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News From Plas y Brenin

Find out what's new in and around The National Mounatin Centre. Just click on a thumbnail below to find out more.


 
Chris Bonington Lecture
24 Mar 2010
 

It's Going To Be a Lush Summer
1 Mar 2010
 

Cameras Out
9 Dec 2009
 

Grants for ski mountaineering
15 Sep 2009
 

MLTA Conference
15 Sep 2009
 

Expedition Symposium Sales Rocket
24 Aug 2009
 

Personal Best For Dame Kelly Holmes
28 Jul 2009
 

Peru - First Descent Succes For PYB Paddling Coaches
12 Jun 2009
 

Manchester Signs New Deal
13 May 2009
 

Plas y Brenin Launches It's Own Real Ale.
13 May 2009
 

Floating Ropes Tested
12 May 2009
 

Beat the credit crunch - don't buy a lift pass
7 May 2009
 

A Successful Winter
24 Mar 2009
 

New Sea Kayak Fleet Launched for 2009
4 Mar 2009
 

Doug Ammons Lecture Tour Hits Plas y Brenin
26 Feb 2009
 

Free Guidance Document On Supervision of Ropes Courses
25 Feb 2009
 

PYB Teams up with the RSPB
23 Feb 2009
 

Level 5 Success
16 Feb 2009
 

Winter at home and away
9 Feb 2009
 

Ascent of the Franco Argentine route on Cerro Fitzroy
27 Jan 2009
 

New Instructors
20 Jan 2009
 

'Off Piste Essentials' DVD delivered in time for Christmas
12 Dec 2008
 

Welsh Language Success Story
30 Oct 2008
 

Ex Fast Tracker Explores An Enviable New Career
30 Sep 2008
 

Rope Skills For Skiers
18 Sep 2008
 

Deuter Rucsac is a Smash Hit With Instructors
18 Sep 2008
 

Plas y Brenin Hosts International Seminar Setting Standards for Leaders
20 May 2008
 

BMC International Meet
19 May 2008
 

Off Piste Essentials DVD in the can!
1 May 2008
 

Plas y Brenin Appointed As Palm's Safety and Rescue Test Centre
28 Apr 2008
 

Paddlers all set for Alpine meltdown
22 Apr 2008
 

Conditions Look Great For Alpine Mountaineering
22 Apr 2008
 

Ambassadors from around the world head for Snowdonia
15 Apr 2008
 

Stuart McAleese Pins on The Guides Badge
15 Apr 2008
 

Dave Brown Scoops Level Five Honours
15 Apr 2008
 

New Sea Kayak Fleet Arrives
10 Apr 2008
 

First Ever International Mountain Leader Winter Assessment
24 Mar 2008
 

Girl Power
20 Mar 2008
 

Olympic Cycling Success For Plas y Brenin
4 Mar 2008
 

Palm provide the best equipment
28 Feb 2008
 

Dagger fill up the rolling pool
27 Feb 2008
 

Going green has a dramatic effect
26 Feb 2008
 

RSPB and PYB join forces.
28 Jan 2008
 

Easyjet make skiing with PYB even easier
28 Jan 2008
 

Ex-Fast Tracker makes Tracks for Baffin
12 Dec 2007
 

Islay Crosbie makes the GB kayak freestyle team
10 Dec 2007
 

Interactive Quiz Pages Launched
6 Dec 2007
 

The 'coaching process' cat is out of the bag
27 Nov 2007
 

Winter Mountaineering Courses (18-25 yrs) Heavily Subsidised
27 Nov 2007
 

New Waterpoof Clothing for our Equipment Stores
14 Nov 2007
 

Plas y Brenin Presented with the Green Dragon Award
14 Nov 2007
 

The Brenin's cake recipes go online
14 Nov 2007
 

The snow has arrived
13 Nov 2007
 

Top Secret Reseach
12 Nov 2007
 

Our Mountain Bike instructors better watch their backs
12 Nov 2007
 

Instructors change their socks
22 Oct 2007
 

New Sea Kayak Fleet Delivered
29 Sep 2007
 

 




  Mountain Marathon Training Weeknd
Mountain Marathon
 
the ideal way to boost your knowledge confidence and fitness before your first mountain marathon
 

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  Snowdonia Uncorked
Wine Tasting
 
Our latest offers include a return for this walking and wine tasting weekend 14-15 August
 

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  Single Track Safari - A MTB Bargain!
kayaking with the kids
 
Our latest list of specials includes a five -day mountain bike tour of some of Wales most spectacular routes.
 

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  Think you know your stuff?
Environmental Quizzes and Scottish Winter Quizzes
 
Find out how much you really know in our new interactive quiz area
 

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  Top Tips - Retreating off a route
Read Baggys top tips here
 
Baggy Richards shares some of his experience on our top tips page. This month, Senior Instructor Baggy provides some useful pointers on retreating off a crag.
 

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  Safety Tips For Novice Climbers
Safety Tips For Novice Rock Climbers
 
In our Top Tips section Instructor Louise Thomas highlights some vital safety considerations for novice climbers
 

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  Taking a mate climbing?
taking a friend rock climbing
 
read some top tips on taking a friend out rock climbing from instructor Baggy Richards
 

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  Trekking / Walking Poles
trekking or hillwalking poles
 
Should you be using them? Are you using yours correctly? Discover the answer in Baggy Richard's latest feature.
 

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  Get Fit For The Alps
Alpine Climbing and Mountaineering
 
New Top Tips on Getting Fit For Alpine Climbing by Martin Chester
 

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  Top Tips on Handheld VHF Radios
Sea Kayaking with a vhf radio
 
Sea Kayak Coach Dave Brown gives you a few pointer on using your radio at sea
 

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  What's Cooking?
Great Food at Plas y Brenin
 
Find out what makes our award winning catering department so special in our latest departmental overview
 

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  Outstanding Facilities
Superb Facilities at the National Mountain Centre
 
We make sure everything at the National Mountain Centre is maintained at the highest standard. Check out our facilities page here.
 

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  Bunkhouse Gets a Makeover
climbing instructor training
 
Moelwyn Bunkhouse has been refurbished and it looks great! You could be one of the first to take advantage of this superb on-site facility.
 

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  Check Out The Enviro Diary!
Environmental Gallery
 
Our staff bring you snippets of the great environment we live and work in diarised in photographic form. Essential viewing for all nature lovers - Now with over 230 pages of content.
 

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  Top Tips on Lowering off a Bolted Route
climbing technique article
 
Ben Lawes gives you his top tips on how to get down from the top of a bolted route.
 

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