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 waymarked and relatively safe and easy routes to the summit, starting from Llanberis, Pen-y-Pass, Beddgelert, Nant Gwynant and the Snowdon Ranger. The most direct route, albeit the least attractive, is the one from Llanberis; the best ascent is to start from Beddgelert and return to Pen-y-Pass, or vice versa.