Iconic Pen y Pass is the access point to both the Miners’ and Pyg Track trailheads leading to Yr Wyddfa’s summit. At the pass are toilets, a café, and a drinking-water tap.

If you are coming from Nant Peris the average grade of this col is 5.3% with a maximum of 9.6%. The Pen-y-Pass ascent starts at 113 meters and goes to 360 meter at the top, a total of 247 ascending meters.

Rob Marshall

July 13, 2020

Cycling

Like all good food and drink stops Mallory's is at the top of a hill, so once you have climbed the Pen-Y-Pass, you can take 5 and enjoy some food. There is also a YHA hostel here and it is very popular with folk climbing Snowdon.

WoolyMatt

August 3, 2020

Road cycling

Reward yourself with a drink and a snack after all that climbing. Sit outside and absorb the scenery.

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