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Snowdon too busy? Queue at the summit. Quieter mountains in Wales

On a good summer day people queue on the summit steps just to stand on the top cairn for a photo, after a walk up a path as busy as a high street.

You do not have to. Here are 12 places within 20 miles of Snowdon that most visitors drive straight past. No ticket office, no coach park, often nobody else there.

Clogwyn DuCliff · 0.8 miles from Snowdon

Rallt Goch - the red hillMountain or hill · 0.8 miles from Snowdon

Clogwyn CochCliff · 0.8 miles from Snowdon

Parson's NoseCliff · 0.8 miles from Snowdon

Y Lliwedd (West Peak)Mountain / peak · 1.0 miles from Snowdon

Allt MaenderynMountain / peak · 1.0 miles from Snowdon

Crib GochMountain / peak · 1.1 miles from Snowdon

Cwm LlanWaterfall · 1.9 miles from Snowdon

Ffynnon BerisSpring · 2.5 miles from Snowdon

Forest walk at CoederyrForest or wood · 2.6 miles from Snowdon

Steep hill slope above Nant PerisMountain or hill · 2.8 miles from Snowdon

Waterfall on Afon GafrWaterfall · 2.8 miles from Snowdon