Snowdon lakes from Pen y gwryd

Our walk today is on the eastern flanks of Snowdon, visiting the three lakes cradled by the summit ridge and enjoying spectacular views throughout. We start by taking a permissive path which heads up from the main road to Pen-y-pass, a climb of some 100 metres. From here we continue our ascent on the Miners Track, passing the little lake of Llyn Teyrn before taking the causeway across the much larger Llyn Llydaw. Our path follows the lakeside before climbing again to Glaslyn and eventually to the junction of the path with the Pyg Track at a height of some 740 metres. Here we turn back top second on the Pyg Track back to Pen-y-pass, finally retracing our steps on the permissive path to the start.