Unless its made compulsory, getting walkers to donate spare change towards the upkeep of the various paths up Snowdon, will be virtually impossible.
This afternoon, i counted eight unfortunates who had forgotten to pay to park on the road side opposite the Pen Y Gwyrydd hotel.
If Gwynedd Council and the National Park were genuinely serious about raising nearly quarter of a million annually, towards maintaining the many routes up Snowdon, then the revenue could easily be raised by the parking facilities in and around the mountain.
I counted nearly fifty vehicles parked on the verge, on the Gwynedd side of the mountain, opposite Pen Y Gwyrydd, with the vast majority of them coughing up £4 for the pleasure.
Pen Y Pass was groaning with traffic, most of whom had paid either the £5 or £10 to park.
These were only two carparks, of the many surrounding the mountain, on one day in a busy year.
Those eight yellow plastic envelopes on the cars, facing Bryn Gwynant, amounted to over £500 in revenue.
You see, £250,000 is a drop in the ocean, when one considers the parking revenue Gwynedd council collects annually throughout the year, from walkers eager to get up Snowdon.
Lets not forget, Gwynedd is an area of Wales, that relies almost solely on tourism to survive, and Mount Snowdon is like a magnet to nearly a million visitors every year.
If Gwynedd Council and the National Park wanted to, they could easily find ways to raise the required funds to maintain Snowdon.
Having volunteers standing with small tins at various locations, begging walkers to donate their coppers towards a worthy cause, will raise money, but 1/4Million, UNLIKELY