Welcome
to Snowdonia
SNOWDONIA
NATIONAL PARK:
The
Snowdonia National Park extends to an area of 840 square miles
southward from Conwy
to just north of Machynlleth. It includes miles of beautiful coastline
with memorable mountain ranges, fast-flowing rivers and streams
and tranquil lakes.
Standing over these acres of beautiful and wooded valleys is Snowdon
- the highest peak in Wales and England at 3,560 feet - the summit
is accessible only by various hiking trails and the Snowdon Mountain
Railway operating at regular intervals from Llanberis.
Llanberis
and Pen y Pas attract serious climbers and are the most popular
routes to the summit of Snowdon.
Both are accessible via the national
park's own bus route service, The Sherpa Bus Network. There are
many picturesque areas within the park with the village of Beddgelert
, associated with rock buttresses, steep mountain slopes and wooded
hillsides, being a notable location. The largest lake in Wales,
Llyn Tegid (Bala Lake) which is four miles long is situated to
the west of the town of Bala.
The
Park provides an interesting variety of scenery with the lower
lands consisting of wooded valleys, lakes, forests and waterfalls.
The falls at Aber near Bangor
is reputed to be the largest natural waterfall in Wales. Plas
y Brenin, the National Mountaineering Centre at Capel Curig offers
a host of outdoor activities including a dry ski slope, canoeing,
sailing and climbing. The Park offers and unrivalled choice of
outdoor pursuits and the Snowdonia National Park Authority runs
a series of guided walks throughout the year, details of, which
are available at local Tourist Information Centres.
