The path forks near the shore of Llyn Llydaw (left takes you up towards Y Lliwedd).

The power station was commissioned a year later in 1906, and has been supplying electricity to the National Grid ever since, and now remotely via a larger plant in nearby Dolgarrog. The railway would connect slate quarries and mines, but scheme was abandoned when it ran out of funds. The power station, which is the oldest power station in Britain, was originally built to supply electricity for an electric railway through the Gwynant Valley. The pipeline you can see leading down the valley on the left supplies water from Llyn Llydaw to Cwm Dyli hydro-electric power station in Nant Gwynant (valley to your left). Shortly, you will see the famous Snowdon Horseshoe: Y Lliwedd (898m), Snowdon (1,085m) Garnedd Ugain (1,065m) and Crib Goch (921m).įive minutes on and you will pass a small lake on your left, Llyn Teyrn (Lake of the Tyrant.but who?!) Look out for the ruins of the old miners’ barracks near the shore steeply below you. As you walk along a fairly easy angled engineered path, enjoy the fantastic views of the Nant Gwynant valley down to the left from the path.

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