Snowdonia Links

Weather Links

MWIS. Weather forecast for mountain regions. Only active Friday to Sunday. Highly Recommended.

Met Office. Now it's improved to a 5 day forecast! Great.

Snowdonia Snowline - States the altitude of lying snow in the Carneddau.

Metcheck weather

Advertise your Snowdonia Business here! Email for info.

Accuweather

Snowdon Weather Station Project. Weather data, but is down at the moment. The Webcams show Elidir Fawr and Moel Eilio.

Public Transport

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.

Isle of Anglesey Coastal Path

Malltraeth to Pen-lon via Llanddwyn

This walks starts from Malltraeth car park and through a forest before walking around Ynys Llanddwyn to the lighthouse there. The views towards Snowdonia from here are extensive and very impressive (see the photos in the gallery!).

DistanceAscent	14 km 60m	OS Map Required	OS Explorer 262 Landranger 114
Time	4 hours (plus sightseeing)	Type of Path	Avoidable narrow paths. forestry roads and wide paths. Sandy beach.
Start Location	Car park SH 407 688	End Location	Pen Lon - SH 429 650
Grading	Moderate	Facilities	Picnic area, toilet at start. Exibition on island.
Public Transport	Buses to Niwbwrch and Malltraeth.	GPS Files

1. Start from the car park opposite the Joiner’s Arms, next to the estuary. There is a sign pointing across the cob and the route of the Isle of Anglesey Coastal Path (IoACP). The first section across the cob needs no explanation and is very straightforward. Keep an eye out to your left for the different birdlife in the pools.

2. The cob finishes at a small car park from where you have a couple of choices. The easiest of which is to follow the IoACP signs to the road and back into the forest. You can also follow a narrow track through the forest which is a better walk, but narrow.

3. The forestry track needs to be followed and there are plenty of waymarks for the coastal path, making route finding very easy. You can in fact follow them all the way to the end of the walk if you wanted, but this walk takes a more scenic route.

4. Ensure you keep right at SH404 655, but waymarks keep you on track. The path emerges on a stretch of saltmarsh for a short while before re-entering the forest.

5. Shortly beyond this (300m or so) the path forks. Take the left fork, not the coastal path and the sandy path takes you along side some giant dunes where you can hear the sea but can’t see it. It is possible to cross the dune at the start and walk on the beach, or you can continue and cross the dune near to Llanddwyn.

6. As you emerge onto the beach, Llanddwyn is right there in front of you. It’s probably a good chance to empty sand from your boots too! Aim towards the wooden shelter for the notice boards and the wide track takes you easily to the lighthouses at the end of the ‘island’. This is one of the best viewpoints in the area.

7. Returning back, you can follow the beach or you can cut across the dunes at certain obvious points to hit the forestry track (recommended if you find the sand heavy going).  If you cross the beach, the more pleasant option, you will need to keep an eye out for the path to the car park on the left at SH405 633.

8. At the car park (with facilities) you can end your walk, or you can continue along the coastal path towards Newborough. There is even the option to follow the forestry paths back towards Malltraeth. The coastal path leaves to your far right as you enter the car park, and then follows the edge of the dunes. However, it’s a little heavy going and causes erosion of the dunes. So for ease of walking and ecological reasons, it’s better to follow the forest path that parallels it to the left of the fence.

9. Again, there are no navigational difficulties and the path takes you directly to the car park at Llyn Rhos-ddu. Spot the right turning for the path to Abermenai Point if you want to extend the walk a bit. The IoACP follows the road from here and this leg ends at the roundabout at Pen-lon.

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.

Multimap - Free online mapping.

Get a Map - Free online mapping from the OS

Access Land in Wales - online mapping from CCW.