B E W A R E ....................... !!!
Car Parking near Snowdon is very limited and can be expensive if a space can be found
The alternative is to leave your car behind and use the
Snowdon Sherpa Bus network
It is possible to climb Snowdon from Porthmadog
every day throughout the year
(by Sherpa to the start of all of the paths)
(except Christmas Day, Boxing Day or New Year's Day)
If you plan to go up and down the Rhyd Ddu path, Snowdon Ranger path,
Watkin path, Miners path, PYG track or the Llanberis path (via Pen-y-Pass)
then ask the driver of your first bus for a £5 Snowdon Sherpa Day ticket
Why not go up one path and return down another ?
(The "Day" ticket is valid to return from any of the other starting points)
Remember - if the weather is bad or you find the going is too hard
- turn back
LATEST..........
So far, no official announcement has been made regarding Sherpa services
for Summer 2020
However, based on the fact Gwynfor has a five-year contract with both Conwy CC
and Gwynedd CC, it s reasonable to assume the number of "S2" journeys will again be "doubled"
from winter 2019-2020
The timings for the extra "S2" summer journeys below ASSUME there are no
changes from 2019 and the times for connecting "S4" journeys to and from Beddgelert reflect
the current revised timetable which was amended in November 2019 to take into account diversions due
to work in connection with the 'new' Caernarfon by-pass
It is still unclear if the new late afternoon "S4" Sherepa
(from November 2019) will continue to operate to and from Llanberis Interchange
(arrive 1700)..........
..........OR if it will again terminate short at Pen-y-Pass before providing a
later journey from there back to Porthmadog (last year it departed at 1810 after connecting
off the 1730 'all-year-round' "S2" Sherpa from Betws-y-Coed and the 'summer only' 1750 "S2"
Sherpa from Llanberis)..........
..........at this stage the EARLIER times are shown on this page (see below)
but will be updated as and when any confirmation is made public - based on previous years this
may be only a few days before the summer service actually starts !!!!!
At this stage, the information below should be treated as
"the likely level of service to expect" - but it should be sufficiently accurate to help you
make PROVISIONAL plans for your visit
You are strongly advised to re-visit this page nearer the time to
see if there have been any further changes for Summer 2020, both to the Sherpa timetables and
also any connecting journeys
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Please bookmark and re-visit this page nearer the time to check if there have been any further changes
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This "unofficial" website attempts to show what services are available
It contains composite timetables of connecting services on a cross-Snowdonia route basis
where a change of bus is necessary --- hopefully it will help you plan your days out
It also includes some suggested "trips round Snowdonia - without your car"
You can click on any underlined location to go direct to the appropriate timetable
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on 20th April 2020
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