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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.

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Accuweather

Snowdon Weather Station Project. Weather data, but is down at the moment. The Webcams show 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.

The Eryri Way

The Eryri Way is an extention to the Llyn Coastal Path (LlCP) that i have been working on for a number of years, a path that starts in Caernarfon, follows the peninsula down and the mountains back, originally called the Caernarfonshire Way. As the peninsula now has its own trail, it's easier and more logical to propose the Eryri Way as an extention to this, thus forming a circular route of about 260km. The route follows low passes and tracks through Snowdonia, and is no more technical than the LlCP. To take the path over the mountains would make this latter part much harder than the LlCP and would render the two halves incompatible. It is perfectly possible to take the highland route from Beddgelert onwards by following the route for the 3000 footers. This route takes the walker over all the summits over the archaic measure of 3000ft (914m), of which there are 14 (or arguably 15) and finishes at Bwlch y Ddeufaen near Aber, so is compatible with the rest of the walk. That, though, is up to the walker.

Oh, and yes. The route does follow the North Wales Path and the Four Valleys Path for a portion of the walk. I don't see a problem with this. In these areas, there are few alternatives that fit the 'non technical' description.

Detailed route descriptions and GPS files will appear here soon.

Click on the stage to see an OS map of that stage.

	Stage 0. Porthmadog to Penrhyndeudraeth. 5km This allows you to connect with the LlCP.
	Stage 1. Penrhyn to Nant Gwynant. 22 km. The walk starts Penrhyndeudraeth and follows ancient tracks on to the spectacular Aberglaslyn gorge and to Beddgelert and Nant Gwynant to complete the first day's walking.
	Stage 2. Nant Gwynant to Capel Curig. 21.5km. This section of the walk takes you along the Llyn Gwynant and its forest, before crossing over the Moelwynion on a low pass, visiting Dolwyddelan Castle and finally crossing over to Capel Curig for the night.
	Stage 3. Capel Curig to Conwy. 32 km. This is the most remote section and would wisely be shortened at Rowen YH. However, this walk takes you over the wild eastern Carneddau, with its lakes and mountains. You get quite high up, but never exposed.
	Stage 4. Conwy to Rachub. 32.5 km. Partly along the route of the North Wales Path, visiting Aber falls and following low hillsides for its duration. The sea is often prominent to your right. Could split by stopping at Aber.
	Stage 5. Bethesda to Llanberis. 15km Following the foothills with extensive views over the Arfon Plain and Anglesey. Short, but can extend by walking around Llyn Padarn before visiting Llanberis, one of the best viewpoints for Snowdon and Dolbadarn Castle
	Stage 6. Llanberis to Caernarfon. 18km. The final day takes you to within a breadth of Snowdon again, before crossing over to Waunfawr and the final few kilometres to Caernarfon and the walk's end. From 209 you can return to the start on the Welsh Highland Railway.

Making a Total of 133 km

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.