Private accommodation that is set up to cater for 14 adults.
Featuring a lounge area featuring wood/coal burner and drying rack.
Underfloor heating throughout.
Outdoor BBQ and patio area.
Close-by streams and tarns/lakes for refreshing dips.
One of the best gardens in the world - Eryri National Park / Snowdonia National Park
The Location
Yr Helfa is conveniently located a 10-minute walk from the start of the Llanberis Path to the summit of Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) and backs onto Moel Eilio which forms part of the Horseshoe trail. From Yr Helfa you can clearly see the Snowdon Mountain Railway trains making their way up and down the mountain with Llanberis being a short distance away with pubs, convenience stores, restaurants and cafes.
Off -the-Grid Living and Sustainable Power
Looking after our environmental footprint is very important to us at Crashpad Lodges. Every year we help families, friends and groups to enjoy the beautiful surroundings that Eryri (Snowdonia) offers and to ensure that the area stays beautiful for generations to come we have introduced measures to ensure we do our part.
Being off-grid with no access to mains electricity would usually rely on using a diesel generator to power remote buildings which is not only a heavy air pollutant but loud, disturbing the local surroundings. Instead we have installed a state-of-the-art off-grid energy system. This system powers Yr Helfa through solar panels on the roof, a weather station, even our water pump is powered by its own solar panel. We have a suite of batteries storing the energy created to power Yr Helfa. On the very rare occasion the batteries run low we do have a new small low-impact generator that steps in temporarily when needed.
Yr Helfa is only fully accessible (to the door) by 4 x 4 vehicles. We do have a permit to park up to 4 cars on nearby land 1km away. This is to keep the disturbance of the land to a minimum and to respect the surrounding farmland which is home to Welsh hill sheep, ponies and highland cows. The wildlife is very rich and varied with buzzards, kites, songbirds, wagtails and sometimes eagles.
To ensure we give back to our local community we employ only local tradesmen and staff members.
