Selection Time with the ‘Fan Dance’ in the Brecon Beacons

£100 per person

(D2S: Elite Included)

The first of our UK mountain trips begin with an introduction to the Mountains in the Brecon Beacons, South Wales. We’ll take on the legendary ‘Fan Dance’ and you’ll start to understand how you shape up in the mountains. 

This is a great introduction to the mountains, taking in some famous Peaks including Pen Y Fan (886m) (used by the British SAS during their selection process) and covering 18.5kms of long undulating inclines and descents. The route is easy to navigate with a relatively clear path from the Story Arms car park over Corn du (873m), Pen y Fan (886m), Cribyn (795m) and Fan y Big (719m)and then around the old Neudd Reservoir towards Twyn Mwyalchod (642m) and back to the car park via Craig Gwaun Taf. 

This will start to acclimate your team to a decent mountain day, no scrambling and little exposure, whilst taking in some great views and offering a real sense of achievement. 

This can be added to any training programme. 

We typically run this day on a 4:1 guiding ratio, so if you’re interested in adding this to your training package or just want to see how you ‘stack up’ in the mountains, let us know your email and what dates you’d like to go and we’ll notify when the next Fan Dance is. If you are a team of 4 or more, then we can be flexible around your schedule.

Tryfan and The Glyders

£150 per person

Another iconic Grade 1 scramble, Tryfan is legendary in Mountaineering circles and offers excellent scrambling on it’s North Ridge. A physical climb with decent exposure behind you, you’ll learn why this route is on so many people’s top 5 scrambles. Once we’ve summited Tryfan (917m) and said hello to Adam and Eve we’ll descend Tryfan and onto Bristly Ridge, another famous scramble up to the first of the Glyders, Glyder Fach (994m). We then carry on in the other worldly place with huge boulders and a famous cantilever stone onto Glyder Fawr (1000m), the last and highest summit of the day. Here we descend in the ‘Devils Kitchen’ before finally getting back to the road and the end of this iconic route.

We run these days on a 4:1 guiding ratio, so if you’re interested in adding this to your training package or just want to develop your ‘head for heights’ and tick off some famous North Wales sections, let us know your email and what dates you’d like to go and we’ll notify when the next Tryfan and The Glyders trip is.

If you are a team of 4 or more, then we can be flexible around your schedule.

The Welsh 3000s

(Included in D2S: Elite & Ascent and Summit)

£200 per person

The culmination of your physical and mental training in the mountains and the perfect test before heading into the Alps. This challenging last phase of the training covers over 45 kms (28 miles) taking in 14 peaks over 914m (3000 ft), which we complete in under 24 hours. We start this either late afternoon, with a night moving through the mountains and finishing the following day late afternoon, or in the early hours maximising the daylight and finishing late into the evening. 

It will push you and your team to the limits and will test: 

• Physical stamina
• Mental fortitude
• Scrambling
• Mountaineering in the dark
• Sleep deprivation

We start this on Crib Goch finishing Stage 1 in the morning and marching through the day on Stage 2 and completing Stage 3 either in the late afternoon or into the evening, depending on the team’s fitness and start time. The physical and mental hardship you will need to push through is a similar battle when pushing through the altitude you’ll encounter on Mont Blanc.

When you complete the 3000s, you know you have what it takes to take on big mountains. Most of our clients have been surprised at the reserves they have to hand to complete this.

We run these days on a 4:1 guiding ratio, so if you’re interested in adding this to your training package or just want an awesome physical challenge that will literary tick off Snowdonia, let us know your email and what dates you’d like to go and we’ll notify when the next 3000s are.

If you are a team of 4 or more, then we can be flexible around your schedule.