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Mountaineers say moves to make Snowdon 'safe' are misguided
18th August, 2014
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Mountaineers say their views are being ignored by a national park trying to make Wales’s highest mountain ‘safe’.
The British Mountaineering Council (BMC) said Snowdonia National Park Authority’s attempts are misguided and risk misleading the public into thinking Snowdon is just another tourist attraction.
The council, which represents hill walkers and climbers in England and Wales, said people needed to be taught the skills to use mountains and criticised a Snowdonia authority statement saying taking children up the highest hills could put them off the outdoors
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