Snowdon walk

Peak: Yr Wyddfa
I had been threatening to take the offspring up Snowdon for some time, but a certain lack of enthusiasm on their part had delayed it! The weather had never quite been right either, but today (Easter Monday) we decided to brave the crowds and go for it: as the weather remained stable, sunny and unusually clear. After an early start I dropped them all off at Pen y Pass and drove down to Dyffryn Mymbyr to park. I ran back up the pass to meet them (I also employed this tactic when climbing on Lliwedd a couple of years ago: it works well but is a bit tiring). We started up the Pyg track with superb views of Crib Goch in front. I broke the ascent down into three stages to help with morale, and we rested at Bwlch y Moch after the first stage! Great views of Lliwedd and, finally, Yr Wyddfa itself. Superb clarity of light, still snow in the gullies (you could almost have climbed all of Central Trinity on a narrow strip of neve this morning). After the level section, morale started to flag a bit on the zigzags, which were getting predictably crowded. But after some infusions of sugar, we gained the tourist route and were soon on top enjoying great views of Eryri, Llyn and a bank of sea mist over towards Ireland. A pleasant lunch, unhurried for once. Ironically, however, the children were eager to descend, so we retraced steps down to the junction with the Miner's Track and headed down the steep path to Glaslyn (many years since I have taken this myself). Glaslyn was sundrenched and friendly: uncharacteristic but wonderful. M and I relaxed with nuts on the cropped grass by the shore of the lake while we waited for K and E. A long ramble back, with a few complaints, to PyP. Then I ran down the new path to PyG and the car in Mymbyr. Perfect weather throughout, and nice to finally get them up a proper hill.