Snowdon Llanberis path - advice please

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Hello,

I'm in Snowdonia next week & have a return ticket on the Snowdon Mountain
Railway. I'm thinking of taking the train up - but then walking back down
via the Llanberis path. I'm not particularly fit, but I do have some boots,
and would only attempt the walk if the weather was clear & fine.

Should I attempt it ? How long would it take ?

I've not walked this path myself; however it's reckoned to be the
easiest of the 'tourist' paths on the mountain and is regularly walked
by all sorts of people, fit and unfit, young and old. I'd say - and
others will correct me if I'm wrong - it'll be easy to follow; long but
therefore not as steep as others; relatively easy walking; enjoyable but
possibly crowded. I recommend Pete's Eats in Llanberis for your
celebration meal afterwards. Reasonable prices, huge portions, pint
mugs for 'large' tea, coffee, hot choc etc.

Go for it and enjoy yourself :-)

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Quoted message said:

I'm in Snowdonia next week & have a return ticket on the Snowdon Mountain
Railway. I'm thinking of taking the train up - but then walking back down
via the Llanberis path. I'm not particularly fit, but I do have some boots,
and would only attempt the walk if the weather was clear & fine.

I've walked it recently up and down. Like most people it seems, I find
walking downhill quite jarring on the knees. You'll also need well
fitting boots that are big enough. Poles will help, if you have them.

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KK said:

I'm in Snowdonia next week & have a return ticket on the Snowdon Mountain
Railway. I'm thinking of taking the train up - but then walking back down
via the Llanberis path. I'm not particularly fit, but I do have some boots,
and would only attempt the walk if the weather was clear & fine.

It is absolutely straightforward - a wide path all the way and no rocks
or steps to get over. If the weather is fine, you'll get some good
views. Enjoy!
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Rudi Winter, Aberystwyth, Wales

KK, go for it, it's not too bad. I recently walked up with my dad and we are
both relatively unfit but managed it. It took 3 and a halfs hours up and 2
hours down.

You shouldn't have too many problems as long as you stay to the path.

Personally I found the Pyg track easier which climbs from Pen-Y-Pas then
down the miner track.

Andy

On 3/6/05 14:10, in article [email hidden],

Geoff Berrow said:

I've walked it recently up and down. Like most people it seems, I find
walking downhill quite jarring on the knees. You'll also need well
fitting boots that are big enough. Poles will help, if you have them.

True. An easy path, very wide and not much chance of getting lost even in
bad weather. As I get older I find it easier going uphill !!!

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We were totally ill-prepared, probably wearing trainers,
certainly wearing jeans and not-very-waterproofs. The idea was to
take the train back down, but we hadn't bothered finding out if this
is possible (it isn't).

It can be, but it costs. Oh boy, does it cost. It may depend on how
many people are on the train, of course, but I've walked up and ridden
down. Mind, it was the first train of the morning...
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Train fare, Adult, single £14 child £11

And now consider that for a family of two adults and five children...

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On 5/6/05 19:28, in article [email hidden],

Fran said:

And now consider that for a family of two adults and five children...

... Hence the reason for walking up !!!

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Birmingham, UK

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On 5/6/05 19:28, in article [email hidden],

Fran said:

And now consider that for a family of two adults and five children...

... Hence the reason for walking up !!!

We did walk up. It was the 'down' afterwards that we were all too
knackered for. Thankfully, I only had two paying children with me at
the time. I flatly refused to pay for Emily, who being a non-walker at
the time was being carried in the baby-carrier on Charlie's back.

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