Does a train go up Mount Snowdon?

Take a once in a lifetime adventure on the Snowdon Mountain Railway which has been described as one of the most scenic railway journeys in the world. Trains depart from Llanberis Station and begin their climb up Snowdon, Yr Wyddfa, a journey experienced by some 12 million travellers since 1896.



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The railway has not run all the way to the summit for the last three years initially due to the pandemic and, more recently, as a result of essential upper mountain track work.

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There are no facilities on-board our trains. We have toilets at Llanberis station and up at the summit building.

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The view from the summit of Snowdon is stunning, or totally pants depending on the weather, but either way you'll be glad you did it. It's certainly a memorable experience. Despite being the highest mountain in Wales, its routes aren't technical, so you don't require years of mountaineering experience to summit.

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So, Ben Nevis is about one third bigger than Snowdon if you walk the Llanberis path. If Snowdon took you 6 hours, Ben Nevis will take you 8 hours. (From Pen y Pass on the Pyg Track there is 870m of ascent over 5.9km.) Most people who take on the walk up Ben Nevis do make it to the top and back down.

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Crib Goch Crib Goch is not a path in its own right but a challenging diversion from the PYG Track. It is without doubt the hardest and toughest 'route' up Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) - a grade 1 scramble that goes along a narrow, exposed knife-edge ridge.

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