Three Peaks ChallengeSnowdon - Top 10 Tips
Here's a few tips to help with your challenge planning when tackling what for most people, will be the final mountain - Snowdon. This advice assumes you will have already completed Scafell Pike and Ben Nevis. These Top Tips should help - be prepared..!
1. Stay on the A55 for as long as possible..! This means staying on the 70mph dual-carriageway until the Bangor turn off. Llanberis is signposted from this point. Although the route via Capel Curig is slightly shorter, it is a much slower road, and overtaking slow vehicles or caravans, etc., is difficult.
2. Watch out for speed cameras. The Llanberis Pass and Nant Peris are often targeted by mobile speed traps, and it is known for teams to be fined twice, once going up the pass, once coming down. The speed limit at Nant Peris is 30mph.
3. Use the facilities at Nant Peris. This is a small car park halfway up the Llanberis Pass. It has basic toilet facilities. Your team should stop here to get ready to start walking, as often the Pen-Y-Pass car park is full, with very restricted stopping.
4. Phones at Pen-Y-Pass. There is no mobile phone coverage from Pen-Y-Pass, so you cannot contact your team until they are near the summit, and the drivers are below Nant Peris. The Cafe and Youth Hostel at Pen-Y-Pass both have payphones.
5. Shortest Route. The shortest route to the summit is the Pyg Track. This is quite a narrow path, and consists of short steps in places. The 'easier' option for weary legs is the Miners Track. Both have a steep climb towards the end.
6. Will the summit cafe be open? Check here for the latest details.
7. Can our friends meet us at the summit on the train? Possibly, but bear in mind that they can only stay at the summit for 1 hour, trains may not go to the summit if it's windy, and apart from that, it costs £25 per ticket..!
8. How long will Snowdon take? Most teams should be aiming for a target time of around 4 hours. The record, however, from Llanberis to the summit and back down to Llanberis (some 10 miles) is 1 hour 2 minutes..!
9. Footpaths and tracks. Generally, the paths and tracks are very easy to follow, with little navigation required. This assumes a clear day, normally with plenty of other people on the mountain. In poor weather, poor visibility, and in the winter, Snowdon becomes a much more serious outing. Each year many walkers and climbers are caught out on Snowdon, with some being killed.
10. Take plenty of food and drinks with you. As this is the final mountain for most people, teams often forget to replenish food and drinks in their rucksacs - just when your body needs it most. Don't rely on the summit cafe being open - but then again, remember to take some money incase it is..!
Good luck, stay safe.
2. Watch out for speed cameras. The Llanberis Pass and Nant Peris are often targeted by mobile speed traps, and it is known for teams to be fined twice, once going up the pass, once coming down. The speed limit at Nant Peris is 30mph.
3. Use the facilities at Nant Peris. This is a small car park halfway up the Llanberis Pass. It has basic toilet facilities. Your team should stop here to get ready to start walking, as often the Pen-Y-Pass car park is full, with very restricted stopping.
4. Phones at Pen-Y-Pass. There is no mobile phone coverage from Pen-Y-Pass, so you cannot contact your team until they are near the summit, and the drivers are below Nant Peris. The Cafe and Youth Hostel at Pen-Y-Pass both have payphones.
5. Shortest Route. The shortest route to the summit is the Pyg Track. This is quite a narrow path, and consists of short steps in places. The 'easier' option for weary legs is the Miners Track. Both have a steep climb towards the end.
6. Will the summit cafe be open? Check here for the latest details.
7. Can our friends meet us at the summit on the train? Possibly, but bear in mind that they can only stay at the summit for 1 hour, trains may not go to the summit if it's windy, and apart from that, it costs £25 per ticket..!
8. How long will Snowdon take? Most teams should be aiming for a target time of around 4 hours. The record, however, from Llanberis to the summit and back down to Llanberis (some 10 miles) is 1 hour 2 minutes..!
9. Footpaths and tracks. Generally, the paths and tracks are very easy to follow, with little navigation required. This assumes a clear day, normally with plenty of other people on the mountain. In poor weather, poor visibility, and in the winter, Snowdon becomes a much more serious outing. Each year many walkers and climbers are caught out on Snowdon, with some being killed.
10. Take plenty of food and drinks with you. As this is the final mountain for most people, teams often forget to replenish food and drinks in their rucksacs - just when your body needs it most. Don't rely on the summit cafe being open - but then again, remember to take some money incase it is..!
Good luck, stay safe.
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