A new information service using Twitter has been launched aimed at keeping walkers safe in Snowdonia.

The national park is using the social media site to give people weather information and walking advice before they take to the mountains.

The service - @safesnowdonia in English and @eryridiogel in Welsh - will also highlight good mountaineering examples.

Llanberis Rescue Team said it regularly saved walkers who had failed to check the weather forecast.

"This new service will be a valuable service to everyone who intends to walk on the mountains in Snowdonia," said John Grisdale, chairman of the Llanberis Rescue Team.

"Llanberis Rescue Team is called out too often to rescue walkers in bad weather because they haven't bothered to look at the weather forecast and therefore haven't prepared.

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