Snowdon Mountain Railway

The easiest method of ascending Snowdon from Llanberis is provided by the tiny Snowdon Mountain Railway. It steams up to the summit of Snowdon at a speed of little more than 5mi/8km an hour, passing through Hebron, Halfway and Clogwyn stations. There is a bus service, the "Snowdon Sherpa", serving Porthmadog, Beddgelert, Llanrwst, Betws-y-Coed, Capel Curig, Caernarfon and Llanberis, all good starting points for trips into Snowdonia. There are National Park information centers at Llanrwst, Llanberis, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Harlech, Bala, Conwy, Aberdyfi and Dolgellau. A variety of waymarked trails, each only a few miles long, enable visitors to become acquainted with the scenery, flora and fauna and geology of the region. There are five