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Llyn Llydaw

4 miles (6.5 km)

Ordnance Survey Map Open Streetmap This walk visits Llyn Llydaw on the flanks of Snowdon, about one-third of the way up the mountain. It's one of the most visited lakes in the United Kingdom with thousands of people passing it each year on their way up to the Snowdon summit. It's a nice one to do if you want to explore the mountain without doing the full, more strenuous climb.
The walk starts from the Pen y Pass car park and follows the Snowdon Miners Track up to LLyn Teyrn. Soon after you come to the much larger Llyn Llydaw where you can cross the causeway to the other side. There's a nice path along the northern side of the lake which you can follow up to Lake Glaslyn to extend the walk.
The walk descends the same way back to the car park where you can enjoy refreshments in the cafe.
To continue your walking in the area you can head along the Afon Trawsnant and the Afon Glaslyn to Llyn Gwynant where there is a nice circular trail to try.

Postcode

LL55 4NU - Please note: Postcode may be approximate for some rural locations

Llyn Llydaw OS Map Ordnance survey map - Mobile GPS OS Map with Location tracking

Llyn Llydaw Open Street Map Open Streetmap - Mobile GPS Map with Location tracking

Cycle Routes and Walking Routes Nearby

Photos

Park and Ride passengers awaiting the arrival of the 16.45 KMP S1 'Sherpa' - geograph.org.uk - 395473

Pen y Pass car park with toilets and cafe

Walkers approaching Snowdon - geograph.org.uk - 596415

Walkers approaching Snowdon

View of Llyn Teyrn - geograph.org.uk - 887635

View of Llyn Teyrn 1

View to Llyn Teyrn - geograph.org.uk - 885187

View to Llyn Teyrn 2

Snowy Snowdon, dawn

Snowy Snowdon, dawn

Causeway across Llyn Llydaw - geograph.org.uk - 1022221

Causeway across Llyn Llydaw

Old mine buildings by Llyn Llydaw - geograph.org.uk - 1022214

Old mine buildings by Llyn Llydaw

Llyn Llydaw - geograph.org.uk - 885243

Llyn Llydaw from above

GPS Files

GPX File

Llyn Llydaw.gpx (On Desktop:Right Click>Save As. On Ipad/Iphone:Click and hold>Download Linked File)

Memory Map Route

Llyn Llydaw.mmo (On Desktop:Right Click>Save As. On Ipad/Iphone:Click and hold >Download Linked File)