Due to forecasts for strong winds for Tuesday 20th January for safety reasons the observations for this report have been made a day early on Monday 19th January instead.

Conditions
There has been little development in terms of conditions in general once again, with a little thawing taking place over the period, but also a significant re-freezing leaving conditions a little icier by now. Yet again wintry snow and ice conditions still persist across significant areas of the mountain.

Some remnants of snow were seen at levels as low as 450m, but this snow did not affect walking the paths up to around 700m. Above 700m only a few spots were under snow to begin with, but from around 800m large areas of the path were covered by snow.

The snow here was solid on the whole, with a hard and icy surface in many places, and a little uncertain sugary snow on top of the icy layer in other places. A number of icy areas were seen along the edges of the snow on the path, with even the edges of paths without snow with a tendency to be icy in some places.

On the PyG and miners' pathss the route was entirely under snow across large areas between about 800m and 1000m, with the route being narrow, thin and steep above a significant precipice for significant parts. Today the snow here was hard, firm and icy and slippery underfoot, with the possibility of falling far from sliding on the path. There was an obvious groove for a considerable length of the route which at times was of some help, but at times the sugary snow in the groove was slippery and uncertain and being in the groove was of no benefit at all.

On the Llanberis path the more significant snow started at the bottom of Allt Goch (around 800m) with some areas completely under snow. A significant patch of snow which is difficult to avoid continues at the bottom of the incline which is now very icy and slippery. The path was increasingly narrow and confined going up Allt Goch, and parts of the path higher up were completely under snow. Although the snow has receded a little in this area, the icy edge of the snow, and the icy tendency even on parts of the path that are clear of snow means that there is still the possibility of long and dangerous slides in some places.

Above Bwlch Glas on the Llanberis, PyG, Miners and Cwellyn (Snowdon Ranger) pathss heading for the summit there were still a number of areas of the route under snow, with an awkward variety of icy areas, areas without snow, and areas of firm and slippery snow in places.

A number of old drifts were seen along steep edges, some corniced, which are worth giving a wide berth.

A dry and fine day, with moderate winds and the temperature at the summit almost reaching freezing point.

Essential equipment
Suitable seasonal walking equipment, including lighting (such as a headtorch or two each).

Carrying an ice axe and mountaineering crampons will offer safer options on the mountain.

Carrying goggles (such as ski goggles) will offer a means of protecting the eyes to see more easily in order to travel more safely on the mountain.

Additional Information
On the Monday of the report, the forecast suggests that the temperature on the summit will be within a few degrees of freezing throughout the period until the next report on Friday, being below freezing at times. The temperature at the summit is forecast to be as low as -2ºC (feeling like it is as low as -13ºC at times).

Precipitation is also forecast, with rain likely at all levels at times, but snow likely higher on the mountain at times as well.

This means that there will likely be thawing at all levels at some times, with other times of freezing and new snow higher up on the mountain.

With significant snow still existing in a number of places, winter conditions are expected to continue significantly on the mountain, with changes in the nature of the conditions from day to day and from hour to hour. Carrying winter mountaineering gear can be particularly important as conditions change as conditions can be very different when walking down the mountain compared to the way up.

There is also a tendency for very strong winds in the forecast for most of the rest of the week.