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It was in Snowdonia that I first found my feet; here I worked as a voluntary warden in the National Park, and learned the skills and hazards of rock climbing. But most of all, it was here that I acquired a love of mountains, of recreational walking and days at ease among the hills. Everything I’ve achieved as a writer, photographer and lover of wild landscapes is built on foundations laid here in Snowdonia.

The 40 walks offered here will take you through landscapes of peerless beauty, along ways that are easy and ways that are tough, frequently remote, wild, rugged, demanding, occasionally pastoral, but, above all, imbued with everything that brings unending joy to those of us who walk the hills.

Terry Marsh, 2010

Tryfan from the slopes of Pen yr Helgi Du (Walk 6)

INTRODUCTION

On Crib Goch (Walk 1)

In the minds of many visitors, only the mountain ranges that dominate the north-west of Wales are known by the name ‘Snowdonia’ – ‘Eryri’ in the old Welsh. In fact, Snowdonia covers a much wider area, over 2,000km2 (840 square miles), a domain extending far south to Bala, Cadair Idris and beyond, from the northern edge of Cardigan Bay to Anglesey.