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The Snowdon Challenge: Winter Edition
- United Kingdom
- 1 night
The usual 17km cycle, 14km trek and 5km power paddle, except this time, there’s snow involved
What's Included?
- Small Like-minded GroupsSolo-friendly by design, join our small n’ sociable groups of up to 12 like-minded, active and outdoorsy people
From…excluding flights
Highlights
Take on one of the UK’s most rewarding mountain winter challenges in just one day
Bike across Snowdonia National Park, nail the 14km trek up Snowdon and kayak 5km round the stunning Llyn Padarn
10-hours of unrivalled action in one of the UK’s wildest winter adventure playgrounds
Itinerary
Day 1
Arrive and get briefed for the big day
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Arrive at your hotel in Llanberis in the evening. At 19:00, you'll have a detailed pre-challenge meeting, after which you are free to explore the town or chill in your hotel in preparation for the challenge ahead.
Day 2
It's on!
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Wake up early for breakfast and then hit the road. You’ll bike through the Welsh winter countryside, follow the shores of Llyn Padarn and skirt along the edge of Snowdonia National Park with the peak of Snowdon covered in snow looming in the distance. You'll stomp it up the Snowdon Ranger Trail on the west side of the mountain before ascending to the ridgeline.
Follow the ridgeline all the way to the summit for a victory photo and a quick breather before descending to the northwest via the more gradual Llanberis Path, finishing in Llanberis itself. You'll then go for a brisk paddle around Llyn Padarn, completing a large circuit of the lake, smash through the finish line and celebrate with a glass of the good stuff.
Winter challenge completed.
Getting There
- Nearest airport
- Cardiff International Airport (CWL)
- Pick up
- Bangor Train Station or Llanberis Hotel
18:00 / 18:30 - Drop off
- Llanberis Hotel or Bangor Train Station
17:30 / 18:00
What is and isn't Included?
What's included
Local, qualified and experienced kayaking instructors alongside cycling and mountain leaders
1 night's stay in a local 3-star hotel
Breakfast at the hotel and a packed-lunch up the mountain
Transfers from Bangor train station and back
Everything you need for cycling and kayaking will be sorted
What's not included
You know your own spending habits best, so please budget an appropriate amount for things like optional meals and drinks, shopping, optional activities, and laundry.
Optional Extras
Pre/Post Trip Accommodation
- Pre/post trip accommodation - double/twin room
- …/per night
- Pre/post trip accommodation - single room
- …/per night
Upgrades
- Optional Private Room Upgrade
- …/per person
For solo travellers looking for their own space, an optional private room can be booked for an extra charge, see Optional Extras for the price. Please request this at the time of booking (this is subject to availability).
To request any extras, message your host via your Much Better Adventures account once you have booked your trip.
All extras must be paid before your trip starts.
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FAQs
Can I leave my excess luggage somewhere?
Sure. You can leave anything you don't need on the challenge at the hotel.
Can I book on my own?
Sure can! Over 70% of our travellers travel solo, it’s a great way to meet like-minded people.
Who is running the trip?
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What vaccinations do I need?
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How are the trips priced?
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Why are your adventures only for adults?
All of our group adventures are specially designed for adults to enjoy as we want these adventures to bring together outdoorsy people who are truly like-minded. You must be over 18 to join one of our trips.
Who else will be on my trip?
You're always in good company on one of our adventures.
Our trips typically consist of a mix of solo travelers and small groups of 2 or 3 friends, with most in their 30s-50s.
Our sociable adventures are solo-friendly by design and naturally attract outdoorsy people with a shared mindset; a love for adventure, a desire to push themselves, and meet awesome, like-minded people along the way.
It’s this camaraderie that has so often turned a great adventure into a life-changing one.
Don't just take our word for it:
- 95% of people rate the group dynamics on our trips 5/5
- 90% of people recommend joining a trip to make new friends
- 75% of people have met people on our trips that they would now consider friends
See here for more info about the Much Better Adventures tribe.
What's the carbon footprint for this trip?
We partner with the World Land Trust to ensure this trip achieves Net-Zero emissions. We also support their Buy an Acre program, helping local communities to buy and protect natural habitats in perpetuity.
What's the number?
It works out on average at 41kg of CO2 emissions per person, including all local transport, accommodation, food, activities, guides, staff and office operations.
The only thing it doesn’t include right now is flights and travel to the destination. We do make an overall estimate across all our customers separately, but as we don’t book flights, have customers from all corners of the world, and no way of reliably knowing their travel plans, we simply can’t include an individual number in the figure on display here. We’ve got a goal to fix that, so that when you book, there is a way to measure and mitigate the carbon emitted by your flight too.
But what does the number mean?
Yep, hard to picture eh? To give you an idea:
- Driving 1000 miles/1609km would be approximately 281kg of CO2 in an average car (or 140.5kg per person, if there were two of you in it).
- A return economy class flight between London and New York would be approximately 1619kg (1.66 tonnes) per person.
- 10 trees in a temperate forest are estimated to remove approximately 250kg of CO2 from the air in a period of 5-10 years.
What are we doing about it?
Our trips are relatively low-carbon by design, and we're working with all our hosts to develop long term carbon reduction plans. We partner with the World Land Trust to ensure this trip achieves Net-Zero emissions. We also support their Buy an Acre programme, helping local communities to buy and protect natural habitats in perpetuity, ensuring the protection of the reserve and its wildlife.
Want to know more?
Amazingly, no international travel company has ever publicly published their carbon measurements before, as far as we know. We believe that must change, quickly. So we’re openly sharing the method we used in the hope that other companies will be able to more easily follow suit and build on what we've done so far. You'll find it all here.
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