Pen y Gadair Fawr
800m (2625ft)
The Black Mountains, The Brecon Beacons, Powys, Wales
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 12ml (19km) |
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| Ascent: | 2,637ft (804m) |
| Time: | 7 hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Nuadd-fawr - Llanbedr - Darren Fach - Pen Twyn Glas - Mynydd Llysiau - Pen Trumau - Waun Fach - Pen y Gadair Fawr - Pen Twyn Mawr - Pen Gwyllt Meirch - Nantyrychain - Cwm Farm - Nuadd-fawr
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 13.5ml (21.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 3,175ft (968m) |
| Time: | 8 hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Nuadd-fawr - Llanbedr - Table Mountain (Pen Cerrig-calch) - Trwyn Ysgwrfa - Pen Cerrig-calch - Pen Allt-mawr - Pen Twyn Glas - Mynydd Llysiau - Pen Trumau - Waun Fach - Pen y Gadair Fawr - Pen Twyn Mawr - Pen Gwyllt Meirch - Nantyrychain - Cwm Farm - Nuadd-fawr
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Pen y Gadair Fawr
Donovan Suddell walked up Pen y Gadair Fawr on April 23rd, 2023 [from/via/route] Gospel Pass [with] Wife [weather] Sunny until 16:00 then cloudy, rain at the very end - Very long circuit including traversing two steep valleys
Sion Britton climbed Pen y Gadair Fawr on April 11th, 2021 [from/via/route] O Llanbedr. Horseshoe Route. [with] Solo [weather] Braf/ Cymylog
Simon Burgess bagged Pen y Gadair Fawr on August 23rd, 2020 [from/via/route] Pen Twyn Glas Pen Trumau Waun Fach Pen Y Gadair Fawr Pen Twyn Mawr [with] Solo [weather] Overnight
Dale Tyler hiked Pen y Gadair Fawr on August 30th, 2017 [from/via/route] 6th peak on the Waun Fach horseshoe from Cwmdu to Crickhowell [weather] Mostly glorious, two short sharp showers at the beginning of the walk-enough convince me to reproof my jacket! - 19 mile walk followed by a well deserved pint & meal in Crickhowell. Sticky toffee pudding, mmmmm!
Robert Shaw summited Pen y Gadair Fawr on May 13th, 2017 [from/via/route] From Llanthony whilst doing the Black Mountain Challenge. [with] Alcester Gents Sports Club [weather] Wet & misty
Glenn Radford conquered Pen y Gadair Fawr on October 29th, 2015 [from/via/route] walk po105 [with] William [weather] Mist Cloud low AM Clear windy PM
Alan Smith scaled Pen y Gadair Fawr on July 2nd, 2015 [with] Barry
Christina Lander walked up Pen y Gadair Fawr on March 10th, 2015 [from/via/route] Pen Carrig-calch - Pen Allt-mawr - Pen Twyn Glas - Mynydd Llysiau - Pen Trumau - Waun Fach - Pen y Gadair Fawr - Pen Twyn Mawr [with] Dick [weather] Beautiful day, warm & sunny
Tim Buckley climbed Pen y Gadair Fawr on September 28th, 2014 [from/via/route] po 153 from Neuadd Fawr just north of Llanbedr [with] Solo walk, set off 8.30 am arrived here at 1.21pm [weather] Hot & clear, views to the distance - Pen Y Fan etc........ - Better top than Waun Fach, only 11m lower. It looks far more impressive from across the valley - not unlike Pen Y Fan & Corn Ddu
Wyn Griffiths bagged Pen y Gadair Fawr on March 5th, 2014 [from/via/route] From Neuadd Fawr via Pen Twyn Glas & Mynydd LLysiau [with] Me [weather] Dry, but cold on hills. Caught sun on face
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Descending in to the Grwyne Fawr Valley from Pen y Gadair Fawr in The Black Mountains
*270° Panorama featuring Pengenfford, Pen Trumau, Waun Fach, Pen y Gadair Fawr, Pen Twyn Mawr, Crug Mawr and the The Grwyne Fechan valley from Mynydd Llysiau
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