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Snowdonia Links
Weather Links Capel Curig Weather.
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. Advertise your Snowdonia Business here! Email for info. Snowdon Weather Station Project. Weather data, but is down at the moment. The Webcams show Elidir Fawr and Moel Eilio. Public Transport theTrainline - Timetables and online booking OthersThe 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. 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.
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Articles. (Or, other stuff) Calendar for 2008. Don't ask what happened to 2007, just don't ask. All Hot and Bothied. An article on a bothy in Snowdonia. Gives you an idea what to expect. Don't expect grid references for the bothy, or even a name! You'll have to contact the Mountain Bothies Association to find out more. A printable list of the Welsh Hills. If you read the hill list article below, then you'll know where I'm coming from on this. If not, then the list includes an explanation. The acrobat file is designed to print, the even pages are upside down as that's the only way i could get them to print on my duplex printer. To view on-screen, download this version. Either version can be printed double sided and then folded over to produce a neat little A5 booklet. Waypoint files for North Snowdonian Summits (as far south as Manod) in different formats. GPX, Tracklogs, Memory Map's MXF format and Garmin. You can upload these to your GPS as trackpoints, and they are helpful in navigating. Sunrise and Sunset times for Snowdon Acrobat .pdf file, prints on 2 pages A4 to give sunrise and sunset times for 2006. Times adjusted for daylight saving etc. (65k) OUT OF DATE! Check the sunset pages for more information. Calendar for 2006 A bit late i know! (65k). OUT OF DATE - Will update! Mountain Leader (ML) Training Blog. My rantings and mabye, useful information on trying to gain this qualification. What does it take to become a Mountian Leader? An article by Paul Cummings, originally posted on uk.rec.walking. Lightweight Gear 1 The Big 3.Some musings on equipment, the big 3 this time (tent, sleeping bag and rucsac). Could be the birth of a new section on the site, devoted to lightweight backpacking, UK style as opposed to the US ways (which are not, in my opinion, directly applicable to UK weather conditions). Updated 16/5/06 Lightweight Gear 2. Everything but the Kitchen Sink. This time, a brief discussion on stoves and pans and how to reduce weight. Updated 16/5/06 Lightweight Gear 3. Food Ideas . Just a brief note on food, definately not exhaustive. Send me your recipies to make this a useful resource. LDPs in Eryri. Links to Long Distance Footpaths and their websites. Nuttalls, Lists and Metric Mountains. Bit of a rant about hill lists and imperial measurements. uk.rec.walking. How to access the USENET newsgroups. Some info you
might find useful BEFORE you post Update History. All the updates to the website, from the day it was conceived. If you hadn't guessed, it was conceived in Snowdonia, and like all trendy parents, i decided to name it after that location... About the site. About the site, what did you expect? How to make use of the Downloadable GPS files. A brief explanation of what the route file formats mean. Gearlists. Well, list at the moment. These can be downloaded into Backpacking Gear Weight Calculator for curiosity, research or whatever reason you can come up with.
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General Links 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. Multimap - Free online mapping. Get a Map - Free online mapping from the OS Access Land in Wales - online mapping from CCW.
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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!
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