Snowdon Ranger is a former inn, named after one of the first guides to show people to the summit. It has now been a Youth Hostel for over 75 years. It is set in an area steeped in Welsh history with the village of Beddgelert 5 miles to the South and the World Heritage town of Caernarfon 8 miles to the North.

History

Also see: 1878: Sudden death near Carnarvon

Prince Llewelyn, Beddgelert

Royal Goat Hotel, Beddgelert

Saracens Head, Beddgelert

Sygun Fawr Country House Hotel

Tanronnen Inn, Beddgelert

Hotels and hostelries of yesteryear:

Arthur Temperance Hotel, Beddgelert

Colwyn Temperance Hotel, Beddgelert

Frondeg Temperance Hotel, Beddgelert

Gelert House, Beddgelert – originally the tap room built in 1870 for the Royal Goat Hotel – it became Temperance Hotel around the turn of the 20th century – now Gelert House

New House Temperance Hotel, Gwynant street, Beddgelert

Pwllheli Temperance, Gwynant street, Beddgelert

Snowdon Ranger Hotel, Rhyd Ddu – now a Youth Hostel (YHA Snowdon Ranger)