Snowdon's Big Mountain Decent

Snowdon's Big Mountain Decent:

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The Llanberis path, as it's name suggests it starts in Llanberis and approximately follows the line of the railway going through the mid height train station. From the very summit it heads NW back towards Llanberis. It's a steady gradual descent without anything too hairy involved. One downside is it's normally very busy with walkers. To reduce the friction beteen mountain bikers and hikers there's a voluntary cycle agreement in place which asks cyclists not to travel certain routes between 10:00am and 5pm from 1st May to 30th September. Click here to find out more about the Snowdon Voluntary Cycle Agreement. Here's a great helmet camera video from Edward Watkins which provides a great insight into the route.

A more technical descent would be the Rangers Path.