With both the event centre and overnight camp located to the West of the event area, a particular challenge was the “Eastern corridor” (highlighted by the red arrow) from the Eigiau valley, across the A5 to the unfrequented small valleys to the East of Tryfan. I was very keen to maximise the number of competitors that could experience these areas, but the complete round would only be possible with the additional time on the Saturday.

Previous convention would dictate that the Elite and A courses would not go through the same areas on the same day and that the Long and Medium Score courses would also be planned in different areas. The shorter B and Short Score courses would not have the time to attempt the “Eastern corridor” on the Saturday, so I had to plan to use the “central corridor” (highlighted by the blue arrow) for the shorter courses on the Saturday, necessitating significant time above 3,000 feet for the runners on these courses. Even the bad weather options for the shorter courses would need to get across the main Carneddau ridge to reach the overnight.

I had reserved an area in the West of the event area (highlighted in pink) as the main area for the shorter courses to navigate on Sunday, consequently these courses needed to be guided either side of the main Carneddau ridge on Saturday to go around the Sunday courses area.