Snowdon Ranger’s Path
18 Oct
Threading the Needle. Riding the tech on the Rangers'
I went to ride Snowdon the week before last. The voluntary ban on mountain bikes is now lifted for the autumn and winter, which means that one of the best descents around is open for business again. It’s an annual ‘must do’ ride for me.
NukeProof Mega getting the photo shoot treatment
I was lucky enough to be riding the NukeProof Mega, which was on test for Singletrack. It’s one of only 2 in the world at the moment and will be exclusively reviewed in Singletrack magazine in issue 61, out any day now. It is a fantastic bike and just felt built for this ride. We stopped part way down to take photos of the bike and for everyone to have a play on the Mega through some of the tech section.
Liver, bacon, onions, chips and gravy. AND LOTS OF IT
You can’t ride Snowdon without going to re-load afterwards at Pete’s Eats in Llanberis. I enjoyed a particularly hearty meal with a pint of tea, while my friends Jon and Seb had a more modest snack. I had to phone home as we headed back to say that I wouldn’t be needing any tea.
Jon having a go on the Mega
Comments (5)
19 Oct 11:10
Cool Ed, I will be up for hitting that ride up with you if you go again!
19 Oct 16:14
Looks fun fun fun – here’s a wee story I wrote back in the day from when we did it! We got a bit mixed up with the bike ban… Love it up there. http://www.bikemagic.com/ride-features/snowdon-stupidity/4702.html
20 Oct 15:17
Which route did you do Ed? You mention rangers path? Let us know as Jon and I were talking about doing it in the next few weeks one weekday 🙂
21 Oct 10:50
James – we went up the main ‘Miner’s Path’ then along the final bit of train track. You’ll see the Ranger’s Path dropping away from the tracks, just before getting to the Snowdon summit. It drops down the mountain then levels out and you go through a gate. Keep your eyes out for a bridleway sign pointing up a steep grass hill. This takes you to the start of the fast Telegraph Road. Enjoy.
25 Nov 14:03
“You’ll see the Ranger’s Path dropping away from the tracks,”
Thats unless it was the same weather we had.. even crawling on hands and knees we couldnt find the start due to the fog/mist/horizontal rain.. when we did find it, I couldnt convince half of my group that it really was a trail.. so they bailed and did Llaberis !