Dates to note in 2024

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Around 1 April – The Sherpa bus timetable will switch from the current low winter service to the high-season service, and buses all round the mountain will be more frequent, especially from the Park & Ride (at Nant Peris) to Pen y Pass and Llanberis. Current timetables are available to download.

Around 1 April – Parking at Pen y Pass will revert from Pay & Display to pre-booking, a system which will now be in its fourth year. Bookings can be made for any date during the season.

23 March – The Snowdon Mountain Railway will resume running trains, initially only to and from Clogwyn, which is about ¾ of the way up the Llanberis Path, and a mile from the summit.

15 May – Trains will resume running to the summit, and Hafod Eryri, the summit building, will open for the season (weather permitting), until 27 October.

A train approaches the summit

Late September – The railway will only be running a diesel service for the final month of the season after this date, not steam.

Late October – The Sherpa bus timetable will be downgraded to the less frequent winter service.

27 October – Trains will stop running for the season, and Hafod Eryri, the summit building, will close for the winter.

End of October (specific date not announced) – Parking at Pen y Pass will revert to Pay & Display for the winter.


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