snowdon, scafell pike and ben nevis weather

[Annie456]

Anyone been to the above peaks in the last few days? doing the 3 peaks challenge at the weekend and wondered whether there was snow at the top!? Was at scafell over easter and was knee deep in places!

Thanks

[macca_86]

I was in Snowdonia last weekend, no snow!

i've always wanted to do The 3 peaks challenge?

where do you start the walks from? is there any particular route you must take?

[Annie456]

It's through the Duke of Edinburgh charity. Start at nevis, then scafell and snowdon. We have set routes because it's being organised - quite a few teams doing it. Good to hear theres no snow on snowdon!

[pagey3]

my boyf and his friends are doing the 3 peaks in july, I will be in the support crew.

Macca_86 the best route is ben nevis, scafell then snowdon - snowdon is the easiest so a nice finish to the challenge. Obviously Annie will be well organised doing it through DofE, but if doing it independantly, make sure you have a good support team, competent drivers and map readers, a first aider, and at least one experienced mountaineer and orienteer. Plus you will all need to be very fit, a strong team, and well prepared with reagrds to equipment.

Annie456 I went to snowdon may bank hol weekend - saturday was beautiful, sunday a very low mist descended over the top third of the mountain (we did it twice). Snowdon has extremely unpredictable weather and it can suddenly change making ti very dangerous. Just last week a young man who my brother know died there.

Make sure you know some survival techniues as mountain rescue are urging people not to rely on mobile phones as safety devices.

Best of luck though and post back your time after you have done it - along with any tips you can offer for us in July! You will have a great time - I won't be doing the challenge but even just climbing snowdon was exilarating - it will be a fantastic acheivement - best of luck and stay safe :-)