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TP6043 - Snowdon Summit
Logged Visits:
Great Trip kinda gld of the cloud cover my fear of heights became very apparent!!
What a day to pick to tackle Snowdon… It was wet, blowing half a gale and bitterly cold at the summit. Very few people up here this morning and only one, a German tourist, outside the cafeteria. He kindly took the photo of me at the pillar. Visibility just a few feet. The low marks out of 10 reflect the conditions on the day.
My first logged trigpoint and what a day to get it. Came from pen y pass up the pyg track back down the miners track
My ninth visit but first specifically to visit the pillar, had early start to beat the crowds and a semi clear view from the summit ...... busy as always!!
Good views today, apart from the trigpoint that was covered in tourists. Came from Rhyd ddu and down the Ranger path.
Never had to queue to bag a trig before. Absolutely fantastic views.
I'll give it a 10 for its significance and views and hill climbing experience but would only give the actual trig visit a 1 as it involves a lot of jostling to get up the steps and back down on a busy day. I thought summit rage was going to break out at one time. Trying to secure my photo of the flush bracket took a bit of time.
Foggy
Came up Rhyd-Ddu path for a geocaching event
visibility 10 yards!
Visited as part of the Three Peaks challenge.
From Pen Y Pass
Very sunny day - not a cloud in the sky. Could see our car parked at Pont Bethania where we started circular walk on Watkin Path. Glorious views all round.
Visited the trig while on a geocaching trip with a group from the East Midlands. Fantastic views from the top, but very crowded.
it was very windy and it was snowing so couldn't see too much. it was amazing experience. :)
Nice day for a view on top of the clouds
Walked up PYG Track and back down Miners Track. Really enjoyed this Trig wasn't too busy at the top so managed to get my photos easily and also stopped for a cup of tea and scone at the top.
Very busy - but its a Saturday!
Very busy location.
A warm and sunny visit this time via the south ridge from Bethania bridge and return via the Watkin Path
Ascended via the Watkin path and down via the southern ridge. Zero visibility and lots of people despite no trains running due to high winds. Previous ascent was in 1976.
We walked up from Llanberis, when we arrived the mountain top was shrouded in cloud so views were not great. After sitting in the cafe we came out behind a train log of tourists who hid the trig from view so we decided not to join the queue for another photo.
done
I came up on the Watkin Path, with a little detour to take in Y Lliwedd first. The last 300 metres of ascent was through dense cloud. Even still, the summit was as busy as ever and it was a struggle to get a picture of the flush bracket. I don't know if I saw BLACKCATWHITEFEET when I was up there, but I did see a poor bedraggled girl dressed up as a banana. I headed down on the Llanberis path, calling by Garnedd Ugain trig pillar along the way.
Stunning views on the way up, but lots of cloud cover at summit so couldn't see anything but that.
Not much of a view due to it low cloud
A fog came down as we arrived at the trig point so couldn't see an lot but the views on the way up were fantastic.
like asda on a saturday but had to be logged!!
Passing during an attempt on the Snowdon Horseshoe. Lots of folks about in near perfect viewing conditions – no wind with only the occasional angry black cloud swirling over Bwelch Main to the south. Just managed to get one photo with nobody on it.
Good walk to top of Snowdon. Cloud base at about 850m so no views. Didn't stay too long at the top.
Fantastic (if not hot) day to climb to the top. Perfect view all round.
Awash with people, stopped long enough for photo and coffee, then set off for second half of horseshoe
Walked the Pyge track to summit on fine warm spring morning. Slight haze meant Lake District Fells and Irish Sea were not visible otherwise great views. Haze stopping trig from getting a 9 or 10 rating.
Another great day nearly full winter condtions with rime ice on the summit, snowdonia great midweek not many walkers around.Got 20 minutes at trig on our own !
3rd visit, first with new cafe which I can live with but really do not like the steps to the summit. This time from Rhyd Ddu.
Above date is most recent of twenty visits, first in 1975. Round, stone built topograph. Pillar and platform rebuilt in 2000 with view indicator set into top. There was a small cairn recorded on the top in 1805 and the large cairn, on which stands the trig point, was first constructed in 1827 by the OS surveyors. New cafe is an improvement on the former one though it was too cloudy to see it, or anything else, properly today.
Went up the Bwlch Main path and saw not a soul until hit by the noise of a workmans angle grinder and hoards of people clamouring for a photo on the top. First visit since the new centre opened. Not as horrendous as I imagined. Pillar in good condition but no view today because of cloud.
Cant log a 10 as the weather conditions were absolutely (literally) blowing a gale and the top was cloud locked
I'm sure we were at the top of Snowdon, but there was so much cloud cover!
I can't say the trig condition is good because there isn't a trig, just a topograph with the flush bracket mounted on it. A beautiful day, we came up early(ish) via the Pyg track and back via the Miners' track. 10 for the view, 1 for the lack of peace, train and shop.
Busy isn't the word. The first trig I have had to queue for to get a photo
Walked there and back via the excellent Rhyd-Ddu track. Stunning views. Very busy up here today.
Attend Geocache meeting
Superb round stone-built trig with brass spider with indented lettering in centre of view-indicator, an impressive bit of wokmanship. Would easily earn 10/10 if not for that railway monstrosity,although the new building better visually than the old one. Previously visited this Furth of Scotland Munro 08/05/87 by way of Crib-goch and Crib-y-ddysgl which I repeated today with the inclusion this time of Craig Fach to complete the Welsh Sims ( Sixhundred Metre Summits ).
One of those very special days when the sky is clear and the views are amazing. Took the train up and walked back down via Garnedd Ugain. Busy at the summit even at this time.
Went up via Miners Track and down Pyg Track in ideal conditions. Very busy at summit. A stunning mountain. Revisitted 30.08.11 for 18th birthday.
Tried to do the horseshoe but weather to bad so went up pyg track back down miners track. pea soup at the top passed hundreds on way up
Usual lack of view not least for the numbers of flip-flopped visitors to the summit. 2nd ascent in 12 months - a lot warmer this time - but still cold and drizzly on an otherwise warm sunny day elsewhere. Going well descent via Rhyd Ddu path. Year's challenge in aid of Prostate Cancer Charity is going well with three good high trigs in two days.
Walked to here 30 years to the week ago with my late father. we where lucky the cloud dropped and the views are just the best.
Good grief! It's high up!
Walked up again this time Rhyd Ddu up and Snowdon Ranger down caught the train back to the car. Still a good walk but as we reached the summit we also losted the view.
Lovely blue sky day. Droves of people up there.
Beautiful day with blue sky, fantastic views, walked up the Snowdon Ranger path. Busy at summit.
Horrendously busy - trig point from hell! I've never seen so many people at the top of a mountain.
Clear blue skies and a wonderful walk up the Snowdon Ranger path.
Ascent from Nantgwynant via the Clogwyn Du ridge very snowy, very cloudy - no views. Had the trig to ourselves. Intended to return via the Watkin Path, but aborted after conditions made it impassible without crampons etc. Ended up using the Llanberis Path to leave the mountain. With the Imperial College Fellwanderers
WOW, what a trig. Weather not brilliant, cloudy base occurred just before going under second rail bridge, although the day before there were 70mph gusts so we were lucky. 3 hour walk up the Llanberis path, started out at 8.15am to avoid the tourists, and boy are they ill prepared tourists, this is a MOUNTAIN!!!! The whole experience makes this a 10/10 for us. Thank you to all that helped us prepare for this trip, we really did feel on top of the world together, and make this our 50th trig.
Four ascents in 3 days - all by different routes. Rhyd-Ddu (hated the narrow ridge), Pyg, Snowdon Ranger (easiest) and lastly Watkins (best route). First 3 times thick cloud at top but fourth time lucky - brilliant sunshine with a sea of cloud a few hundred feet below which gradually cleared. New cafe quite nice. Unbelievably crowded - I had to queue behind about 10 others to get to the topograph.
Misty at the summit, not much of a view.
A little trot around Snowdon
Went up on the ‘Pyg track’ and then came back down the ‘Miners track’. Very windy and very cold on the top with very little visibility, although started to clear up in the afternoon as we walked down! Definitely a mystical place!
The busiest trig point I have seen!
Went from Llanberis as part of DoE Gold exped.. If you want to avoid the ill prepared tourists on the Llanberis track, you will have to be early. I have heard stories of people queing to get up before! Unfortunately, the weather was not as good as many other photo's show and the mist was so poor you could hardly see down the steps to just below the trig. Couldn't see the cafe very well either, but from what I saw (and heard) it was very nice. After Snowdon, we continued down the pyg track to Pen-y-pass. Nice climb but nicer weather could have made it a lot better!
Good views, but very busy.
Came up and went down on the railway although originally we had plans to ride up and walk down Last 200ft in cloud so no views - two geocaches though :-)
WOW - what can you say! - Great walk up along the Llanberis Path, intended to use Miners Track, but others have stated you need to be early to get a parking spot. Bit of cloud at the summit but some amazing views - got the Pillar to myself for a while too.
Second time up and still cannot see a thing
Latest of many visits to Snowdon. Usual crowds. Impressed by the new cafe - I think it blends in well and a big improvement from the old.
Round stone pillar more a tourist attraction than a trig point. Metal plug [indented letters] at centre of elaborate view finder. Public. Access Land. Snowdonia National Park. New summit complex not quite open. New steps provide easier & safer access to pillar, but have an 'approach to the shrine' feel. Still, highest place in the British Isles outside Scotland, with a feeling of immense loftiness. As an alternative to the usual routes, try an ascent of the south ridge from Rhyd Ddu.
Visited on a very windy day.
Found while doing the virtual cache at the summit
A nice walk up Snowdon
bagged after a hard walk on a wet windy and misty day
Did this as part of our 3 Peaks Challenge - Scafell in March, Nevis in May, and now Snowdon! Sorry? Oh, they have to be done in the same day! I thought it was in the same year, d*mn - back to the drawing board! Oh well, at least it was a glorious day and the final day of our hols, long drive home in the evening though. We did the classic horeshoe walk up from Pen-y-Pass, over Crib Goch, Snowdon summit and return via Y Lliwed, one of the best circular walks we've done, but the weather made it. Top of Snowdon was awful, a train station, a half-built cafe and all those people! Uggh.
It would be unfair to mark it low - vis was about 50 yards and it was raining.
Passed while doing Snowdon horseshoe. Busy as expected but had good views
8th time up Snowdon first time with son Jamie, 7th time was with son Toby 14.08.2001. First time was 24.05.1970 three weeks after coming out from nine weeks in hospital after being shot!!
Found along with 15 explorer scouts!
Went up the Miners route in the dark last of the 3 peaks challange, got a bit lost and did a bit more rock climbling then i would have liked in the middle of the night. great looking trig plate.
Booked a days holiday from work started out early from Barnsley parked in car park at Pen-y-pass took the Pyg route up to summit misty not good views, bagged Garnedd Ugain trig back to car via Miners track good walk
Turned out I was the only person at the summit when I arrived, which must be unusual for 10am on a Saturday. Thick cloud covered everything so visibility down to about 10m. Trig point is a masterpiece and one of the best I have seen.
Found whilst attending a geocache event on the summit of Snowdon with my eldest son - my 4th climb to the summit
Somewhat cloudy (ie in one). Worth the slog though.
Been three time, this was the latest
Supporting Alan Lucker on his Paddy Buckley Round, which he completed in 23h12m. Thick mist overnight; a few Three Peaks Yacht Race crews in evidence at the summit.
Superb views if the weather is right - and it was today.
Found whilst doing a four peaks challenge with Cornwall search & Rescue Team.
Walked up Pyg.Hot,sunny day.Very busy at the trig/toposcope.Amazing views.My first 3000 footer
Not sure how many times I have visited this one but this was my first completion of the Snowdon Horseshoe so seems like a good time to log the two TPs on the route.
weather not great but a lot better than forcast company superb
Visited on the Snowdon Horseshoe, top is a mess, building work a tourist making for a unwelcome site. Didn't spend long here, least favourite part of the walk. Trig in good order, the bits i could see throught the crowd.
We took the very quiet but pleasant Snowdon Ranger Path up. Watch out for the mountain bikers screaming their way back down!!! Photos to follow.
Nice round of the horseshoe starting up Crib Goch.
An early start saw us taking the Pyg path to the summit from car park at Pen-y-pass. Although only cloudy on the way up it was a howling gale by the time we reached the railway track with little visibility. Hung on for dear life to the stone built circular trig point. First five figure number I have recorded. Was this trig point a much later addition as a replacement and renumbered? I am quite new to this logging trig points and have caught the bug so I may be proved to be hopelessly wrong in my surmising.(I dont look for any information on a trig until I have loggged it myself it takes away a lot of the excitement.)
Couldn't see much! quite cloudy one side but V clear the other !
I suppose it's only fitting that our first 'recorded' trig in Wales is Snowdon. We came up the Miners Track and back down to Llanberis. Perfect weather and excellent 360 degree views. A tad more crowded up here than we're used to.
Arrived lunchtime, loads of people milling around summit. Walked up on the Pyg Track. Hot day and fine views. Lovely mountain.
Nice View!
We came up via the Miners Path to find lots of people milling around the summit/building site, managed to spend a little while at the Trig Point without getting pushed off but definitely the busiest mountain we've been up! Went back down via the Llanberis path which we thought was nowhere near as interesting.
beautiful walk up the snowdon ranger path, just me and the lad all the way till you pass the railway line and join the other paths, all of a sudden the world and is mother is at the trigpoint on the top. great views but to many people,cafe and railway station gone at the moment whilst work is carried out.
early start alone on top very very cold via pyg track
Too many people as usual. Could just see through the mist to the old station. Should leave it like this, do not rebuild!
RW, GLT, Corrie Dog & Marsdeners
under cloud again never saw the veiws
Wotta great day, slight weather problems but otherwise great with the University Of Bangor Walking Club
Rain all the way up. Cleared at the top. Rain all the way down!
We had to bag this one as we were in the area. Discovered i have vertigo that weekend, which resulted in me crawling up the steps an hugging the trig.
Found and photographed on a night ascent of Snowdon with Rangerchuk, Nitrousdesign and Ezme.
Walked this with my girlfriend. great walk
First recorded trigpoint, might as well make it the top of Wales. Great view, but full of Japanese tourists
NOt a REAL trig. Very wet and cloudy (as, reading below - is generally the case!). Followed a load of 3-Peakers who cleared off after a few mins so we had it to ourselves for a bit.
Views this time as the cloud cleared on the summit. nothing new to add
Up the Rhydd Dhu and down the Snowdon Ranger
On a good day you can see for miles and it was a pretty good day
summit very busy but what a view
can't believe this- father ted's in anglesey, and saginanvalis's on top of snowdon at the same time as me- i trust it wasn't you either 'on a course' or on the phone "hi it's me, guess where i am, yeah on top of snowdon" or both 'on a course' AND on the phone, by the way i was the one in all black & 6'4" with goatee. i think we all need RHB branded on our foreheads...i came up the watkin path via y llewydd and then later onto yr aran - a killer 800' scorpion's sting marilyn in the tail of another snowdon horseshoe. rime over the last 100' of snowdon, the only trig of the weekend, and it's a pretend one...
Very small circular stonebuilt pillar, FB set halfway up facing the cafe; toposcope on top with central spider and metal cap (shallow letters) apparently all of polished brass. Low cloud and cold wind but still busy on top. 2nd of 2 days with the Mercia FR crew. Retrospective hello to stonestreaker - we were the fellrunners - underdressed and in a hurry ;-)
Cloudy as usual on the top (12 trips, only 3 with a view from the top!). Location recorded with Etrex Summit with WAAS/EGNOS enabled, quoted accuracy 4m (around 8 satellites fixed.)
Far too busy for my liking, over 100 folks around summit and more in the cafe. Lets hope no other UK mountains get a cafe or train service!
Its a long way to the top of this rock.(via watkins path)
Beautiful Day for the climb (via Pyg Track)
Third on our Three Peaks Challenge. A lovely walk up from Pen y Pass, but sadly the summit was shrouded in mist once again. And too many day trippers who cheated by using the railway ;) Touched the trig point, noted the flush bracket number and legged it back to complete the Challenge in the nick of time!
Snowdon peak reached from Rhydd Dhu via the south ridge, which unlike the summit was very quiet. Beautifully (re)contructed pillar with great views as the weather was superb. Trig height on the OS didn't agree with that on my Garmin Legend, but location spot on.
Third time lucky - clrar at last
Retrospectively added for our visit during the 3 Peaks. Went up via the Pyg Track and down via the Miners Path. Last peak of the 3, the weather for all the peaks was miserable, although the clouds did break slightly on the journey down. At least we could get to the trig point without queuing!!
After a wet start to the day and a 1 hour wait to park at Pen-Y-Pass. We started up the Pyg track, as we started off the sky started to clear. At the top the Views were amazing with Moel Fammu and Holyhead Mountain visible.
Had to be a 10 as it was the first time i've been up with no clouds in sight!
Bagged on behalf of a good rambling friend. Received text from summit with details. Freezing on top!
Very busy today for some reason...
Great views when the weather is good, but not today
Another one doing the Snowdon summit event today
My highest trigpoint yet and I forget to log it for 3 weeks - oops!
Second visit - geocachers were comparing coords, muggles saying "Hello Mum - guess where I am" to their mobiles!
Found whilst attending the Snowdon Easy or Hard cache event along with approx 28 other cachers! The cloud base was low today so the views were poor at the summit , but on clear days views are spectacular.
Walked up from pen-y-pass for the event cache. rained hard on the way up and heavy clouds on the sumit so no views today. nice walk back and the sun even came out
Well worth the climb up in the pouring rain, the clouds cleared before we went back down again, giving us some breathtaking views.
Long way up, to Snowdons' Summit
Very busy at top (as usual :-)
Climbed Snowdon on Aug 29th. Also logged the virtual geocache up there.
Visited with friends in 2004, and have been up again in 2009.
great views sunny day long walk up but worth it
Finishing the 3 peaks challenge committed us to walking up in very bad weather in the dark. I had been up before and new exactly where we were going, the others secretly rang mountain rescue, who told us to walk down the railway track. Which was where I was planning on walking anyway.
Fabulous day! Has to be 10/10. Had to wait 30mins to get a picture free from tourists!
finished the three peaks now can I go home!!!
Was with Lancaster University Hiking Club doing the Snowdon Horse shoe. Stopped for group photo
Great views to be had in between the clouds that roll past.
HAD A GREAT WALK UP TO THE TRIG POINT ON A LOVELY DAY, SCENERY EXCELENT.ALSO MANAGED TO LOG THIS A VIRTUAL CACHE (WHERE IS SNOWDONS SUMMIT)AND ON THE WAY BACK DOWN FOUND PYG N HELL WERE KNACKERED, AN EXCELENT START TO THE DAY.
Great trig to visit. Been up twice, once on train in bad weather and once walking.
latest trip to summit first visited in the early 80's climbed via Yr Aran and had planned to continue on southern half of horseshoe but late snow and no crampons meant discression over valour on the top of the Watkin
old log. tons of ascents before trigging took over my life!
Heavy snow and very windy at the top
Very clean and polished plate with toposcope attached. Cool,and breezy but a good view.
having got to the top, i promptly nearly fell off due to the overly strong winds!!! needless to say it was freezing cold but worth it for the stunning view - a must see
Great views on a fairly clear day
Unreachable by the thousands of people all fighting to touch it
Well worth the 2.5 hours to walk up the views are amazing although the trig is surrounded by people. this has to be the most visited trig in the UK
Very fleeting visit as the high point of the International Snowdon Race. Its a busy place today with train loads of tourists plus 354 fell runners. Can't stop, must get down to the finish at Llanberis.
Couldn't get much higher in this country. But so many people around not easy to read GPSr in position.
Good climb up but very cloudy at summit so no view today
Pillar has been rebuilt as a direction indicator incorporating OS metalwork. I have it on good authority that this trig did not form part of the triangulation, but was built because people kept asking why there was no T.P. on the highest mountain in Wales1
This would certainly have been a higher score if the weather had been clear. I walked up the Snowdon Ranger path in two hours, whilst Sam caught the train to the halfway station and walked hte rest of the way up. The first of the three country tops on my walk around the coast of Britain.
Approximate first date, climbed above the clouds into the sun.
approximate date, from pen-y pass over crib goch.
Finally completed our British 3 Peaks, 5 years after climbing Scafell Pike and Ben Nevis!
Easy way up using the train. Previous visit the hard way 25/1/1997 Exellent days walking around the horse shoe, Climbed many times through variety of routes. But the horse shoe is the best. Previous visits 25/5/1996, 1/6/1994, 27/5/1991, 29/5/1986 and 27/5/1977
Wales Country Top. Caernarfonshire County Top. A wet day for my 9th ascent.
7th visit and this time with son Toby for the first time....wisping cloud
still snow on the trig--first day Snowdon was open after Foot and Mouth--first came up here in 1953
Have walked up here many times but decided to log this particular date as it was done as the last of the 3 Peaks that we did over the period of a week. Very foggy this day. We'd wanted to do the Crib Goch ciruit but due to no view we didn't. Have done it since though and wonderful it is.
I am only loggin this Mar'04 so cant remember much about the visit, but it was clear. Also visited: (wont log them seperatly to avoid making the page too long) 21/4/2000 - 12/02/2002 - 23/02/2004
The highest point for us so far (uk) Lovely views all round. Well worth the hard climb. Walked up the day before the eclipse. Amy 7 Craig 10 done well to get to the top.
Visited on a "Nuttall" walk which also included the summits of Crib y Ddysgl, Y Lliwedd, Y Lliwedd East Peak and Lliwedd Bach.
Visited as part of a 3 peaks challenge. Very nice stone built Trig.
Been coming to Wales for some many years and fginally got up here! A great walk, but awful visibility on the top - I think it would have felt wrong if it had been clear. Arrived with Lou, Ian, and Jo.
would be a 10 but for the café & crowds - many visits 1980s onwards, e.g. 19/7/97 during Paddy Buckley Round, full moon, almost too warm even at 10pm
The date is very arbitrary as I've been up Snowdown sevarla times. First (and easiest) ascent was about 1972 by train - I was only 11. Since then I've been up via the Miners Track & PYG track more than once, but the most exhilarating must be via Crib Goch. On one occaision this was extended to do the horseshoe over Llewedd. Will try and come up with exact date(s)
Done several times, though this visit was as part of 3 peaks in 24 hours
3rd and Final peak of the 3 Peaks Challenge! Weather BAD strong winds, raining, 0 visability...standard for Snowdon then. Whole challenge completed in 21Hrs 14min 56sec. Total ascent 10010ft
Waking up after a bivi on the (old) summit station patio, at the start of a midsummer crossing of the Welsh 3000s. A training walk for a 5 -week trip to the Himalayas later in the summer.
We touched the pillar to begin our 14 peaks challenge. A boiling hot day with millions of flies at the summit- we were only too glad to leave!
Visited whilst on a walk to the cafe at the top
I think this was my 14th time up here, but this one was special with Mum (63!) and her grand-daughter (8!) in tow. Ascent up Rhyd-Ddu path, with mist blocking spectacular views after 650m. Lunch on top amidst crowds of trainbound grockles clustering around the trig, some in flip-flops!
The high point of the Cambrian Way. The last vestiges of mist clear to a sunny day but you're not on your own up here. Certainly better than my last visit as a scout when my brother was nearly blown off the mountain.
Awesome, cloud just below ridge line, night time to see dawn from the summit - Back to Pete's Eats for breakfast
Thick snow, wind and lots of grey cloud. Walked up Llanberis Path as part of a group of 20 (college "activity" weekend) 18 wanted to stop and have lunch in leeward side of cafe while 2 of us headed straight to the top. Weather closed in as we went for lunch so everyone else missed the view.
Excellent trig and handy for the cafe. Pillar made of local stone, plug missing
Walked up Pyg track, not by train!!
Climbed mountain back in '93.
Up Pyg Track (down Miners Track) in horrid mist and rain. Subsequently been up on the railway (down Watkin Path)in 1995ish and climbed as final part of Three Peaks challenge by Miners Track (down Pyg) in May 2002.
Nicely placed, right by a railway station, and no nettles nor barbed wire. Stone built. There is some speculation that the survey pillar is the one over on Carnedd Ugain, and this one was built to answer expectations of a trig pillar.
walked up
The first of three visits.
I was part of a 1991 Events Team and we were raising sponsorship money for the Action & Research for Multiple Sclerosis charity. We were a team of ten carrying a colleague up to the summit on a kind of sedan chair(8 carrying & 2 resting in 20 minute relays). I remember we reached the summit in just under three hours, and all crowded round the trigpoint pillar in a collapsed heap. I've been up again since that memorable day, but it was never quite as good as that first time....
Over Crib Goch.Too wet for rock climbing ..
First Trig Point I visited (11 months old).
On holiday as a bairn. Fantastically hot day, burnt to a crisp, but a memory which lingers. Took me eighteen years to return.
Logged retrospectively from 2010. Visited this trig by the Crib Goch route. Without doubt my bravest adventure in the mountains at that time. Summit very crowded with a stong smell of urine from the poor quality loos. What a travesty to inflict on the highest mountain in Wales. Still the views were fantastic and I hear the new visitor centre is much better.
Non visit note: Alan Duval has a photo from a 1974 visit (date not stated). "The trig point was a standard, square cross-section one, but appears to be on a stone built platform, about 60-80 cm in height." Was plastered in snow, so unsure whether stone or concrete.
3rd time on summit, first time round the entire Snowdon Horseshoe
Pen y Pass 6.20...Crib Goch Clear weather looking down on a sea of clouds. Magic. Descent at 9.20 via Pyg Track back at car at 10 40. Golly, fit, light 17 year old.
1st ascent up Watkin path. Quite a stuggle as I'm only four weeks out of a spell of nine weeks in hospital after a belly ful of shotgun pellets on 28th Feb. Legs still not back to fitness but very light, about 10 stone after loosing nearly three stone in hospital. But delighted to be alive to get here!!
My first trig point that I remember. I was only 7 at the time (I did walk up) so I'm guessing the precise date and time. I remember standing on the very top and then crying on the way down because I was so tired. I have been back a couple of time since but the first time is always the best!
Childhood visit - age 11 Two other later recorded visits, 1978 and 1983
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17th Feb 2013 12:00 by 
At the top
At the top
Banana woman saves the day!
The FB taken with my phone
My GPS on the trig plate atop snowdon
spider amongst bottles!
pillar
Snowdon Summit
trig looking to crib goch and the glyders
Flush Bracket
summit indicator
Pyg track marker stone
The scary side of snowdon
GPSr on top of Trig
Our Spot
On top of the world, well at least for England and Wales.
The Bench Mark
SNOWDON SUMMIT FLUSH BRACKET
SNOWDON SUMMIT TRIGPOINT
Spot the GPSmap 60CSx! 
Flush plate - all we could see!
Which way now !!
Snowdon Summit pillar
Bit busy at the top
Snowdon Summit
me and the missus
Snowdon Flush Bracket
Top of Snowdon - Allegedly
SNOWDON
gps Snowdon
Snowdon from pyg
me at 3560ft
Me & Ed at the pillar, Crib Goch behind
Trig Topo
Me and Dad on the summit
Snowdon Summit Trig
Snowdon Summit Flush Bracket
Snowdon Summit Trig
Snowdon Summit
Snowdon Summit
Busy at the top.
Snowdon Trig & inserts
alone on top
Snowdon Summit
On the summit with Maz
Im the one with the crazy hair
Snowdon Trigpoint
On the summit of Snowdon
Happy but wet
TP6043 - Snowdon Summit - Well its there some where
Montaged by Jon Rouse
Finally made the Final Summit of the 3 Peaks - Snowdon
Flush Bracket
What a view
The bracket
Cachers at Snowdon Summit Trigpoint
The BM on Snowdon
Snowdon
Snowdon Summit
Snowdon Summit
Snowdon Summit
Snowdon Summit
Snowdon Summit
Flush bracket
Pauline with trig
Spider and plate
The trig poimt is there, your just not looking hard enough
Looking to Garnedd Ugain
The LUHC at the Snowdon Trig
Taking a GPS reading.
Windswept
The Easy Way Up
It's up there
Train at the mountain railway station
Panorama
16th Aug 2003 12:00 by 
TP6043
TP6043plate
The view to the South
Sam by the trig point at the top of Snowdon.
The trig point on top of the cairn.
Snowdon Trig
This is as focused as was possible in the weather
Snowdon
Mrs Dusty & trigpoint