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Snowdonia Geography

Overview

Snowdonia presents the perfect location for a case study of a deglaciated environment, and highlights the sheer impact within a small geographical area.  A visit here is well-suited to GCSE, AS and A2 level studies, as a range of text book glacial and periglacial landforms will aid student understanding, and will enable them to carry out a wide range of fieldwork activities and surveys.

You might also consider combining this itinerary with our North Wales Adventure or Diverse Snowdonia itinerary if you’d like to add some more local activities.

Our Suggested Itinerary

  1. Day 1

    Depart school and begin your journey to Snowdonia!

    Visit to the Great Orme, with opportunities for studying coastal landforms and classic limestone features.

    You have the opportunity to head to head to the summit in style on the Llandudno Cable Car!

  2. Day 2

    Visit to Cwm Idwal where there will be opportunities for field sketching and till fabric analysis.

    Study postglacial landforms at Nant Ffrancon Valley, Lake Ogwen, and Llanberis Pass.

  3. Day 3

    Visit to Mount Snowdon to study atmospheric processes and glaciation.

    Then, head to Llanfair Slate Caverns, tunnels and caverns man-made over 100 years ago with only a candle for lighting!

  4. Day 4

    Journey back to school. 

YHA Snowdon Pen-y-pass

Accommodation

Our schools tend to stay at one of the YHA hostels in Snowdonia.  We use safe and secure accommodation especially suited to schools.  All accommodation we use is audited, and our auditing regime is verified by independent experts.