Inevitably popular tourist attractions will see a larger number of visitors during sunny bank holiday weekends, and Snowdonia's honeypot mountains are no exception. Large queues of tourists formed in the area, and both car parks and laybys were full, but National Park bosses said problems such as littering and parking were no more significant than usual.
While there were some issues of illegal parking along the A5 in the Ogwen Valley, a park-and-ride scheme for respectful visitors was said to have coped well with the influx of hikers. However, along with well-publicised claims of human faeces on the mountain, critics say Wales' highest peak was now "busier than Blackpool", and it was argued that the "Piccadilly Circus" which appeared on Snowdon spoiled its appeal, reports NorthWalesLive.
Others highlighted that queuing times for Alton Towers' rides were often shorter than the wait to reach Snowdon's summit (30 minutes for The Smiler, 20 minutes for Wicker Man, on Easter Monday, according to the TowersStreet Facebook page). The long queues that often snake down from its peak were labelled “bonkers” and unique to Yr Wyddfa– quite unlike anything seen on any other mountain in Britain and Europe.
