The most popular areas will be very busy in summer. The hills in the south of the area are rockier in nature particularly around Wasdale. Here you will find England's highest peak Scafell Pike, which with Helvellyn and Skiddaw, forms the three most popular summits. Striding Edge on Helvellyn attracts thousands of visitors each year to its narrow ridge scramble. All summits can be tackled as day walks and many circular walks can be devised.
Accommodation is plentiful and roads penetrate into all areas.
Although a steam driven cog railway runs to the top in summer there are many fine routes to its summit. The finest of all being the Snowdon Horseshoe, ascending the mountain along a knife edge ridge of some difficulty for the average walker. Other Snowdon routes are without special difficulty. Other hills are quiet and relatively unfrequented. The hills of Snowdonia are generally rockier and rougher than the Lake District, slightly higher, and as a consequence a little more difficult in the ascent.