ROUTE INFO

Distance 11.3km (7 miles) Total ascent 588m Time 5 hours Start/finish parking in small lakeside layby on A498 (SH647518) Nearest town

Beddgelert

Terrain mixture of open, rough hillside with heather and boggy patches, pathless terrain; route-finding would need care in poor visibility; valley paths are well-marked

Maps OS Explorer (1:25,000) OL17; OS Landranger (1:50,000) 115; Harvey Superwalker (1:25,000) Snowdonia North Accommodation

YHA Snowdon Bryn Gwynant 0345 371 9108 and Llyn Gwynant campsite (01766) 890302 within walking distance of the start Public transport

limited Snowdon Sherpa bus services (S4 and S97/various times) Traveline Cymru 0871 200 2233 Guidebooks Day Walks in Snowdonia by Tom Hutton, pb Vertebrate Publishing Tourist info Hwb Eryri, Llanberis info@ hwberyri.co.uk or Beddgelert TIC (01766) 890615

Best café Caffi Gwynant (01766) 890855