Sat 12 - Sun 13 Jul 2025 Caernarfon, Gwynedd, UK Fundraising required Sold out

Yr Wyddfa Snowdon Summit at Sunrise

Trek by torchlight through the night and reach the summit of Yr Wyddfa Snowdon by dawn. With the moon as your backdrop, climb the highest mountain in England and Wales through the night.

  • Sat 12 - Sun 13 Jul 2025
  • Fundraising required
  • Sold out
Llanberis, Caernarfon
Yr Wyddfa Snowdon Summit at Sunrise

23:00

Age 18 & over

Sign up £65

Fundraise £345

  • 9 miles hiking + 1085 m ascent

Event overview

Tackle this breathtaking challenge with a difference and see the sunrise over Eryri (Snowdonia) National Park.

Join this once-in-a-lifetime, two-day experience and climb 1085m by torchlight. With a roundtrip of about nine miles, you’ll be trekking for about 7-10 hours with a backpack full of determination (and snacks).

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Seeing the sunrise across Snowdonia National Park will be a memory never forgotten! Upon our descent, you will witness the breathtaking mountain range open up to give glorious views and afterwards tuck into a delicious celebration breakfast!

By being part of this extraordinary experience with Action for Children, your sponsorship could help give a brighter future to vulnerable children across the UK.

Highlights

  • Summit the highest mountain in England and Wales – Snowdon 1,085m
  • Embrace the added difficulty of hiking by torchlight
  • Witness dawn across the peaks of Snowdonia National Park
  • Watch the changing colours of the peaks as dawn breaks
  • Help support safe and happy childhoods for children and young people

Event details

  • Average fitness

Route

  • First aid
  • Food stations
  • Marshals
  • Mountainous
  • No cut off time
  • Out and back
  • Single start
  • Traffic free
  • Water stations

Location

  • Accommodation
  • Bar
  • Camping
  • Free parking
  • Mountains
  • Paid parking
  • Rural
  • Toilets

What's included

  • Camping
  • Map
  • Medal
  • Post-race meal
  • Pre-race meal
  • Training plan
  • T-shirt

Sustainability

  • Carbon offset
  • Sustainability policy

Fundraising

  • Fundraising materials
  • Fundraising required
  • Fundraising support
  • Submit fundraising up to 1 month after event

How to enter

  • Age 18 & over
  • Enter online
  • Fundraising required

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