The Welsh 3000's History

The Welsh 3000's is a route of 26 miles from the top of Snowdon to Foel Fras, including some 13,000ft of ascent and fourteen summits (fifteen if Garnedd Uchaf is counted).
High Trek complete the challenge over three days, taking around 8-9 hours for the Glyderau and Carneddau and 6-7 hrs for the Snowdon group. This provides three good days mountain walking.
To complete the route within 24 hours walking requires an early start and lots of stamina. Nobody knows who first completed the route, probably one of the early Victorian mountaineers who were prodigious walkers. The following table describes the recent history of running the challenge.

Record Attempts
Date		Time
Spring 1938	Thomas Firbank along with companions including his then wife Esme Kirby ( a fascinating account of this record attempt is given in his book I Bought a Mountain)	Eight Hours 25 minutes
1950's	John Disley	Seven Hours 24 minutes
1950's	Chris Brasher and friends	Six Hours
1960's	Eric Beard	Five Hours 13 minutes
June 1973	Joss Naylor the famous fell running shepherd of Wasdale	Four Hours 46 minutes
1988	Colin Donnelly, local Eryri Harrier	Four Hours 19 minutes
1989	Angela Carson broke womens record	Five Hours 28 minutes

Colin Donnelly's Record Run- 11th June 1988
Peak	Split Time	Time from Start
Yr Wyddfa/Snowdon
Carnedd Ugain	4.56 Mins	4.56 Mins
Crib Goch	9.33	14.27
Blaen Nant	14.54	29.23
Nant Peris	7.32	36.50
Elidir Fawr	36.10	1Hr 13.00 Mins
Y Garn	22.00	1 35.00
Glyder Fawr	19.00	1 54.00
Glyder Fach	9.18	2 03.18
Tryfan	16.42	2 20.00
Ogwen	13.00	2 33.00
Pen Yr Ole Wen	38.00	3 11.00
Carnedd Dafydd	11.00	3 22.00
Yr Elen	20.00	3 42.00
Carnedd Llewelyn	12.00	3 54.00
Foel Grach	10.40	4 04.40
Carnedd Uchaf	6.04	4 10.44
Foel Fras	9.12	4 19.56