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

Weather Links

MWIS. Weather forecast for Snowdonia.

Met Office. 5 day mountain forecast.

Snowdonia Snowline - Daily record of the Carneddau Snowline.

Metcheck weather - Longer range forecasts.

Advertise your Snowdonia Business here! Email for info.

Accuweather

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

Snowdon Sherpa Bus Timetables

Welsh Highland Railway.

Travelline Wales.

theTrainline - Timetables and online booking

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.

Llynnoedd Geirionydd and Crafnant (Lakes) from Capel Curig
Distance and Ascent 15km, 600m OS Map Required OS Explorer 17 Landranger 150 Time 5 hours Difficulties none. Start Location Capel Curig End Location Capel Curig Grading moderate Facilities cafe, shop, gear shops and 3 pubs in Capel Curig. Public Transport plenty of sherpa buses run through Capel GPS Files

This is a straightforward circuit that you can do at almost any time of the year. Starting from Capel Curig, the route travels over moorland, into two beautiful valleys containing lakes, and finally some forestry (there's got to be a down side!. Its highest point is only about 340m, and the distance about 15km.

This was the second time I completed this circuit, and after a couple of silly errors in navigation last time (all caused by enthusiasm), I was determined to complete this simple walk without problems. I was also testing out my new Sprayway Purist jacket that I had just bought half price in the sale (in the pic, but now replaced by my new Paramo) to see how it coped. Well, no rain, just cold biting wind, after all it was January.

The route starts opposite the Pinnacle cafe, and you pass the church (now a house) on the right up a field, where navigation is relatively straightforward. Just ensure you dont embark on any steep climbs to the ridge just yet, and the path takes you through woodland and onto wet moorland. Last time i was here there were people restoring the footpath (this page has details of the Snowdonia Society who did this work and a pic of the path itself. Browsing the site, they're also trying to ban powerboats on Llyn Geirionydd), so the boggy parts may be no more.

From here the objective becomes clear, the track stretches off towards the col for a steady climb. When you reach it, then you are rewarded with views of Creigiau Gleision and Llyn Crafnant. The descent to the valley is quite steep, and the only part of the walk i could see being difficult in snow etc.

You then skirt the lake, through trees to your left, or the minor road to the right, especially if you fancy a cuppa or even a Bud in the cafe here. Though it was closed this time of year. Once you reach the end of the lake, then you follow the road for a short distance before veering right along a forestry track. This leads to a footpath, and you follow this uphill initially to reach Llyn Geirionydd. The lakeside walk is superior here, hugging the shore, but tree roots are an obstacle.

Finally, you pull up a forestry track (again) and this leads you eventually over to Capel Curig, and you arrive in Capel Curig by the same path you left.

It's a low leveller, but ideal when that's what you're after. I realy want to do this circuit in light snow, but getting the timing right!

General Links

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

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.

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.