On Saturday 26th April 2008, we intend to ascend / descend Mount Snowdon by mountain bike, in order to raise funds and support for Help For Heroes.
At 1,085 m (3,560 ft), Mount Snowdon in Gwynedd, Wales, is the highest mountain in Wales and the highest British mountain south of the Scottish Highlands.
The route we will be using for the event is the Llanberis Path. The Llanberis Path leads from the small town of Llanberis, approximately along the course of the Snowdon Mountain Railway. This is one of the longer routes (8 miles return), although as the slope is mostly comparatively shallow, it is considered to be the best route to access the summit by mountain bike.
Who are ‘Help For Heroes’?
Help for Heroes supports our wounded. Help for Heroes provides practical direct support to those servicemen and women wounded in the line of duty in the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Charity Registration No 1120920
“What is H4H all about? It’s about the blokes. It’s about Derri, a rugby player who has lost both his legs, it about Carl whose jaw is wired up so he has been drinking through a straw. It’s about Richard who was handed a mobile phone as he lay on the stretcher so he could say goodbye to his wife. It is about Ben, it’s about Steven and Andy and Mark, it’s about them all. They are just blokes but they are our blokes; they are our heroes. We want to help our heroes.”
Bryn Parry, Appeal Chairman
http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk
The event will start from the (free) lakeside car park in Llanberis, just off the A4086, at 0830 hrs (clicky linky for map - http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=14030437891917364967,53.122956,-4.127397&time=&date=&ttype=&q=A4086+@53.122956,+-4.127397&sll=53.122324,-4.126933&sspn=0.018285,0.039911&ie=UTF8&ll=53.123225,-4.127491&spn=0.009142,0.026994&z=16&iwloc=addr&om=1)
If you wish to sponsor us, our online fund raising page can be found at - http://www.justgiving.com/hfhsnowdonmtbchallenge
This is not an exclusive event, if you want to join us then you are more than welcome! The more riders we get, the more funds and support we can raise for Help For Heroes. Don’t forget to bring some cake for the summit picnic.
Please PM me if you do want to take part, so i can get an idea of the number of riders we can expect.
Cheers 
FTASB
More information:
Bikefax i-guide (downloadable route guide, costs £1) -
https://shop.bike-fax.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=23_24_26&products_id=46&osCsid=80c484e2d898bc86ffd75351f053e0a3
Route guide from Snowdonia National Park website -
http://www.eryri-npa.co.uk/page/index.php?nav1=enjoying&nav2=8&nav3=2&lang=eng&view=graphic&contrast=1