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Snowdonia Links

Pete's Eats - The well known walker's and climber's caff in Llanberis.

 

Weather Links

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MWIS. Weather forecast for Snowdonia.

Met Office. 5 day mountain forecast.

Snowdonia Snowline - Daily record of the Carneddau Snowline.

Metcheck weather - Longer range forecasts.

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Accuweather

Snowdon Weather Station Project. Weather data and Webcams of Elidir Fawr and Moel Eilio.

 

Public Transport

Snowdon Sherpa Bus Timetables

Welsh Highland Railway.

Travelline Wales.

Snowdon Mountain Railway

 

Other Links

The Welsh 3000s - website just about the 14 peaks.

The BMC - British Mountaineering Council.

The Mountain Bothy Association - yes, there are bothies in Eryri...

TAC - The Angry Corrie Scottish hillwalking fanzine, read it free.

Eryri - Snowdonia National Park.

Oggy Cam . Ogwen Mountain Rescue and a Ogwen Valley webcam.

BBC North West Wales.

Graham's Wales Photos. Loads of excellent pics on Eryri in here.

North Wales Photographs Beautiful photos of North Wales by Simon Kitchin.

Cambrian Mountains National Park A 'Should-Be' fourth welsh national park.

Snowdonia Society Charity which looks after the interests onf the National Park.

eryriway.org.uk Sister site to walkeryri, emphasising long distance trails.

 

Some Other Very Useful Walking Links
Webtogs.co.uk: A friendly UK-based online retailer for outdoor clothing and gear, they sell a wide range of walking gear from brands such as Inov8, Scarpa, Leki and Meindl to name just a few. Worth checking out! 
Walking gear and clothing available from Webtogs
www.trivago.co.uk -Looking for a Hotel in Wales or Snowdonia? Click on the link to compare hotels and prices from over 30 different portals, and maybe bag a bargain.
activityholidaysguide.com - The Activity Holidays Guide is packed with activity holidays, adventure holidays, adventure travel ideas, sports, guided tours, and breaks Pete's Eats - The well known walker's and climber's caff in Llanberis.
Travel Links Directory - Hotels Flights Destinations Directory of travel related web sites with links to – flights hotels vacations destination guides travel agents agencies and travel information.
www.discoveringfossils.co.uk Discovering Fossils - bringing the prehistoric world to life. Something different that you can do on a walk. I've found a fair few fossils on the Glyderau.
Walks 4 Softies - Site featuring easier walks, mostly in Dorset but there are also some walks in Hampshire and Wiltshire.
Hiking directory - an online guide with detailed destination information for hiking around the world.
Bedsearcher. Find accommodation to go with your walks. *
Heng Genting Mountain Activities - outdoor activities and training. *
Backpackinglight. A decent little online shop that specialises in lightweight gear. And for Podcasts, visit The Outdoor Station.

Alpkit. Quality gear at budget prices. I have a down bag off them, a sleeping mattress and a torch, spent about £120 in total. Free postage to boot. Quality!

Diaries of a Long Distance Walker. Useful and readable site about long distance walking, but you may have already guessed that.
Welsh Country Crafts. Take a bit of wales home with you from Llangollen. *

StridingEdge.net. A site with walks and photos, based in the Lake District. It has to be said, there's loads of walks!. *

"Páramo - outdoor clothing with a difference. Unique directional fabrics combined with intelligent functional designs born in the mountains, to keep you drier and more comfortable than ever before."*

BMC - British Mountaineering Council.
Countryside Council for Wales have set up an excellent interactive map that allows you to check up on Access Land. *
Dennis and Jackie's Walking Site. For walks further afield in "Austria , Zermatt, Andorra, Slovenia, Pyrenees (St Lary), Peloponnese (Greece) and Fopollo (Italy)".*

Mountains of England and Wales. "Website for hill walkers and summit-baggers, attempting to provide accurate Ordnance Survey grid references for the 2000ft mountain tops of England and Wales."

Cadair View Lodge. Log cabin accommodation ideally situated for the central ranges of the Rhinogydd and Cadair Idris. *

Peak Walker. Walks and photos of walks in the Peak District. * UK What's on Guide - We are featured on the ukwhatsonguide.co.uk.
Plas Y Brenin, the National, and local outdoors pursuits centre based in Capel Curig. *
Walks in North West Wales on the BBC local website, excellent source of information. *
Gentian Mountaineering Club. National mountaineering club affiliated to the BMC.

Tokyo Hotel Guide Discount hotel reservations in Tokyo with DirectRooms.com

Lakelandwalker.co.uk.Paul Rose's site dedicated to bagging all the Wainrights. What's a wainright? Visit his site to find out! *
Andy Wallace's Fellwalker pages. " This isn't a guide book, there are plenty of those, every fell and every day on the fells has its own character and the potential to be a new experience, sometimes a challenge."*
Graham's Wales Photos. Found the link on uk.rec.walking, but the pics i kept finding on google image search, so i was quite chuffed when i found this. Loads of excellent pics on Eryri, among other upland areas, in here. *

Harperswalking. Family walking in the Lake District. Plenty of route descriptions and photos here for anyone contemplating hill walking up in the Lake district. *


Wild Camp. Useful little site, with info about wild camping, mainly in the Lakes. No longer updated :-( Across the Dragon's Back - An account of the Cambrian Way.
Forestry Commisson have waymarked trails in the region.

World Outdoor Web *

Trefriw Trails. Excellent little site promoting waymarked trails around this Village.

Snowdon Weather Station Project. Does what it says on the tin. Includes webcams and stuff too.
Snowdonia Weather. Weather by the Met Office for Snowdonia.Very important information for walkers, especially in winter. MWIS. Mountain Weather Informatoin Service. PDF file issued Thursday through sunday stating snowdonia weather. Service under threat, hope someone sponsors them.
UK web directory (uklinks.org) with links to walking pages. * Snowdonia Guide. Informative site all about Snowdonia. *
Travel line Wales. Bus times for anywhere in Wales. Had difficulty with one route, they emailed me a file with it the next day! Most paid services aren't this efficient! Thumbs up! Snowdon Sherpa Bus Timetables Handy for linear walks, or if like me you can't and don't want to drive (ever). The sherpas are found on the bottom of the page as S1-S4.
V-G Walking and Backpacking. * Inspirational website detailing one to three (and more) day walks around the UK. Includes a section on wild camping . Lots of the routes are downloadable in Memory Map format too. Excellent site. Oggy Cam . Ogwen Mountain Rescue have a webcam pointing down and up the Ogwen Valley. If you want to know what it's like now, click on the link. Definately the best Eryri webcam.

 

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General Links

Snowdonia attractions Several great reviews about some of Snowdonia's better known attractions. 

Walking gear and clothing available from Webtogs

Webtogs.co.uk: A friendly UK-based online retailer for outdoor clothing and gear, they sell a wide range of walking gear from brands such as Inov8, Scarpa, Leki and Meindl to name just a few. Worth checking out! 

English-welsh dictionary Links and resources to help you translate that welsh word into English.

Walking shoes - Another site that I found that sells walking shoes online.

Merrell Walking Shoes from fitnessfootwear.com, decent little site i found for Merrell walking shoes.

Whalley Warm and Dry - paramo stockists, great service and range.

V-G Walking and Backpacking. Inspirational website detailing one to three (and more) day walks around the UK.

Trekking Britain. Route descriptions & experience as opposed to guide book.

OutdoorsMagic - Forum based website, lots of information on here.

Phil George - Mountain Leader Training in Llanberis.

Peak and Fell Walking - A photographic guide to walking in Britain's National Parks.

Wild Tramp.co.uk - New site on walking in the UK. Looks promising.

 

Digital Mapping

Tracklogs IMHO the best mapping for PC.

MemoryMap Still good, but route handling clumsier.

Viewranger mapping for smartphones.

Fugawi and Anquet are also popular.

Quo The new kid on the block.

Open Street Map - Open source mapping as featured on this site.

Multimap - Free online mapping.

Get a Map - Free online mapping from the OS

Access Land in Wales - online mapping from CCW.

 

DISCLAIMER ANY ADVICE FOLLOWED ON THESE PAGES ARE AT THE READER'S OWN RISK. I WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR OTHER PEOPLE'S STUPIDITY OR INEXPERIENCE. IF YOU WANT TO WALK THE HILLS GO ON A COURSE, ASK AN EXPERIENCED FRIEND OR JOIN A CLUB. DONT EXPECT TO READ UP ON THE INTERNET AND BECOME AN EXPERT. I HAVE BEEN UP IN THESE HILLS FOR MANY YEARS, THATS HOW YOU GAIN EXPERIENCE...Phew! Rant over.

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