a one-place study of Beddgelert and district including Nant Gwynant, Nantmor, Rhyd-Ddu & Pen-y-Gwryd
Address
Phone
Website
Pen-y-Pass, Nantgwynant, Gwynedd, LL55 4NY
0345 371 9534
History
A former mountain lodge where George Mallory stayed here while using Snowdon as a training ground for his ill-fated Everest expedition. The bar is named Mallory’s after him and information about the surrounding mountains and Mallory himself can be seen throughout the building.
| Address | YHA Snowdon Ranger, Rhyd Ddu, Gwynedd, LL54 7YS |
| Phone | 03453 719659 |
| Website | Click here for website |
| Click here to contact |
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 80 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.
Brief History
| 1857 | Evan Roberts was the Proprietor. | |
| 1878 | Robert Roberts was the Proprietor. His wife Mary Roberts suffered an injury with a meat cleaver and died shortly after. | |
| 1882 | Licensee James Covell (b.1848 d.1889) | |
| 1892 | Licensee Mrs Ann Covell (b.1852 d.1911) | |
| 1899 | Licensee W. E. Webster was fined for allowing drinking on a Sunday | |
| 1907 | Licence transferred to William Harrison, former schoolmaster at Nantmor School | |
| 1914 | Licence allowed to lapse by owner Rev. J. M. Parry and hotel converted to a school | |
| 1939 | Hotel acquired and converted to a Youth Hostel | |
Also see: 1878: Sudden death near Carnarvon
