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The Snowdon Mountain Railway (SMR; Welsh: Rheilffordd yr Wyddfa) is a narrow gauge rack-and-pinion mountain railway in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. It is a tourist railway that travels for 4.7 miles (7.6 km) from Llanberis to the summit of Snowdon, the highest peak in Wales. [4] A return journey, including the stop at the summit, takes 2½ hours. [5]
The iconic narrow gauge railway climbing Wales’ highest peak is the ultimate closer-to-home bucket-list experience; Daniel Fahey gives the lowdown on what to expect
Clogwyn Du'r Arddu (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈklɔɡwɨ̞n ˈdɨːr ˈarðɨ̞], translates as the "black cliff of the black height"), [2] is a north-facing rhyolite set of cliffs located on the northern flank of Snowdon mountain.
Snowdon (/ ˈ s n oʊ d ən /), or Yr Wyddfa (Welsh: [ər ˈʊɨ̞̯ðva] ⓘ), is a mountain in Snowdonia in North Wales.It has an elevation of 1,085 metres (3,560 ft) above sea level, which makes it both the highest mountain in Wales and the highest in the British Isles south of the Scottish Highlands.
The cliff faces on Snowdon, including Clogwyn Du'r Arddu, are significant for rock climbing, and the mountain was used by Edmund Hillary in training for the 1953 ascent of Mount Everest. [15] Snowdon affords some of the best views in Britain, [16] and the summit can be reached by a number of well-known paths. [11]
It is regarded as a fine mountain, but at times gets very crowded; [51] [52] in addition the Snowdon Mountain Railway runs to the summit. [ 53 ] The other high mountains with their boulder-strewn summits as well as Tryfan , one of the few mountains in the UK south of Scotland whose ascent needs hands as well as feet are also very popular.
The Summit railway station is the southern, upper terminus of the Snowdon Mountain Railway, located within yards of the summit of Snowdon. In 2009 a new station building was opened, which was named Hafod Eryri. The line starts in the valley bottom at Llanberis at an altitude of 353 ft (108 m).
Snowdon Peak is a 13,077-foot-elevation (3,986-meter) mountain summit located in San Juan County, Colorado, United States. [3] It is situated seven miles south of the community of Silverton , in the Weminuche Wilderness , on land managed by San Juan National Forest .