Climbing Snowdon early pregnancy?

[MsBallen]

Has anyone got any experience climbing Snowdon in early pregnancy? Aibu to even consider it? Is there anything worth knowing? I would be getting the train there in the morning and when I finish.

Regardless of pregnancy, I think it would be wise to do some smaller peaks, or walks where your gaining a reasonable amount of altitude, just to see how you cope with it. But there’s been plenty of advice like that already.

Having gone up Snowdon quite a few times using various routes, I’d say the best route for you is the Pyg. As has been mentioned you’re starting from higher up, it’s also a bit shorter than most of the others. Miners has a short section of semi scrambling just above the top lake so maybe not ideal. Pyg is much more interesting than the main path imo, the main path is pretty dull I think, a long featureless slog.

Good luck op, I hope the weather is on your side.

I'd probably go up the Miners' Path, and down either the Llanberis or the Snowdon Ranger Path.

Book your accommodation at wherever you intend to finish so that there are no worries about catching the last bus back, instead you travel from your accommodation to the start point by bus in the morning and walk back.

Hill walking is vastly different to walking on the flat. If the OP lives in Bristol then she could practice on some of the steep roads there, but most other cities are pretty flat.

Yes I understand what everyone says about practicing but where I live now is very flat. Even our closest parks and open spaces seem like they have been steamrolled flat. I would have to get trains a fair distance away to get somewhere hilly and I just can't afford that and don't have the time. As i mentioned earlier i work two jobs seven days a week then care for dp and dstepkids once I finish and get home. I only have a couple hours in the evenings to go walking and I'm knackered by then from the sheer amount of work I'm doing at the moment.

Haven’t read the replies, but yes I did exactly this. Was on holiday with a group of friends and was told it was an easy walk you could do in flip
flops. Apparently there are some easier routes but our walk was about 6 hours. Then we missed the train so had to do the walk back too.

I was medium fit before I got pregnant, and I found it tough but do-able. No real hill walking history.

I will say that morning sickness kicked in the next day - may well have been coincidence, but might be because I knackered myself out!

That sounds good! I wouldn't want to chance it in flip flops though 🤣. I'm ridiculously over prepared for every weather eventuality haha

Yes - I didn’t wear flip flops. I probs wouldn’t do it alone though, pregnant or not. Best of luck with it all!!

Thank you! I absolutely won't do it alone it was a dumb spur of the moment idea i had after a friend bailed out and decided she was going to Spain instead 😁

Anywhere local with lots of stairs? Even a multistorey car park. Should help build the right muscles.

The Llanberis route is doable for most people I'd say but it's not totally benign by any means. It's still a mountain. It still gets incredibly steep towards the top and to be blunt there's still bits where you could fall and die or simply break your ankle if you didn't have your wits about you. I don't think I'd recommend anyone going up alone for that reason. It's be a totally miserable and frightening experience if something went wrong

Hopefully pointing out the obvious here but if you're going then wear proper walking boots and take layers even in summer (the number of people I saw going up in flipflops and shorts... facepalm) Take a torch and plenty of nutrient dense food and aim to be finished well before it gets dark. There's no reason you can't do it whilst pregnant but be sensible, be respectful of the mountain and go with at least one other I'd say x

PS, i did it with very little hiking experience and low fitness levels. I really wanted to stop at points but I didn't die. What spurred me on was seeing 2 very elderly looking overgrown rats small dogs. I wasn't about to let them beat me 🤣

I work on the 6th floor of an office block and walk the stairs every day 😁 my colleague actually asked me last week if I'm scared of elevators. I had to say no i just like the exercise lol

Oh how precious they did it! 😂. Yeah that would spur me on as well haha!

YHA are running groups walks around the country in autumn to get people into rural walking, for a small donation and no requirement to stay. Maybe one would be accessible for op or others without regular walking buddies.