Plas y Brenin is managed by The Mountain Training Trust (MTT) on behalf of Sport England. As a registered Charity MTT is committed to ensuring any surplus generated is channelled directly back into mountain sport and providing the best possible opportunities at the most affordable price.
Mountain Lifestyle
Adventure Sports
Welsh Winter Mountaineering
Kayaking
Family Adventure Holidays
Young Persons Academy 
Courses For Outdoor Parents
Taster Days
Duke Of Edinburgh's Award Gold
Mountain Leadership
Team Development
Family Outdoor Adventure Holidays
What better way to learn a new outdoor sport than on an outdoor adventure holiday with your family?
We've put together a list of outdoor activity courses designed for the adventurous family to enjoy together. If your kids are eight years old or over you can bring them along and take to the mountains, lakes and rivers of snowdonia with them. Always under the watchful eye of our expert instructors you'll develop your outdoor adventure activity skills together, alongside other families, having a great time and making new friends as you enjoy the thrills and spills of real outdoor adventure.
Our unrivalled experience of adventurous activity and our distinctive philosophy means that you'll leave ready to go out and enjoy your chosen sport under your own steam too. But most of all - you'll be able to enjoy outdoor activities together.
Introduction to Kayaking for Families
Cost and Duration: £505 (5 Days)
A five day course which will give you a thorough grounding in kayaking. You will be introduced to all the equipment and basic skills on local rivers, lakes and sea. On this course there is ample oppo...........
Experience Required: none.
Find out moreWhite Water Sea & Surf For Families
Cost and Duration: £505 (5 Days)
You've decided you like kayaking. Now it's time to experience racing down the face of a surf wave, bouncing down a rapid and running a tide race. These five days of white water fun will give you an in...........
Experience Required: Confident flat water paddler with the ability to manoeuvre your craft with ease
Find out moreGo Canoeing For Families
Cost and Duration: £350 (5 Days)
If you were inspired by last summer's Olympic canoeing or kayaking but you really can't tell a canoe from a kayak or an open boat from a squirt boat this is your chance to get an all round introductio...........
Experience Required: no experience required
Find out moreDiscover Adventure Sports for Families
Cost and Duration: £185 (2 Days)
If you've never tried any of the increasingly popular 'adventure sports' this is a perfect way to have a go. A fast moving weekend takes you on a whirlwind tour of canoeing, climbing/abseiling and ori...........
Experience Required: none required
Find out moreIntroduction to Adventure Sports for Families
Cost and Duration: £405 (5 Days)
You'll need some energy to keep up with the pace on this week designed specifically for families with children over 8 yrs.
During the week you will have a go at a range of "adventure sports" - can...........
Experience Required: none required
Find out moreGetting Wet Weekend For Families
Cost and Duration: £165 (2 Days)
If your idea of fun is splashing about on the water, this is the weekend for you. On a whirl wind tour of water based mountain sports you'll try kayaking and canoeing on our lake, experiencing all kin...........
Experience Required: confident in water with the ability to laugh until your sides hurt.
Find out moreGetting High For Families
Cost and Duration: £235 (2 Days)
If you think you have a head for heights, this weekend of vertical adventure is sure to leave you grinning from ear to ear. You'll test your nerve scrambing in the high mountains, learn to abseil on o...........
Experience Required: all you need is a head for heights and an appetite for adventure.
Find out moreMountain Biking For Families
Cost and Duration: £190 (2 Days)
Want to get more out of your family mountain bike rides? Let us improve your riding skills and build your confidence. Find out all about the attack position, better braking, slick gear changing, corne...........
Experience Required: You should have your own bike and kit. You will have completed a few rides already and be capable of riding for 4-5 hours on rugged terrain.
Find out moreIntroduction to Rock Climbing for Families
Cost and Duration: £650 (5 Days)
Designed to specifically meet the needs of the family, In five days we will help you progress from never having climbed before to the possibility of leading your own climbs in a controlled and confide...........
Experience Required: none required
Find out moreCan't find what you want?
You can hire one of our coaches instructors or guides from 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.
