Stephen Hobdell - 162706

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Date : 21/05/2017

Duration : 5-8 hours

Style : Leader / Supervisor

Type : Quality Mountain Day (QMD)

Weather : Heavy Rain - Good Visibility

Wind : Strong Wind

Camping Type : N/A

Nights Camping : 0

Mountains : Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon)

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Description

Snowdon Sunrise for Breese Adventures.
Group size 43, containing my team 2 with 21 participants. Summitted at 0508 for dawn, left at 0530, back for 0830 breakfast in the Padarn Hotel. Generally pleasant conditions until up past the upper scree, where the wind picked up to around 25-35mph and the rain drove into our faces from the right.
Summit temp: -3°C with wind chill (18mph).

Area : Snowdon Massif

Snowdon (Welsh: Yr Wyddfa) is the highest mountain in Wales, at an altitude of 1,085 metres (3,560 ft) above sea level, and the highest point in the British Isles outside Scotland. It is located in Snowdonia National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri) in Gwynedd, and has been described as "the busiest mountain in Britain". It is designated as a national nature reserve for its rare flora and fauna.

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