Originally Posted by
IdiotAbroad
I've done the 3P a few times and live in the Lakes. I also do a lot of Guiding so know all 3 peaks well.
My top tips for you and your pal:
- Get a driver and a comfortable car. You'll spend as much time in the car as on the hill. Don't underestimate how stiff you'll get stepping from a hill in to a car and sitting still for 4hrs. Spend a few mins stretching after each descent, change in to fresh kit, then drive.
- Plan food and drink so that you don'd end up surviving on Burger King and Costa. I've seen people quite peaky/ vomiting due to fuelling with junk food before a climb. Best bet is to eat some time before the next ascent.
- Take the shortest route up each hill. Sounds obvious, but get a drop off at Pen Y Pass for Snowdon, it'll save you a third of the height gain. Ben Nevis is a slog, Scafell Pike is short and sharp.
And now with my mountain rescue hat on: I'm not sure if you have a guide/ are on an event. Either way, get all party members to download OS Locate (it'll give a 6fig grid ref which police/ mountain rescue will want), and ideally OS Maps. Scafell Pike is reasonably easy to become disoriented on the summit area (I've been involved in several searches up there). Please carry a decent head torch, whistle, plentiful spare layers, plentiful food and drink. Ideally some sort of group shelter if you can. It can take c.3hrs to get a stretcher party to the higher parts of these hills if you need a rescue, and that's a long time sat still!
Have a fantastic time. And once you're done, you can plan some more leisurely trips to some other lovely hills in each region!
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