To complete the Welsh 3000s involves walking a route of about 26 miles long, with an overall vertical ascent of over 11,500ft (3,500m) and fourteen or fifteen summits (fifteen if Garnedd Uchaf is counted).

We have been running this event since 2000, all our staff are fully qualified Mountain Leaders who live and work in Snowdonia, as such they have excellent local area knowledge both day and night, so you can be assured we know our hills like the back of our hand!

The Welsh 3000s is a terrific mountain event covering 3 separate mountain ranges:

Carneddau, Glyderau and the Snowdon Massif.

3 Day Event – Splitting the 3 mountain ranges over 3 days, this is a very good way to cover the 3000’s and is suitable for most people that have good general hiking fitness.

How fit do you need to be?

3 Days: For the 3 day event we would suggest that a satisfactory level of fitness would be the ability to be able to walk to Snowdon summit from Pen y Pass car park using the ‘Miners Path’ in 2.5hrs max carrying a rucksack weighing around 8-10kg. You should be training your fitness for endurance at least once a week, by power walking, running, swimming, cycling or weekend hikes where you push yourself a little each time on the uphill.

Please note for the 3 day event to run we need a minimum of 3 clients ( this could be a small group or 3 individuals). Or we can offer this on a private guiding basis for individuals or 2 people.

Itinerary
The event is split in to 3 separate days.

Day One, Carneddau, circa 19KM with circa 1000m ascent.
This day covers the Northern Carneddau Ranges and starts at the old Roman track in the far North of the Snowdonia National Park and covers the Carneddau Range.

Meeting for this day will be at 07.30:
Opposite the Glan Dena Mountaineering hut on the A5 in the Ogwen Valley. Full details of the location provided with the final joining instructions 2 weeks before the event start date.

We will be picked up by minibus transport and dropped off at the start of the days walk in the North of the park.
Walking back to the Ogwen Valley and our vehicles at the end of the day.

Estimated length of this day is around 8hrs.

Day Two, Glyderau, 17.6KM with circa 1345m ascent.

Today we cover Tryfan and the Glyderau Range of hills, this is a longer day with a fair amount of ascent and descent during the day as well as some easy scrambling. Please ensure you have plenty of food and water packed again.

Meeting time will be 08:00:

Meeting point will be at the Ogwen Valley Visitor Centre, full details in final joining instructions. Finishing in Nant Peris with transport back to your vehicle in the Ogwen Valley.

Estimated length of this day is anything from 9 to 11hrs, however there are cut off times for this day and these will be explained in greater detail by your guide at the start of this day.

Day Three, Snowdon Massif, circa 14Km and 820m ascent.

The last day! and possibly the shortest, covering the Snowdon Range.
Today, we will cover the famous Grib Goch Ridge, then Crib y Disgl, Carnedd Ugain and finally Snowdon to complete all 15 of the 3000ft peaks in Wales.

Due to the nature of the Grib Coch Ridge we do have certain requirements for safety regarding the weather. If the wind speed on the mountain tops is more than 25mph gusts we will not take you on the ridge.
If the weather is forecast for rain and high winds we will not go on the ridge, this is for the safety of all concerned.
Any decisions about the route on this day will be made on the previous day or short notice on the morning of the mountain day.

We would still summit Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) and Carnedd Ugain.

Meeting point for this day is at Pen y Pass Parking area.

Estimated length of day is 7hrs. We also do a round trip on this day and finish back where we started.

Meeting time for this day will be 08.00. Online Pre booking of a parking place is required for parking at Pen y Pass

Welsh 3000s Winter 3 Day Event

If you wish to do the 3000’s in winter conditions we would expect you to have the correct clothing and equipment as well as a lot of previous summer and winter walking and scrambling experience in mountainous areas. The ability to be comfortable traversing narrow ridges in crampons in full winter conditions would be essential. A high level of fitness and stamina will be required.

The cost of this is £285pp for 3 days with a maximum ratio of 1 Winter Mountain Leader and 1 Mountain Instructor Certificate Holder to 4 clients. We require a group of 4 people or 4 individuals for this event to run.

What kit do you need?

You need to have clothing and footwear for possible wet boggy ground, dry rock, flat hiking on rocky ground and scrambling on steeper ground, plus clothing for the weather that can be experienced in the hills and mountains of Wales. We will send you a complete kit list for this challenge.

The 15 Peaks
Yr Wyddfa,Snowdon 3560ft
Carnedd Ugain 3494ft
Carnedd Llewelyn 3490ft
Carnedd Dafydd 3425ft
Glyder Fawr 3277ft
Glyder Fach 3261ft
Pen Yr Ole Wen 3208ft
Foel Grach 3202ft
Y Garn 3196ft
Yr Elen 3156ft
Foel Fras 3090ft
Carnedd Gwenllian (Garnedd Uchaf) 3038ft
Elidir Fawr 3031ft
Crib Goch 3028ft
Tryfan 3002ft