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TRYFAN UK’s favourite mountain

By Tryfan Williams   

on January 25, 2014    No ratings yet.

TRYFAN UK’s favourite mountain

Following a recent poll by Trail Magazine TRYFAN has been named the UK’s favourite mountain, which you may well imagine came as very welcomed news to myself, though I cannot accept any plaudits personally  I can only feel some sense of pride for my namesake which is found in my very own Snowdonia back garden!

Tryfan pointing at Tryfan!

The top ten (see below) contains the best of the best, and to beat such illustrious and majestic company is some feat, especially so given TRYFAN’s scare in 2010 of almost loosing it’s status as one of the 3,000ft Welsh peaks. Thankfully dismissed with a GPS qualification of 3,010ft (918m).

The top 10 UK mountains as voted by Trail magazine and its website readers are:

1 Tryfan, Snowdonia, north Wales;

2 Helvellyn, Lake District, England;

3 Snowdon, Snowdonia, north Wales;

4 An Teallach, north-west Highlands, Scotland;

5 Buachaille Etive Mòr, central Highlands, Scotland;

6 Great Gable, Lake District, England;

7 Blencathra, Lake District, England;

8 Ben Nevis, central Highlands, Scotland;

9 Suilven, northern Highlands, Scotland;

10 Liathach, north-west Highlands, Scotland.

A wide media coverage was given during the week, which can only mean good things for mountain walking in general, re-affirm Snowdonia as a mountain hotspot and Wales as a truly spectacular place to visit. Below are some of those articles:

The Guardian

My Outdoors

Daily Post

BBC Cymru (In Welsh)

 

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Tryfan Williams

I’m a Welshman born and raised in the shadow of Snowdonia, and you could say the Mountains are in my blood with a name like Tryfan! I would class myself as a relative newcomer to the outdoor pursuits arena, and so my articles will be my attempt to chronicle my adventures, hopefully learning as I go and giving those that are in a similar boat an insight / forum to share and learn.

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