The Welsh 3000s Mountain challenge.

Welsh 3000s April Charity hikes in aid of Rugby For Heroes, The Jacob Abraham Foundation and Friends of Animals (Ynysybwl).

We have assembled a small group of personnel together to take in some stunning scenery, and summit Wales’s 15 highest peaks over 3000ft as well as raising some money for these fantastic charities.

Team Ynysybwl consists of:

Siony, Amie, Richard Santini, G, Dale, Ryan, Andrew Edwards, Paul Curtis, Burgie, Emma, Lee, Keanan, Lisa, Natalee, Mouse, Adam Spear, Laura, Gareth, Gerwyn Ellis, Alyn, Sarah, Ronnie, Lee Matthews and Anthony Owen.

What the event will do?

The event will be run twice for 2 days. As a group over 2 x 48hr periods we will walk, scramble, climb and visit all the summits of the 15 highest mountains in Wales all over 3000ft.

The Event:

Distance peak to peak - 26 miles

Total - 31 Miles

Ascent and decent - 13,000ft

Steepest Gradient - 64%

The Route:

Day 1 -

Leave Pen y Pass to check point 1 (CP1) Snowden (3560 ft)

CP1 - CP2 Garnedd ugain (3494 ft)

CP2 - CP3 Crib Goch (3028 ft)

CP3 - CP4 Elidir Fawr (3031 ft )

CP4 - CP5 Y Garn (3006 ft)

CP5 - CP6 Glyder Fawr (3284 ft)

CP6 - CP7 Glyder Fach (3261 ft)

CP7 - CP8 Tryfan (3011 ft)

Day 2 -

CP9 - Pen Yr Ole Wen (3208 ft)

CP10 - Carnedd Dafydd (3425 ft)

CP11 - Yr Elen (3156 ft)

CP12 - Carnedd Llewelyn (3490 ft)

CP13 - Foel Grach (3202 ft)

CP14 - Garnedd Uchaf (3038 ft)

CP15 - Foel Fras (3090 ft)

It promises to be a fun challenging weekend and gives us the opportunity to help raise funds for three charities close to our hearts. Thank you for your generosity!