Snowdon, or Yr Wyddfa, is a mountain in Snowdonia in North Wales. With an elevation of 1,085 metres above sea level, it is the highest mountain in Wales, and the highest in the British Isles south of
The Snowdon group viewed from the north-east left to right Y Lliwedd, Crib Goch, Yr Wyddfa (the summit), Garnedd Ugain
Illustration of King Arthur battling a giant
The "knife-edge" arête of Crib Goch (foreground) and the pyramidal peak of Snowdon (background) are both the result of glaciation
Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in Scotland, the United Kingdom, and the British Isles. Ben Nevis stands at the western end of the Grampian Mountains in the Highland region of Lochaber, close to the
Snowdon
…significant for rock climbing, and the mountain was used by Edmund Hillary in training for the 1953 ascent of Mount Everest. The mountain, alongside Ben Nevis in Scotland and Scafell Pike in England, is climbed as part of the National Three Peaks Challenge…
Ben Nevis from Banavie. The summit is beyond and to the left of the apparent highest point.
The steep south face of Ben Nevis from Sgurr a' Mhàim
A temperature inversion around Càrn Dearg Buttress and Castle Corrie
An undated photograph of the Ben Nevis observatory (1883–1904) and 'hotel' (hostel). The hotel began as a spare-room-for-hire within the observatory and remained open until 1916.