You know winter is just around the corner when the hills of Snowdonia turn white and it’s a sight that locals have been enjoying since Tuesday.
Although it may seem a little odd to be celebrating snowfall, the region’s true beauty really becomes obvious when the snowflakes start coming down. It’s called Snowdonia for a good reason, you know.
Commercial Manager of the Snowdon Mountain Railway, Vince Hughes, was the first person to capture the new landscape atop Snowdon whilst he was en-route to the visitor centre at the summit, Hafod Eryi.
“The sun is shining and the views are absolutely stunning. The temperatures are not too bad,” he said of the snap he took way up in the clouds. Many people also took to Twitter to share their snaps of the Snowdon snow.
First snow of the season. Psyched! #snowdon #horseshoe #cloggy @SherpaEurope @CotswoldOutdoor pic.twitter.com/u9BqxNqIYD
— Mountain Training (@MtnTraining) November 4, 2014
Off to climb a fupping big mountain to catch the sunrise over Snowdon. Looking forward to it, there’s snow on them there hills! 🙂
— Justin Van Marle (@freshpicscouk) November 4, 2014
Yey! First snow here in #Wales today! Will head out and take some photos of #Snowdon tonight me thinks! #Eryri http://t.co/90Bsg3t7mq
— Iestyn Roberts (@IestynRoberts) November 4, 2014
The burning question here is, why is Snowdon called Snowdon? Nobody really knows why or how it adopted this moniker, despite its fondness of attracting a snowflake or two being one of the obvious reasons. Years ago, it used to go by Fieldfare but like many Welsh names of old, it fell by the wayside as it became anglicised.
Whatever the case may be, snow on Mount Snowdon is indicative of one thing and one thing only.
Christmas is coming!
