"2:18:12 to the top. 900m of ascent. some running on the descent. Started at the Rhyd Ddu carpark (£6 all day, and good toilets) walked to the South ridge, then to Yr Wyddfa summit, then descended via the Rhyd Ddu path. Good clear weather, and very quiet, only saw a hand full of other people on the ascent. Great route, lovely day. " — JohnJones • May 19, 2025

"Approaching Snowdon via Rhyd Ddu Path and descending via Miner's Track. Thought to be great conditions at first, the weather became more and more windy and foggy. All in all great experience." — markorothe • Apr 27, 2025

"2:15:33 to the top. 800m of ascent in total. mild and windy day. sunny cloud inversion at the top. The pen y pass carpark was full when I arrived at 8:25 am but just managed to squeeze in. " — JohnJones • Dec 25, 2024

"1:47:02 to the top. 936m of ascent in total. walking. Good day, thick fog from about half way, but still a large que to the summit. I met some nice people, as always. The Snowdon ranger path is a good, and lesser used path to the summit. There was plenty of parking, £6 all day, a well defined, and easy to follow path, with no real obstacles. The only observation is on starting the descent in poor visibility, to ensure you are on the correct path. On my way up I met a group coming down, thinking they were on the Llanberis path. " — JohnJones • Aug 12, 2024

"2:02:02 to the top. 894 m of ascent. walking. Hot sunny day, cloud at the top. A lot of people at the top. 14 minute queue to the summit. Rhyd Ddu path was lovely and Quiet, and plenty of space in the carpark. £6 all day. " — JohnJones • Jun 24, 2024

"Completed as the final peak of the Welsh 3-peaks. Choose a silly route considering, very tough assent as connected to the Watkins path from the horseshoe, but lost the path near the summit and cut straight up the edge in the absence of a path. Took the miners path down like sensible people!" — olliemartin • Jun 25, 2022

"Parked (free) just in Co. Conwy in a lay-by at SH 66519 55945). Crossed the boggy moor up to the fine summit of Moel Berfedd, then descended steeply to Pen y Pass. Then took the Miners' Track up to the summit of Yr Wyddfa, descending by the Pyg Track. Then the path down to the A 498, reaching the car at dusk. Solo. A beautiful warm, cloudless, spring day." — marktrengove2 • Mar 30, 2021

"Well, for a lot of reasons I knew this wasn't going to be a successful summit. We didn't have rain gear and it was pouring rain, we didn't have enough water, and I had torn a huge hole in the seat of my hiking pants. Not the best combination. So we went up the Watkins Trail for about 1.2 miles to see the amazing cascading waterfalls. It was incredible and so worth it. It also solidified my desire to come back to Wales and summit Yr Wyddfa and some of the other amazing peaks in Snowdonia. Breathtaking. Gorgeous. Glorious. Waterfalls all the way up. Really, I don't have words to explain exactly how glorious this was, even though we were soaking wet and completely unprepared. Snowdonia and Wales has a hold on my heart, and I have to go back to collect. " — psychikingjes • Jul 19, 2019

"Monday 9th to Tuesday 10th July 2018. Snowdon Massif, Gwynedd, North Wales. The hills were Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) (13th ascent), Garnedd Ugain 1065.3m/72m (4th ascent), Craig Fach 608.8m/40m (2nd ascent) and Clogwen Pen Llechen 421m/34m. In July 2011, I had taken an evening walk by the Pyg Track up Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) to watch the sunset from the top of the highest mountain in Wales. It had been worth the ascent, with the shadow of the mountain stretching to the east before being snuffed out at the sun’s setting. I had descended to Llanberis in the gloaming, arriving back at my car in the dark. Since then, I had been waiting for an opportunity not only to witness a sunset, but also a sunrise from the summit. The long period of hot dry settled weather in the early summer of 2018 afforded such an opportunity. Temporarily without a car, I resolved to undertake an overnight bivouac on the summit of Yr Wyddfa, using public transport to reach Llanberis from my home. As bus and train services in North Wales do not interconnect, this took me over four hours, compared with around one hour by car. After an early evening meal in The Heights (see at http://www.theheightsllanb..." — marktrengove2 • Jul 9, 2018

"From Rhyd-Ddu car park (£5.00 for the day), taking the Rhyd-Ddu trail up over Llechog, visiting Pt. 931m on the south ridge before heading north to the busy summit. Descent by the south ridge, then west through the quarries from Bwlch Cwm Llan to rejoin the ascent path. Some sunshine at first, with the cloud lifting from the summits as I reached Llechog. But then the cloud rolled in and stayed for hours, only lifting in the evening to sunshine again as I approached Rhyd-Ddu. Chilly south-west wind, with the distinct feel of autumn. Practice hike for my forthcoming Mt. Olympos trek, witn heavy pack. Solo." — marktrengove2 • Sep 1, 2017