Walking
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How to Get More Out of Your Daily Walk
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A daily walk can do a lot more for you with a few small changes to how you do it. Pace,…
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Can You Wild Camp in Snowdonia?
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Only with the landowner’s permission, and never in a car park or on a verge. What the National Park and the…
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What Are the Welsh 3000s, and Could You Walk Them?
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Every Welsh summit over 3,000 feet, in one day on foot: about 24 miles and 3,100 metres of climbing. Which peaks…
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Best Walking Gaiters for Snowdonia Hill Paths
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Five pairs of walking gaiters for Eryri, split by the kind of day they suit. What each maker publishes, what almost…
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Bothy Bag Sizes: What a 2, 4 or 8 Person Label Actually Means
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The person count on a bothy bag is not a standard, and two makers use it to mean different things. What…
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Cnicht: Is the Welsh Matterhorn Really an Easy Mountain?
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From the coast road Cnicht is a pyramid. From the top it is the end of a long ridge. What the…
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Can You Walk Up Glyder Fawr, or Is It a Scramble?
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The path past the Devil’s Kitchen is the walkers’ way onto the Glyderau, and the two guides that describe it use…
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Moel Siabod, the Mountain Where You Pick Your Own Difficulty
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Ordnance Survey publishes three route guides to Moel Siabod and grades the same mountain Hard on one and Medium on the…
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Can You Walk Up Snowdon and Get the Train Down?
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The Snowdon Mountain Railway does not sell a seat you can book for the way down. What it does sell, why…
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Walking Poles for Snowdonia: The Pair That Helps Most on the Way Down
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Three pairs of walking poles compared on the locks, lengths and weights their makers publish. Why the makers do not weigh…
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Waterproof Overtrousers for Snowdonia: The Pair You Can Get On Over Your Boots
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Three pairs of waterproof overtrousers compared on the side zips, ratings and weights their makers publish. Why the zip decides this…