Snowdon was compared to "Piccadilly Circus" over the Easter bank holiday weekend as long queues formed on Wales's highest peak.
Well publicised claims about human faeces being found on Snowdon sparked heated online debates about public access to the mountain. Some said the mountain was now "busier than Blackpool", others noted that queuing times for Alton Tower's 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 result was a "Piccadilly Circus" on the mountain that spoiled its unique appeal, critics argued. The long queues that often snake down from its peak were labelled "bonkers" and unique to Snowdon – quite unlike anything seen on any other mountain in Britain and Europe, reported North Wales Live.
