Product Description

Snowdon - Yr Wyddfa - is the highest, most impressive and most popular peak in Wales. This book is intended as a guide to everything connected with the Snowdon massif, from its creation millions of years ago to the best routes to the summit. The author's passion for Snowdon encompasses its geology, flora and fauna, industry, place names, famous climbs, poetry and myths - everything which makes up its grand atmosphere. The book is also a guide to what might happen in the future if we do not look after this unique habitat. The mountain draws some 500,000 visitors to its summit each year. Some arrive there the easy way - by train - and Jones gives a fascinating picture of the trials and tribulations of those who brought the Snowdon railway into being. Walkers will use one or other of the stunning, occasionally scary, walking tracks, which are all described in great detail. Modern visitors cannot find Snowdon as it was, with its industries, its old forests and its eagles, but this book provides a flavour of what they might have experienced, even just a hundred years ago, as well as an indepth commentary on the mountain's present day attractions.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #339446 in Books
• Published on: 2007-05-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 188 pages

About the Author
Robert Jones is a photographer, journalist and publisher from south Walles who has devoted himself to the topography of Wales.

Customer Reviews

Good book but not a guide!
I bought this book thinking it would offer a guide (as the name Suggests) to help me plan a climb up Snowden, and though the book it very good and offers a good insight to the mountain and the area it is by no means a guide.
It is a book offering a lot of information about the history on how the mountain was formed and the uses that the various industries had over the years and offers a brief outline on the walks that are available but they are very brief and would not help you get to the top of the peak.
The little maps that are in the book look like they had been drawn by a ten year old and would be of no use if you had taken this book to the mountain to help you up its peaks.
If you want to know about the history of the area then buy this book but if you are planning a walk then I would look elsewhere, perhaps the Snowdon (OS Explorer Map).