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    • Plas y Brenin

      Plas y Brenin & Mountain Equipment are the collaboration that has stood the test of time and only grown stronger through the years, as their latest contract will bring them up to a 2 decade partnership.

      Lou Beetlestone, Cwm Idwal

    A long-standing partnership with a shared passion for the outdoors.

    Plas y Brenin & Mountain Equipment are the collaboration that has stood the test of time and only grown stronger through the years, as their latest contract will bring them up to a 2 decade partnership.

    Affectionately known as ‘The Brenin’, Plas y Brenin is a National Mountain Sports Centre located in the heart of Snowdonia, North Wales. It is a centre of sporting excellence operated on behalf of Sport England by a non-profit educational charity, the Mountain Training Trust. They provide training, instruction and assessment in a wide range of mountain sports including rock climbing, mountaineering, ski-mountaineering and hill walking as well as mountain biking and paddle sports. They also provide training and assessment further afield in the Scottish Highlands, Pyrenees and European Alps.

    We have equipped their instructional team with technical outdoor clothing and equipment since 2004 as well as providing support to the centre itself. In return, we receive some of the most extreme testing of clothing and equipment available anywhere.

    Plas y Brenin has been at the forefront of outdoor leadership and training for more than 60 years and have built up an unrivalled reputation for world-class instruction. Their instructional team are some of the most experienced, committed and passionate outdoor enthusiasts to be found anywhere. People for whom climbing and mountaineering doesn’t finish at the end of a day’s work, but who live and breathe the mountain lifestyle 24-7.

    It is that same experience, commitment and passion which make their staff such fantastic gear testers. A typical Plas y Brenin instructor will achieve the same level of wear to a GORE-TEX® jacket in about 4 months as our average customer would do in 3 years!

    Team Meet 2022

    In September 2022, the Mountain Equipment team headed to Plas y Brenin for a week of sampling the very best climbing North Wales has to offer.

    The team managed to seek out dry rock at the many classic crags in the Llanberis pass, Gogarth, Tremadog and beyond.

    Plas y Brenin Winter Kit List

    For 'The Brenin' and their instructional team, working in extreme winter weather conditions in Wales, Scotland and beyond comes with the territory.This is kit they'll be putting to the test in Winter 2021.

    • The Brenin’s Lou Beetlestone  out scrambling in Cwm Idwal

    Plas y Brenin Summer Kit List

    We're proud to have equipped 'The Brenin' and their instructional team with technical outdoor clothing and equipment since 2004. In return, we receive some of the most extreme testing of clothing and equipment available anywhere. This is kit they'll be putting to the test in Summer 2022.

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