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Taking the Sherpa bus around the popular areas of northern Snowdonia will now only cost a £1. Formalised verge-side parking by the Pen y Gwryd completed. Pen y Pass car parking charges increase but its public facilities are set to improve.
At a recent special meeting of the Executive Committee of the Snowdonia Green Key Partnership it was decided to proceed with a scheme to regulate the parking at Pen y Gwryd, install pay and display machines and create a Traffic Order to prevent parking in some areas.
In response to the recent spate of accidents on Snowdonia's mountains, the British Mountaineering Council (BMC) has issued a statement aimed at anyone thinking of venturing into the hills. It highlights the importance of good judgement and decision making, acquired through experience.
The Snowdonia Society is launching the Green Snowdonia Tourism Awards
2009 – promising the worthy winners, who have demonstrated the green
credentials of their tourism business to the judges, not only an award
of up to £500 but lots of free publicity too!
Work is underway on constructing a new roadside footpath in Nant Peris at the foot of the Llanberis Pass and should be completed by the end of March.
The BBC programme Countryfile take a trip to test out the Snowdon Sherpa Bus and seem to enjoy every minute!
Following the unexpected announcement from the Welsh Assembly
Government that funding allocated for the Green Key project is to be
terminated on 31 March 2009, the partnership which supports the work of
the project has written to the Government to express their
dissatisfaction and concern.
Over the summer, parking charges will be introduced to a further three
Snowdonia Park car parks but with a free Sherpa Day Ticket as part of a
new scheme.
Do you run a green tourism business in or near Snowdonia National Park?
If so, then entering the 2008 Green Snowdonia Tourism Awards means you
might win a prize and the deserved publicity.
The Met Office has made key improvements to its mountain weather forecasts for Snowdonia and the Brecon Beacons National Park.
A low-level walk in the beautiful Nant Gwynant valley below Snowdon. Park at Pont Bethania, catch the Sherpa bus to Pen-y-Pass and walk back.
Snowdonia Green Key will be providing a free bus service for runners and spectators in the Snowdonia Marathon.
Snowdonia Green Key is looking foward to supporting the 2007 Snowdonia Marathon by providing a free bus service to ferry runners and supporters from Llanberis to the start at Nant Peris.
