Best way to carry / hike-a-bike up Snowdon

Hi there, I’m looking for feedback and recommendations from experienced hike-a-bikers as to the best way to get a bike up Snowdon. I’ll be walking up the Llanberis Path with some walking friends and riding back down. Other than hoiking it up on my shoulders, I’ve been looking at equipment to help make it more comfortable to carry a bike (I don’t fancy pushing it all the way up) and seen hookabike, Outentic Pack and Peakrider offerings. Has anyone used these in anger and any advice?

Up the Llanberis path you can ride all of it if you’re super fit, even if you aren’t you’ll be pushing for minimal time. If you’re accompanying some walking friends just ride really slowly, this has got to be preferable to carrying it all the way up. Either that or just sod your friends off and ride up at a decent speed.

There is only really one section on the Llanberis path that requires it, the stone staircase just before Clogwyn station. Other than that its rideable / pushable.

I do a lot of hike a bike and its just about getting a comfy fit for either your top tube across your shoulders or the downtube / BB area. Just experiment before you go to find which works best for you. I wouldn’t bother with any of the hook bike things. Solution to a problem that doesn’t exist, unless your scrambling up rock and need both hands free.

I have an old climbing sling, pop a larks foot on the carry handle of the rucksack, bike on shoulders however you do it, sling under bike tube, then just pull on the sling.

TBH there’s only 1 or maybe two relatively short sections when you can’t just push it to your side.

Assume you’re going before the ban? Either way you’ll be looked at as if you’re marching up arm in arm with Jimmy Savile and Gary Glitter, I wouldn’t make that worse by needing a 2m wide path.

Don’t need extra kit. Done some long hikeabikes and the odd strategically placed elbow/knee pad etc is all I’ve used on longer climbs

Just make sure you go as early as you can, once it gets busy its a boring ride.
I always aim to be at the top for sunrise, basically have the place to myself to go as fast as you like.

As above also be aware of the ban at certain times of year.

Out with a mate using a Peak rider the other night. Works well. Bit pricey for a single ride up Snowdon though?

As above, putting a bike on your shoulders is actually not as bad as you might think.

I actually quite like it, it seems to help my lower-back problems.

Oddly I find that with the BB up near my neck on the back pack, the bike feels lighter than if its the TT resting across the top of the back pack. Obviously the bike weighs the same no matter which orientation.

As mentioned, try it both ways and you’ll find which works best and feels best for you. Then go with that.

I wouldn’t recommend coming back down the Llanberis Path. At any time of year it’s like a train of ants going up that way. Go back down the Rangers path, it’s much more enjoyable.

Llanberis isn’t even steep most of it – just ride slowly, or push. But it’s what, 7 miles, which is a long way to push or carry unless you rig up a proper harness. Descend via Rangers, then get your walker friends to drive over and pick you up 🙂

Depends on the day and time, ive come down the Llanberis path and only seen a couple of people who were more than happy to step aside and let me past.

I have walked the Rangers many times but never riden down it, that path leading back to Llanberis looks good also.

I have an old climbing sling, pop a larks foot on the carry handle of the rucksack, bike on shoulders however you do it, sling under bike tube, then just pull on the sling.

You what?

Can you rephrase. Confused.

If doing the Rangers Path I’d say your better off cutting down Telegraph Valley to Llanberis. The bottom of the Rangers Path has been resurfaced and totally ruined what was a great descent.

Rangers has been sanitised further up too hasn’t it?

In reply to OP, you don’t need any extra kit, though a bit of padding is worthwhile.

Stand the bike in front of you, with front wheel to the left and back wheel to the right. Grab the left fork stanchion and somewhere just behind the BB.
Lift it up and over your head so the bottom of the down tube tests on your right shoulder. Take care of pedals/ chainring and your face.

Stick the aforementioned padding on the contact point of your right shoulder, keep hold of bike with one or both hands for balance and trog up the hill.

‘kinnel . That was a worse explanation than Matt’s 😫

As has been mentioned by others. Please respect the voluntary ban. Otherwise you risk screwing up access for all of us.

As said in a few posts – Check the bike curfew details for Snowdon. There are certain times of year where you can only ride before 10am and after 5pm. Even setting off at 6am in August 2019 we found the top section of the Llanberis was very busy when we got there.

The Llanberis path is mostly rideable bar a middle section of rock steps and just after you go under a railway a bit higher up there’s a loose and steep slope that is a hard push for a bit.

I wouldn’t come back down Llanberis – we went down the Ranger path which had barely any walkers on it and which is rocky and quite technical with some great views. As you get to the bit where it flattens out and you go through a gate you can turn right down telegraph valley which is flat out fast and jumping over water bars.