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Frozen world visited by 17 men each day with -9C chill and wind-shaped ice
['Andrew Forgrave']
North Wales Live - Home
Frozen world visited by 17 men each day with -9C chill and wind-shaped iceThe frozen conditions have certainly deterred 'Ticky-Tokers up there in gym kit and flip-flops'View 7 Images Wind-shaped ice gives Hafod Eryri's stone walls a strange beauty (Image: Tony Ellis/SMR)In summer, Wales’ highest mountain is alive with walkers and climbers.
Photos shared by Eryri volunteer warden Tony Ellis shows a cloud-shrouded mountain gripped by ice and snow.
When he took them, earlier this week, the wind chill in this frozen world was -9C.
At the summit station operated by Snowdon Mountain Railway (Rheilffordd yr Wyddfa), old snowdrifts blocked steel barriers though which summer passengers file.
He also keeps the railway team updated about weather conditions and the state of the summit station.