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Snowdon and Llyn Llydaw

The Pyg Track is clear throughout its length, and substantially restored in its upper reaches. Along the way it cavorts with minor outcrops and later passes below the broken cliffs of Crib y Ddysgl, where the Miners’ Track ascends from the left, rising through Cwm Dyli. The final escape is by the renowned zigzags, now pitch paved. This used to be seriously tricky in winter conditions, and is no easier now when snow and ice abound. But in normal summer conditions, there is no difficulty popping up to the finger of rock that marks the top of the path, a key marker, incidentally, for the descent.

Now all that remains is to turn left (roughly south), and follow a broad trail up to the summit of Snowdon.

You make your descent by retracing your steps to the finger of rock above the zigzags, and the turning down onto the Pyg Track. Above Glaslyn, in an area of mining debris that often causes navigational confusion, a path descends steeply to the shores of the lake. There is a stone marker, a little over a metre high, that marks the best point of departure from the Pyg Track.