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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.

Advertise your Snowdonia Business here! Email for info.

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.

theTrainline - Timetables and online booking

 

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.

 

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Wild Camp. Useful little site, with info about wild camping, mainly in the Lakes. Across the Dragon's Back - An account of the Cambrian Way.
For lightweight podcasts click on backpackinglight.co.uk, remembering you dont have to have an i-pod or install anything Apple on your machine to listen. backpacking light

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.
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.
World Outdoor Web * OutdoorsMagic Forum based website, lots of information on here. Everything from what gear, to routes and where to stay.
Metcheck weather. Again, weather for snowdonia, centred on individual hills. Forestry Commisson have waymarked trails in the region.
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.

Tracklogs This is one of the best route planning software packages out there.

 

Cyngor Gwynedd Council

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

Eryri - Snowdonia National Park. Information about the national park.

Some bargain IT stuff is available at MISCO, for digital cameras and memory too.

Hosting? Try 4UHOSTING for size.

 

 

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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.

 

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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