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Top tips for hiking up Yr-Wyddfa (Snowdon)
Hiking to the summit of Walesâ highest mountain is high on the bucket list for many adventurous travellers. Here are our top tips for hiking up Snowdon!

A Really Simple Walking Guide Up Snowdon
A lot of our guests here at Dioni ask for help on getting up Snowdon. Theyâre not especially keen walkers or experienced hikers but have set themselves the goal of ascending the highest peak in England and Wales. If thatâs you, hereâs my Really Simple Walking Guide Up Snowdon.

Road Works on Snowdon
The Snowdonia National Park are busy laying tarmac on sections of the popular Miners Track which leads to the summit of Snowdon. Initially I was quite taken aback by the news. A ridiculous notion dreamt up by some obscure and unelected committee I thought. The rights of a disadvantaged minority riding rough shot over common sense. Political correctness gone mad. “I bet itâs funded by Europe.” I agreed with critics pointing out that this would lead to even more pressure being placed on this natural recourse and an inevitable increase of people on the mountain who are ill-prepared and badly equipped. But Iâve had a bit of a rethink. As with many headlines, the reality is not as shocking as you first suspect. The section of the Miners Track being renovated is limited to the first gradual stretch from Pen y Pass, a popular starting point up to Llyn Glaslyn. Traditional building methods have been used…