There is no webcam at the top of Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) itself. If there were, it would be of great benefit to walkers wishing to know the current conditions at the summit.
However, we can offer these two, which update regularly:
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- The Lodge Dinorwig webcam shows Snowdon from the NNW, 6 miles (9.5km) away. View it here.
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- The National Park webcam shows Snowdon from the south, 9½ miles (15km) away, with a zoom lens. View it here.
Needless to say, if the mountain is in low cloud, then the webcams won’t show anything!
(There used to be an excellent webcam at Plas y Brenin in Capel Curig, looking down the valley towards the Snowdon Horseshoe, but this is no longer running.)
A sample from the Lodge Dinorwig webcam. The summit is just visible in the very centre of the picture, behind Crib y Ddysgl.
A sample from the National Park webcam
A winter image from the National Park webcam
Setting up a webcam on the summit itself is periodically discussed, and although a broadband connection isn’t needed (there’s a good 4G signal at the summit), nothing has happened yet. Any webcam would likely be mounted on the roof of Hafod Eryri, the summit building, though would have to be independently powered, probably by solar panel.
Rest assured that as soon as a summit webcam is up and running, we’ll make sure that you’re the first to know!
Although not of Snowdon, the following two webcams might also give you an idea of conditions locally, including cloudbase:
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- The University of London Mountaineering Club have a webcam showing Tryfan in the Ogwen Valley. View it here.
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- The Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Team also have a webcam of the Ogwen Valley. View it here.