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Whether you want to walk through peaceful, unspoilt fields and paths or you'd rather scramble up exposed rocky ridges Snowdonia has everything on offer. The towering peaks of North Wales - Tryfan, Snowdon and the surrounding mountains are riddled with technical scrambling and mountaineering challenges whilst North Wales' beautiful lakes and rolling hills below provide a tranquil setting for more relaxing walks and rambles. On our Summer hillwalking and mountaineering courses our highly skilled instructors help you gain all the skills, techniques and, most of all, the confidence you need to travel further in the hills under your own steam. So whatever you're looking for, from a breathtaking white-knuckle week in the mountains of North Wales or a relaxing week strolling through the We hills of Snowdonia you're sure to find just the thing at Plas y Brenin.

Classic Weekend Walks

Cost and Duration: £210 (2 Days)

Walking alongside our experienced and knowledgeable instructors, you will enjoy two days of beautiful mountain scenery. Taking a comfortable pace through remote rugged countryside you will also have ...........

Experience Required: none required

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Snowdonia's Classic Walks

Cost and Duration: £430 (5 Days)

Why not explore the picturesque hills of Snowdonia with our experienced instructors? On each of the five days you'll walk at your own, comfortable pace through remote, beautiful countryside taking in ...........

Experience Required: none required.

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Hillwalking Weekend

Cost and Duration: £180 (2 Days)

For most people the breathtaking views Snowdonia has to offer are only seen on postcards. If you're one of those people here's your opportunity to see that scenery first hand on a guided tour of Snowd...........

Experience Required: none required.

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The Paddy Buckley Challenge

Cost and Duration: £450 (5 Days)

Join us on this five-day guided circuit of 'The Paddy Buckley Round'. 61 miles of mountainous terrain which takes you up 28,000 feet of ascent to reach 47 peaks across many of the National Park's most...........

Experience Required: summer hillwalking.

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Relocation, relocation, relocation

Cost and Duration: £160 (2 Days)

An enlightening weekend designed for accomplished mountain navigators. Spend two days developing a set of reliable and effective techniques to get you back on track if you find yourself unsure of wher...........

Experience Required: reliable navigation skills.

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Fourteen Peaks Challenge

Cost and Duration: £530 (5 Days)

Join us on this five-day guided traverse attempting to take in all 14 of Snowdonia's highest peaks. Admire the view from the top of some of the National Park's finest mountains on this exciting week-l...........

Experience Required: summer hillwalking.

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Discover Navigation

Cost and Duration: £210 (2 Days)

Let our instructors take you through every aspect of basic navigation from symbols, scales and grid references to ground shape, measuring distance, taking bearings and using a compass. The perfect cou...........

Experience Required: none required.

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Navigation Skills

Cost and Duration: £240 (2 Days)

If you need to develop your navigation skills or your navigation is not as good as you would like, then this two day course provides an ideal opportunity to refine your technique. You will cover all a...........

Experience Required: basic navigation skills.

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Getting to Grips with GPS

Cost and Duration: £270 (2 Days)

Whether you have a GPS and you're not sure that you are getting the most from it or you're thinking of buying one and you'd like to learn the ropes before you invest, this is an ideal route. Out on th...........

Experience Required: basic navigation understanding.

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Complete Navigation

Cost and Duration: £530 (5 Days)

Over the course of these five days you'll develop from having little or no navigational experience to having a firm understanding of mountain navigation techniques. You'll look at the traditional meth...........

Experience Required: none required.

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Hillwalking Skills

Cost and Duration: £500 (5 Days)

If you're a regular hillwalker but lack the confidence to stray off the beaten track, then this five day course will help to improve your navigation, route planning, and knowledge of both emergency pr...........

Experience Required: an interest in hillwalking rather than experience is important.

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Mountaineering Skills

Cost and Duration: £535 (5 Days)

Covering the more advanced skills of summer hillwalking and mountaineering, this five day course concentrates on the techniques required for multi-day journeys and travel in the sometimes hostile cond...........

Experience Required:  summer hillwalking.

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Discover Scrambling

Cost and Duration: £290 (2 Days)

As a summer hillwalker you will often want to go to places which require more specialist techniques than you possess. If you are interested in learning how to move over steep ground safely, perhaps us...........

Experience Required: summer hillwalking.

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Walker to Scrambler

Cost and Duration: £580 (5 Days)

If you want to develop your hillwalking skills to take you over steeper and more adventurous ground, come with us on this week long scramble through Snowdonia's highest peaks. Staying each night at ...........

Experience Required: summer hillwalking

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Advanced Scrambling

Cost and Duration: £590 (5 Days)

An introduction to the higher grade scrambles, looking at personal skills and techniques for the safe ascent of grade 2 and 3 scrambles. For those who have done some of the classic grade 1 routes and ...........

Experience Required: some scrambling experience and a good level of hillwalking fitness

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Can't find what you want?

You can hire one of our coaches instructors or guides for only £250 per day. They'll tailor the day to suit your aims and aspirations perfectly.
You can enjoy one to one coaching for that cost or if you get together as a group, depending on the activity, you can split that cost between up to 6 of you. If you are a group we can run one of the courses listed above on a date that suits you and your friends or you could just write your own agenda for a week or weekend and we'll price it up for you - with or without accommodation. What's more, just like out normal course fees, our private instructor hire charge covers all your equipment too.
Click on the link below to fill in a request form and one of our coaches will call you back (or e-mail if you'd prefer) to discuss things in detail with you.

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