The PEAKS challenge are you up for it? The 3 Peaks Challenge for The 3 Prince’s Trust is available on any weekend (Friday to Sunday) between the months of May and October inclusive The Prince’s Trust is the UK’s leading youth charity which provides practical and financial support to disadvantaged young people, developing key workplace skills such as confidence and motivation. We work with thousands of 13 to 30-year-olds who have struggled at school, have been in care, are long-term unemployed or have been in trouble with the law. Our wide range of programmes are designed to encourage and empower young people to turn their lives around.”
©The Prince’s Trust 2015 – all rights reserved The Prince’s Trust is a registered charity, incorporated by Royal Charter in England. Registered number RC000772. Registered office: Prince’s Trust, 9 Eldon Street, London, EC2M 7LS. Registered charity number in England and Wales 1079675 and Scotland SCO41198 3 Peaks Challenge Introduction
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, Scafell Pike and Snowdon. We usually complete them in that order.
You will travel to your hotel on day one. There will be a briefing that evening and the event starts on the following morning and finishes on morning of day three.
The course is guided by qualified mountain leaders and our transport vehicles will be with you all the way.
Typical Itinerary
Pick up at Manchester Piccadilly train station at approxi-mately 10 am and at Glasgow Airport Day 1 at approximately 4 pm followed by transport to our accommodation in Fort William. Evening briefing session and kit check with our guides. Event starts early in the morning. Ascent of Ben Nevis. Transfer to the Lake District and late Day 2 afternoon ascent of Scafell Pike then travel to Snowdonia. Early morning ascent of Snowdon. Return Day 3 travel to agreed drop off points. Facts at a Glance
Distance 42 Kilometers Ascent 3,000 Metres Time 24 Hours Ben Nevis Summit 1,344 Metres Scarfell Pike Summit 977 Metres Snowdon Summit 1,085 Metres
Requirements
To do this trip you need to have a reasonable level of fitness. This is a tiring challenge and even though no previous mountaineering experience is required you will have to climb three high mountains with little rest in between. We recommend that you follow a fitness plan in preparation Please note: This itinerary is a guide only. It can be subject to for your challenge, an example of one will be sent to you change dependent upon viability, course members’ fitness, when you have confirmed your booking. weather conditions or for any other reason the organisers Although the fitness plan we will send to you has been think necessary. Best efforts will be made to adhere to the devised by a fitness professional, this is only provided as original itinerary. a guide and you should seek professional advice before starting your own fitness regime. Logistics What’s Included
During each road based Three Peaks event our transport • Professional event organisation vehicle does a round trip from Manchester. This means we • Qualified mountain leaders offer pick up points for you at the following locations: • Transport between Manchester and Ben Nevis with a pick up at Glasgow Airport • Anywhere on the M61, M6, M74 and A82 between • Transport between the 3 peaks Manchester and Fort William • Drop offs between Snowdonia and Manchester once the • Manchester Piccadilly Station (approx. 10am) challenge has finished • Glasgow International airport (not Prestwick, approx. 4pm) • One nights twin room accommodation with breakfast If you are based in the South of the UK we recommend you (Single rooms are available at a supplement of £45) fly to Glasgow International Airport and then catch the return • Group first aid kit with qualified first aiders train from Manchester. This saves you a lot of time in the vehicle. What’s Not Drop off points are:
• Anywhere on the A55 and M56 between Snowdonia • Travel to or from designated pick up and drop off points and Manchester • Beverages • Manchester Airport • Personal bills • Manchester Piccadilly Station • Insurance (for cancellation, accident, health, emergency evacuation and loss, theft of or damage to baggage and personal effects) 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 Snowdon by mid afternoon on the last day of each event, and therefore your drop off should be no later than 7/8pm on the Pricing and Funding Options evening of day three. However, there are no guarantees as it depends on the speed of your group. To do this challenge there is a non-refundable registration fee of £99 per person, payable to Maximum Adventure at If you are making your own way to Fort William for the start the time of booking. You can then choose between the two of your challenge you should arrive during the afternoon/ different options below. evening in time for the evening briefing and to be ready for the start of the challenge the next day. Self Funding £99 registration fee at the time of booking £300 balance due 10 weeks before departure Guides With the self funding option you personally cover the full cost of the challenge. This option means that there is no minimum sponsorship Guiding will be by qualified mountain leaders at a ratio of 1 target due, but we encourage you to raise as much money as you can guide to 8 participants. Many of our leaders have many years for Prince’s Trust. experience of leading across the harshest terrain in the UK and they should add substantially to your experience. Minimum Sponsorship Pledge £99 registration fee at the time of booking £650 minimum fundraising target 80% to be raised 10 weeks before departure With the minimum sponsorship pledge option you must submit 80% of your fundraising target to Prince’s Trust 10 weeks before departure date.
This dossier is intended as a rough guide and for use with a Maximum Adventure trip only. It should not be used as a guide book. This trip involves travel to mountain areas where a short notice change of itinerary may be necessary. The details of the itinerary may well be altered to sort the particular participants, inclement weather or for any other reason deemed necessary. International Passenger Protection (IPP) Policy
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