Thank you for your interest in our Welsh 3 Peaks event. We have now closed registration for this year’s event. If you would like to register your interest in next year’s event. Please fill in the form below.
Gather your team and be a part of the adventure for what promises to be a challenging and unforgettable experience. You will scale Snowdon, take on the mighty Cadair Idris and tackle Pen–Y-Fan, all whilst raising vital funds for children with life-limiting conditions and their families across Wales.
A little about the event
Your team will join travellers from all of the world to walk a distance of 20.35 miles, making a total ascent of 9,397ft (2,864m).
Places fill fast so you will need to gather your team together quickly to register. Places are allocated on a strictly “first come, first served” basis. Be the first to sign up to this exclusive challenge.
Registration is now closed
Thank you for your interest in our Welsh 3 Peaks event. We have now closed registration for this year’s event. If you would like to register your interest in next year’s event. Please fill in the form below.
We would love for you to join us on Saturday 10 June and tackle these incredible mountains all while raising funds for TĹ· Hafan and celebrating 25 years of this amazing event.
All participants should be aware that training is essential to achieve the basic fitness level required to complete this challenge safely, without injury.
To increase your fitness level in preparation for the challenge, we recommend that you steadily build up to regular exercise regimes in your preferred disciplines:
Jogging is a form of running at a slow or leisurely pace. Jogging regularly can increase your fitness level whilst placing less stress on your body than running.
Try to build up to 30-40 minutes jogging three times a week.
Regular swimming is great for building cardiovascular fitness, muscle strength and endurance whilst placing minimal strain on muscles.
Try to build up to 30 minutes swimming two to three times a week
Cycling is a practical aerobic activity that could be built in to your normal daily routine. Regular cycling builds muscular fitness as well as improving stamina
Try to build up to 30-60 minutes cycling two to three times a week – you may like to try cycling to work or to the shops!
Walking is also an activity that could be built in to your normal daily routine. Take the stairs instead of a lift or introduce an evening walk to your lifestyle.
Try to build up to 60-90 minutes brisk walking during the week, and three to five hours at weekends
Try to practice your walking on a mountain terrain in the lead up to the event. The Brecon Beacons provide an ideal platform to experience the environments that you will face during the challenge.
GE Volunteers operate across the globe running a huge array of charitable events and community activities. Volunteerism is an essential element of the GE culture. As part of our wider Corporate Social Responsibility programme, our volunteering impacts on social issues directly relating to our core business and the community we operate in. We focus on three key areas, building our communities, education and young people.
For GE Aviation Wales, the Welsh 3 Peaks is the highlight of the volunteering calendar. The event began in 1998 and is now in its 25th year. It was the idea of a group of GE Aviation employees after they had competed in the National Three Peaks challenge event. Paul Shepherd, headed up the group and was the driving force behind the first Welsh Three Peaks Challenge event. Few of the original organising team are still involved with the event but with new volunteers coming in each year the event remains as strong as ever. Over 1,600 employees have volunteered their time to marshal and provide that all-important encouragement to participants. GE Aviation has also entered teams each year, helping to raise money for TĹ· Hafan.
GE Aviation Wales is based in Nantgarw, just north of Cardiff, Wales. Recent volunteering projects have included building an outdoor classroom for Ysgol Evan James, an outdoor play and seating area in the Waun Wen community and maths mentoring in local schools across South Wales.
At GE Aviation Wales we have a vision, but we also have the drive, the commitment and the skills to make it happen.
Here to help
If you have a question about our event, please contact our events team at events@tyhafan.org. They’ll get back to you as soon as possible.
Registration is now closed
Thank you for your interest in our Welsh 3 Peaks event. We have now closed registration for this year’s event. If you would like to register your interest in next year’s event. Please fill in the form below.
All your questions answered in one area. Find out the answers to frequently asked questions.
Contact us
If you have any enquiries relating to the GE Aviation Wales Welsh3peaks challenge, please contact us on the details below. Telephone events on:Â 029 20 532 282
Email:Â events@tyhafan.org
Is the GE Aviation Wales Welsh3peaks Challenge a race?
No, the challenge is NOT a race. The challenge is to raise in excess of ÂŁ800 for TĹ· Hafan by successfully climbing all three peaks in one day. Please note that cut off times apply and these are detailed in your briefing pack.
Is the GE Aviation Wales Welsh3peaks Challenge a guided walk?
No, you will need map reading skills to complete the challenge. We provide marshal points and support throughout the event, however they are there to provide safety support and not guide you, therefore you will need map reading skills.
What happens if a team member drops out at the last minute?
A full team of four walkers must commence the challenge in Snowdon. A team of less than four members cannot start the event, but every effort will be made to attach them to another team so they can commence the event. Please inform the TĹ· Hafan events team of any team changes in the run up to the event. Last minute team changes can be made at registration in Snowdon on the Friday before the event
Why do we start the challenge at Snowdon and not Pen Y Fan?
The event route is set out as Snowdon first, then Cadair Idris and finally Pen Y Fan due to safety issues. For this reason we climb Snowdon first as it would be dangerous to leave the hardest mountain (Snowdon) until the end of the day when participants are tired.
Will the event go ahead in bad weather?
If the situation arises that we are unlucky enough to get weather that would make the climb dangerous for participants, the organiser may have to make the decision to alter the route, this will be decided the afternoon before the event starts. We have only ever experienced one mountain closure in 16 years due to severe weather conditions, however there is an alternative route available at Snowdon and Cadair Idris is case this happens again.
Can the routes taken on each mountain be altered?
No, you must take the routes outlined in the briefing pack. For safety reasons you must follow the marshalled route.
Can the team driver join us up one of the mountains?
No, the driver has a responsibility to transport the teams safely between mountains.
Fundraising with Just Giving
Online fundraising is a great way to raise sponsorship. Your team can all fundraise through one fundraising page, just make sure that you include all of your team member's names so that we can attribute the sponsorship to each person. When you set up an online fundraising page at www.justgiving.com search for 'Tŷ Hafan Welsh 3 Peaks challenge 2023' which will link your page to the event. The funds from Just Giving automatically come through to Tŷ Hafan, so once you have set up your page and share it with friends and colleagues, you don't have to do anything else.