The highest peak in Wales has a walkers' route up its northern ridge that asks only patience: nine miles return on a clear, steady path with the railway for moral support alongside. On a clean day the summit sees Ireland; on a normal day, the inside of a cloud with occasional revelations. Start by 8am to beat the queue, and earn the best chip-shop dinner of your life back in Llanberis.
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