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Snowdon

Accident verdicts on two Snowdonia walkers

Verdicts of accidental death were recorded on two walkers who fell to their deaths in separate incidents in Snowdonia.

30 June 2010

Snowdon summit building gains two awards

The mountain-top cafe and visitor centre on Wales’s highest peak has won an architectural award. Hafod Eryri, near the 1,085m (3,560ft) summit of...

25 May 2010

Snowdon car-park charges heading for steep rise

The cost of parking your car at Snowdonia’s highest car park will be even steeper from spring. Pen y Pass, starting point for many a walker’s a...

10 February 2010

Tracksuit-clad walkers rescued within hours of safety launch

Within hours of the launch of a mountain safety campaign, rescuers had to go to the aid of ill equipped would-be summiteers on Wales’s highest mountain.

24 December 2009

Cafe closed at popular Snowdon centre

Walkers and climbers heading for Wales’s highest peak had better make sure they have a packed lunch.

24 November 2009

Rescuers called to three separate Snowdonia mountain incidents

A boy walking with a group of Scouts was stretchered off a north Wales mountain after a fall yesterday.

27 October 2009

Queues and litter blight Snowdon cafe, say campaigners

Snowdon’s new summit cafe is plagued by litter and long queues, according to a campaign group. The Snowdonia Society is asking for walkers’ vie...

30 September 2009

Train crew brings child from windswept Snowdon summit

A two-year-old child was brought down from the summit of Wales’s highest mountain by train, after his father carried him to the peak in appalling weather.

01 September 2009

Three airlifted from Snowdon in separate incidents

Aircrews and rescuers were kept busy yesterday in thee separate incidents on Wales’s highest mountain.

23 July 2009

Parking in the park: Snowdonia's gridlock under scrutiny

Up to 700,000 people slog up the main paths to Wales’s highest mountain every year, and the limited car parks in the area are bursting at the seams.

08 June 2010

Sport relief mountaineers finish challenge after Nevis retreat

Two celebrity walkers today completed their ascent of Snowdon as part of the Sport Relief effort. Phil Packer, who suffered spinal injuries while o...

08 March 2010

Exhausted Snowdon climber airlifted after mountain camp

A man who camped on Snowdon as part of preparations for a Norwegian ice climb had to be rescued after becoming exhausted.

01 January 2010

Walker dies in fall from Snowdon

A walker has died after falling from Wales’s highest mountain. The man was airlifted by RAF Sea King helicopter to hospital but was pronounced de...

10 December 2009

Winter brings closure to Snowdon summit cafe

Exhausted walkers hoping for a cup of tea and a comfort break after slogging up Wales’s highest mountain will be disappointed.

11 November 2009

Black-belts abandon wheelchair man on Snowdon

A man in a wheelchair was left half way up Snowdon by colleagues on a charity walk. The disabled man was abandoned yesterday, Saturday, at the bott...

18 October 2009

Owner claims Snowdon rings

The owner of two rings found by a walker on Snowdon has contacted police to claim them. The woman will travel from Buckinghamshire to collect the j...

01 September 2009