National Three Peaks Challenge

The Three Peaks Challenge is an attempt to climb the highest peaks in Scotland, England and Wales in ‘one go’. These peaks are Ben Nevis in Scotland, Scafell Pike in England, and Snowdon in Wales. Other bespoke options are available, including doing the challenge from south to north – to discuss alternatives or any ideas you may have feel free to call our friendly team.

We travel to Fort William on the Friday, starting with Ben Nevis on the Saturday morning, climb Scafell Pike that night and finish Snowdon on Sunday in Wales. This is a tough event and people participating should have the necessary fitness and be prepared to do without sleep! If your aim is to complete the event in 24 hours then we will need to complete Ben Nevis in 6 hours, Scafell Pike in 4 hours and Snowdon in 4 hours. The standard for measuring your official total time on the event is mountain time plus a fixed 10 hour drive time. The challenge is supported by qualified mountain leaders and a driver will be with you all of the way. We’ll do everything we can to get you through the challenge as quickly as possible.

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We have a lot of experience in delivering this challenge and we’d be delighted to help you with yours! If you want to do this challenge but think that you might benefit from sleep in between each peak, then we do offer this event over more relaxed timescales.

Inclusions

  • Professional event organisation.

  • Qualified Mountain leaders.

  • Transport between Warrington & Ben Nevis with pick ups en route.

  • Transport between the Three Peaks.

  • Drop offs between Snowdon & Warrington after the challenge has finished.

  • One nights’ twin room accommodation with breakfast.

  • Single rooms subject to availability at a supplement of £55 per person.

  • Group first aid kit with qualified first aider.

Exclusions

  • Travel to & from designated pick up & drop off points
  • Evening meals, lunches & beverages
  • Personal Insurance

  • Personal Equipment

Travel

The North to South, Road Based National Three Peaks event requires a lot of travel between the peaks in Scotland, England and Wales.

With Adventure Trails, we will do a round trip from Warrington in the North West England to cover the journey between all three locations. There are multiple pick up points available within Scotland & England.

  • M61, M6, M74, A82 (between Warrington and Fort William)

  • Warrington Bank Quay / Warrington Central Stations

  • Glasgow International Airport (nt Prestwick, approx. 4pm)

If you are based in the South of England, we recommend that you fly to Glasgow International Airport and then catch the return train from Warrington – this saves you a lot of time in our vehicle! There are a variety of drop off points that we can offer on this route.

  • A55 and M56 (between Snowdonia & Warrington)

  • Manchester Airport

Alternative pick up & drop off points can be discussed upon request.

Pick up times are the day before the event, and drop off is during the afternoon of the event finish. We aim to finish in Snowdown by mid afternoon on the last day of each event and, therefore, your drop off should be no later than 6pm on the Sunday evening. However, there are no guarantees as it depends on the speed of your group. If you are making your own way to Fort William for the start of your challenge, you should arrive on the Friday afternoon/evening in time for the evening briefing and to be ready for the start of the challenge the next day.