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It has a double edge, sacrifice the honeypot location to the masses to protect pretty much all the rest of the surrounding landscape. It is an interesting strategy for sure, and one that benefits folks who're self sufficient and happy to venture onto the other hills, as well as the possible benefits to wildlife in the wider area.
We were supposed to camp near Llanberis, which would offer me exploring chances but it still hasn't happened for one reason or another.
rhb-
I went up snowdon a couple of years back, pre-covid, with my 6 year old, and it was totally rammed at the top. It was cold and wet, so the cafe was sardined like the busiest pub you've ever been in. We did the pyg and the miners, and as soon as you turned off the ridge down onto these tracks it was fine, but from that junction to the top was queing.
I hadnt been up Snowdon for, dunno, 20 years, and just hadnt considered it could be anything like that
cookiemonster
I saw that. Utterly bonkers. That's what happens when a park authority deliberately chooses to focus all the tourists and fair weather walkers in one area.