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Name: | Black Mountain South Top |
Hill number: | 2254 |
Height: | 637.4m / 2091ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2242 Black Mountain |
RHB Section: | 32A: Llandovery to Monmouth |
Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Black Mountains |
County/UA: | Herefordshire, Powys |
Catchment: | Wye |
Class: | Deleted Nuttall (xN) |
Grid ref: | SO 26698 32277 |
Summit feature: | no feature |
Drop: | 14.7m |
Col: | 622.7m SO 2671 3263 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 161 (1:25k) OL13N |
Observations: | flat summit |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 544 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Approx 14:20 
Mega 23 and a half kilometer walk one way traverse with Dave Ballinger from pass at 550m all the way back to his car at 141m | vegibagger | 12/10/2023 |
From Llanthony Priory, great walk, 3 x peaks | davecnash | 25/06/2023 |
Parked at Gospel Pass. Up to Twmpa, along the Darren Lwyd ridge and down to Capel y ffin, before climbing back up to ODP on the ridge and Black Mountain South top, Black Mountain and Hay Bluff. Very windy and in & out of the cloud on the ridges but largely dry. With Gillian. | richard69 | 04/01/2023 |
New year's day walk | JazDisney | 01/01/2023 |
Parked at Black Hill car park, Descended to Olchon Valley before trudging to the top of the ridgeline, took in Pen-y-Garn Fawr and then North Daren before doing a U-Turn and heading back over to Black Mountain South Top, Black Mountain and Hay Bluff, before heading back round to Black Hill and descending over The Cats Back, great day if you ignore the icy padstones and boggy start! | lboutside | 19/11/2022 |
Capel-y-ffin > Black Mountain South Top > Black Mountain > Hay Bluff > Gospel Pass > Twmpa > Rhos Dirion > Charwel y Fan > Capel-y-ffin. | Winterfloodian | 30/07/2022 |
Last mountain of the walk | freethehilltops | 03/06/2022 |
Nuttall walk 12.1 but started and finished at Gospel Pass, with R. | Dan Baddeley | 30/04/2022 |
With IT and PT | garth87 | 19/04/2022 |
Via Cat's Back, interesting ridge continued over Hay Bluff for great views and Black Mountain as far as south top. FP which cuts across the Olchon brook near Blaen has had signs removed and impeded by barbed wire/ wooden barrier (now removed). | Nick Canute | 02/04/2022 |
Superb path from Capel-y-finn, beauty all around. On to Pen-y-Garn Fawr. | Wycombe Wanderer | 13/01/2022 |
Second attempt at this trip, parked at Little Black Hill then hiked up to Black Hill, Black Mountain and then Black Mountain South Top. | SootAndShale | 09/12/2021 |
Day 3 of Offa's Dyke Path from Pandy to Hay-on-Wye, with Andy K. | Twice Brewed | 06/09/2021 |
Hike from Capel y Ffin to Black Mountain South top (637.4m), along Offa's Dyke path to Black Mountain (703.6m), Hey Bluff(677m), down to the Gospal Pass, then up to Twmpa (690m). With son, beautiful sunny day, 17.6Km, 589m ascent, 5 hours. | VirtualMountain | 30/05/2021 |
7/9 - First walk in the black mountains, lovely sunny morning walk up from Llanthony Priory to Chwarel y Fan and Rhos Dirion, then across to Hay Bluff and Black Mountain via Twmpa, finally walking along the Welsh/English border on Offa's Dyke and back to Llanthony. 18 miles in total. | JazDisney | 02/05/2021 |
Longtown Circuit | PhilipChaston | 27/04/2021 |
Ascent from Capel y Ffin, with Evelyn | jd16 | 11/10/2020 |
Solo | simon and co | 17/09/2020 |
A round of the Vale of Ewyas from Llanthony Priory. With R and B. | jenx | 07/09/2020 |
MB Home | Rob Rees | 07/04/2020 |
With GFE. 35km total. Covid-19 escaping. Chwarel y Fan, Black Mountain South Top, Black Mountain, Hay Bluff, Lord Heresford's Knob, Rhos Dirion, Waun Fach, Pen y Gadair Fawr. | Fionalevey | 21/03/2020 |
On circuit from Black Hill car park | prwild | 20/10/2019 |
From Capel y Finn to Hay on Wye as part of the offas dyke path. | noxibis | 09/07/2019 |
Circuit of Pen Y Garn Fawr (North Daren), Pen-y-Garn Fawr, Black Mountain South Top, Black Mountain, Hay Bluff and Black Hill starting from the car park below Black Darren and following the ridgelines. | BobHancock | 22/06/2019 |
Climbed as one of several peaks walking a route from ‘the mountains of England and Wales’. Camped overnight on the hill. Showers. | broser | 06/06/2019 |
From Black Hill CP, continued to Black Mountain and Black Hill | Galltywenallt | 17/04/2019 |
4th of 5 for day in NW Blacks. Parked at Gospel Pass for circular walk via Llanthony. After refreshment in the valley, climbed to the Hatterrall ridge and headed N. What passed for a summit was a very small pile of stones on a slight rise on a generally rising ridge. | richardrosser | 07/04/2019 |
11 mile walk from car park below Black Darren, walked along hillside road to junction and across fields briefly to road again then car park, up the Cats Back to Black Hill trig, struggled in snow onto Black Mountain (2nd visit) then continued along ridge on easier terrain to North Darren trig eventually descending back down to the car park, the day started off cloudy/foggy but cleared and got very sunny later on. | DanTrig | 06/04/2019 |
Walked as part of Offas Dyke path from Hay Bluff | D SID | 28/02/2019 |
Start at Little Black Hill carpark, Offa's Dyke Path walk. Black Hill, Tympa, Hay Bluff, Black Mountain and Black Mountain South Top back to car park. 15.6 miles 2690ft. | stephenbuda | 23/02/2019 |
Black Hill > Black Mountain > Black Mountain South Top > Pen - y - Garn Fawr > Red Daren > Point 604m from GR: SO 28746 32634 | ronaldo333 | 09/12/2018 |
Start ~ Small Cark Park 297299. Took the small path up Red Daren and then took to the heather to reach ridge path before heading north to Black Mountain South Top. With Wombourne on a windy cold day. | steve hudson | 12/11/2018 |
Lovely long walk | ejjohnstone | 13/09/2018 |
Offa's Dyke walk. Pandy to Black Mountain South Top, llanthony Priory, Beacons Way to Hatterall hill, Graig, Pen LLwygy to Pandy. | stephenbuda | 04/08/2018 |
Up from Abergavent and part of a loop to Hay Bluff, Waun Fach and on to Crickhowell | andrew.morel | 25/07/2018 |
Doing the Upper Honddu horseshoe. | PeakyPete | 19/04/2018 |
Solo. Hay Bluff, Black Hill, Black Mountain, Black Mountain S Top, Pen-y-Garn Fawr & Red Daren. A long walk back to the Gospel Pass. | Dangerous Dave | 22/01/2018 |
An easy walk from Hay Bluff over Black Mountain on a paved path. | philhythe | 03/10/2017 |
Nick and Jules | rockwarrior | 22/07/2017 |
With Katie | kindpercy | 21/05/2017 |
Included in day's circular walk. 
Parked at Capel y Ffin, walked to Vision Farm, ascent steep east to reach Offa's Dyke Path and followed it north over Mynydd Du to Hay Bluff summit. Left Offa's Dyke path, turned west and crossed Bwlch yr Efengyl to bag Twmpa, onwards to Rhos Dirion, then 4 mile leisurely hike southwards along ridge to Chwarel y Fan, then descend to Capel y Ffin. Lovely area, much to see, and interesting people when you meet them. 
Chwarel y Fan was my last mountain of the 100 highest in Wales. | Dewi Prysor | 14/05/2017 |
BBMC | Taz38 | 13/05/2017 |
solo | Aimless Rambler | 16/04/2017 |
Good visibility. | Hammy | 15/04/2017 |
TD and C | This Dog | 15/04/2017 |
Offa's Dyke circuit from Capel-y-Ffin | APovey | 19/02/2017 |
Large parking area at 298299 - NW up path to ridge & then NW along ridge for about ½km to Red Daren - Pen-y-Garn Fawr - Black Mountain S. Top - Black Mountain - Hay Bluff. Reverse route back to car. (PM CM) | gerrybowes | 26/01/2017 |
Parked at 29829. N 7 W along path up onto ridge SE of Red Daren, along OD path to Hays Bluff, returned same way. In cloud, cold ice SSE'ly wind. With GB & PM | CJM | 26/01/2017 |
2nd hill of the day on the Offas Dyke path leg from Hay-on-wye (started from Cusop)to Pandy, climbing Black Mountain and then onto this hill. I was vigilant at the summit area and did my usual thing of walking in circles to make sure. This summit was actually had a bit more character than Black Mountain! | Dazingdale | 19/10/2016 |
a walk from Capel y Ffyn along the ridge to Black Mountain, then the other way as far as Red Daren. Solo, lovely weather. | Lou | 18/09/2016 |