up,
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