Black Mountain (South Top)
637m (2091ft)

The Black Mountains, The Brecon Beacons, Powys, Wales /England

The summit of Black Mountain (South Top) is marked by a Trig Point.

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Black Mountain (South Top) is on Ordnance Survey Maps:

OS Explorer Map OL13

1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers)

OS Landranger Map 161

1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers)

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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Black Mountain (South Top)

Tom Bond walked up on May 1st, 2021 [from/via/route] Circular route from Blaen-y-Cwm car park. [with] Scott Gibbons - First wild camp & maiden voyage of MSR Elixir 2.

Rich Roberts climbed on April 3rd, 2017 [from/via/route] Offas Dyke [with] Sarah Wye

Chris Hughes bagged on August 9th, 2020 [from/via/route] Hay Bluff car park [weather] Misty - Only a few meters visibility

Robert Shaw hiked on May 13th, 2017 [from/via/route] From Llanthony whilst doing the Black Mountain Challenge. [with] Alcester Gents Sports Club [weather] Wet & misty

Christina Lander summited on March 18th, 2015 [from/via/route] Capel-y-ffin - Black Mountain (South Top) - Black Mountain - Hay Bluff - Gospel Pass - Twmpa - Rhos Dirion - Twyn Talycefn - Chwarel y Fan - Capel-y-ffin [with] Dick [weather] Dry with sunny spells

Vince Wetton conquered on October 10th, 2014 [from/via/route] Po116 [with] RTM [weather] Sunny with showers - Long but satisfying walk

Robert Taylor-Marriott scaled on October 10th, 2014 [from/via/route] Route 63: South Top, Black Mountain, Twmpa, Rhos Dirion, Chwarel y Fan (CB). [with] Vince Wetton and Robert Taylor-Marriott. [weather] Sunny, cloudy & light rain.

Mark Hartshorne walked up on September 7th, 2014 [from/via/route] Walk po176. My first go4awalk route. Capel-y-Ffin, steep climb in hot sun through bracken but on a clear path to Offa's Dyke & Black Mountain South Top. On to the main top & then Hay Bluff for lunch. Down to Gospel Pass & up t'other side to climax on Twmpa (which sounds better than the English version). Then the long walk down the ridge & back to Capel-y-Ffin. [with] Flash [weather] Sunny & warm throughout. - Glorious weather for walking. Few people on the way up but plenty on Offa's Dyke, Hay Bluff & Twmpa. Only two people on the walk back. Flash didn't know what to make of the hill ponies but got used to them after a while. Lots of butterflies - & also pursued by persistent small bees or hoverflies along Offa's Dyke. Flash met another dog called Flash. Also a border collie - well a collie cross. Amazing co-incidence. 5 hours including about 30 minutes for stops.

Wyn Griffiths climbed on March 29th, 2014 [from/via/route] From Capel Y Ffin (po176) [with] Me [weather] Dry, Hazy 14c - 1st time i walk along Offas Dyke

Tim Buckley bagged on September 14th, 2013 [from/via/route] po116 Black Mountain & Ros Dirion, circular walk - started from Gospel Pass car park. [with] Solo walk. [weather] Sunny spells - pretty good now. - You wouldn't know you'd reached a named summit - nothing to mark it that I could see.

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