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| Name: | Fan Fraith |
| Hill number: | 2248 |
| Height: | 668m / 2192ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2238 Fan Gyhirych |
| RHB Section: | 32A: Llandovery to Monmouth |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Brecon Beacons |
| County/UA: | Powys |
| Catchment: | Neath, Catchment Boundaries, Tawe |
| Class: | Nuttall (N) |
| Grid ref: | SN 88757 18336 |
| Summit feature: | small cairn on peat hag |
| Drop: | 17m |
| Col: | 651m SN887185  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 160 (1:25k) OL12W |
| Observations: | alternative summit 100m NNE at SN 88800 18427 |
| Survey: | Abney level |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 362 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Circular walk, parking at the start of the track to the NE of Fan Gyhirych. Fan Gyhirych - Fan Fraith - Yr Allt - Fan Bwlch Chwyth. With R. | Dan Baddeley | 14/04/2024 |
| A walk in the Brecon Beacons which took in Carreg Cadno 538m, Fan Gyhirych 726m, Fan Nedd 663m, Yr Allt 605m, Fan Bwlch Chwyth 603m and Fan Fraith 668m. Not a great forecast but clear summits until Yr Allt which were the important ones, and only rain on the last one. Some great views and scenery. | meltdiceburg | 18/10/2023 |
| Day five of Dragons Back Race | emily | 08/09/2023 |
| emily | 14/07/2023 | |
| smb20 | 07/07/2023 | |
| ThomasSmith_07 | 02/04/2023 | |
| ARC | 17/03/2023 | |
| From the track end at SN896223. Up track to Bwlch y Duwynt, then down to boggy col to take in Fan Ned; retraced steps and followed Cambrian Way back to track, before bagging Fan Fraith and Gan Gyhirych. Descended ENE ridge above the steep slopes back to Bwlch y Duwynt. Took in the Simm of Yr Allt, then quickly back down the track where a freezing blast of shower got me rather wet. | Rockdoctor | 29/12/2022 |
| Katbus 27 | 07/10/2022 | |
| 9 mile run with Pauline from top of zig zag … Foel Fraith Yr Allt and Fan Bwlch Chwyth … nice dry tracks … then a beer in New Inn Ystradfellte .. perfect | milejunkie | 15/07/2022 |
| Ben Rinnes | 14/07/2022 | |
| Yrarthblewog | 12/07/2022 | |
| oldbagger27 | 17/06/2022 | |
| Dexblack | 28/05/2022 | |
| Lavfluris | 28/04/2022 | |
| On DofE duty | JK | 21/04/2022 |
| 20.4 mile 2788ft walk, start at Dan Yr Ogof Show Caves Camp Site, follow Beacons Way to Penwyllt Quarry follow old tramway and logging track to Fan Gyhirych, Fan Fraith Yr Allt and Fan Bwich Chwyth, then down to car park near Cray Reservoir and back along old tramway to Penwyllt Quarry and return Beacons Way to Dan Yr Ogof. | stephenbuda | 20/04/2022 |
| GuyF | 04/04/2022 | |
| Parked in the Forestry commission car park for Blaen Llia south of Fan Llia for a Sixteen mile Nuttall walk with a couple of Deweys on route. The route visited the summits of Fan Llia, Fan Nedd, Yr Allt, Fan Fraith, Fan Gyhirych and Carreg Cadno taking Seven and half hours. | WAYNE ROWLETT | 05/03/2022 |
| arjh | 25/01/2022 | |
| From Sarn Helen along with Fan Gyhirych and Fan Nedd. Very poor visibility required some careful nav. | sebastiencale | 19/01/2022 |
| Lavfluris | 19/12/2021 | |
| From Fan Nedd. Frozen ground made it easy going across the wet bog on leaving the estate road. Visited both high points. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 29/11/2021 |
| rickeeling | 11/11/2021 | |
| Completing the Simms of the Brecons: Final walk to reach all of the Simms in the Brecon Beacons. A nice day and a relatively easy walk around some nice rounded summits. | JazDisney | 30/10/2021 |
| Barcud | 22/10/2021 | |
| En route from Fan Nedd to Fan Gihyrich | IanHHill | 06/10/2021 |
| geoffreycurnock | 04/09/2021 | |
| Smog | 17/07/2021 | |
| DBR recce. | MGT67 | 05/06/2021 |
| Much easier now than on my first visit | Bannor | 10/05/2021 |
| Parked on A4067, just S of Bwlch Bryn-rhudd. Track to, and through, forest. Carreg Cadno, then on to Fan Fraith and Fan Gyhirych. Direct descent back to start. | PGCE | 31/03/2021 |
| andrewroberts | 26/01/2021 | |
| Fan Bwlch Chwyth, Yr Allt, Fan Fraith a Fan Gyhirych. | sionbrit | 29/11/2020 |
| Took the stony track across Y Gelli from the north. Gets pretty close to the summit of Fan Gyhirych, a good peat path softening the final 500m or so. Then popped over to Fan Fraith, extended dry conditions making the otherwise boggy crossing a doddle. Then the rather more testing ascent of Fan Nedd, doubling back to bag the easier tops of Yr Allt and Fan Bwlch Chwyth, a helpful peaty path making the going good to firm. | summitter | 21/09/2020 |
| Long track in from north east. Fan Fraith, Fan Gyhirych, Ayr Allt, and out to trig before descending back to road. With B and R. | jenx | 17/09/2020 |
| Backpack round of Fan Frynych Fan Faith and Fan Gyhirych | benwloudon | 10/09/2020 |
| Charli Wisbey | 31/08/2020 | |
| Elwyn_Summers | 31/08/2020 | |
| Circular hike to Fan Fraith and Fan Gyhirych. Parked on the layby on A4067. Head south to gate which leads to dismantled tramway track on Cwm Nant Lloi-Twyn Disgwylfa (quarry)-Penwyllt-Fan Fraith-Fan Gyhirych. Total distance: 8.2 miles | manilena | 23/08/2020 |
| C | This Dog | 12/08/2020 |
| Fan Bwlch Chwyth, Yr Allt, Fan Fraith and Fan Gyhirych circular walk. | Arbie | 16/07/2020 |
| JDMCGARRIGLE | 11/07/2020 | |
| With PJB and DTL | Fionalevey | 20/12/2019 |
| With Fiona and Philippa. From layby at Bwlch Bryn-rhudd and almost straight up. Boggy and rough in places due to very wet autumn. Picked up main large track and then across more bog top, which was clear | trimarc2 | 20/12/2019 |
| A bit of a stomp through bog on the way up. Then on to Fan Ghyirch. With Fiona and Trimarc2. Easy walk down using newly resurfaced track. All in a day trip from London Paddington leaving on the 5.28 to Neath and being driven back by Fiona. | r1 | 20/12/2019 |
| JDMCGARRIGLE | 07/09/2019 | |
| mcbiydw2 | 27/07/2019 | |
| With Meg and Xan. Carreg Cadno, Fan Fraith and Fan Gyhirych from the disused station. Scrambled up the double escarpment onto limestone pavement and across fairly rough stuff to the top of Carreg Cadno. Then down to the quarry road which provided a simple but dull route up to the col separating Fan Fraith and Fan Gyhirych. We had celebratory Welsh cakes and jelly babies on the latter as this was my last Sim and N in south Wales. | Herbert Anchovy | 26/07/2019 |
| Xan | 26/07/2019 |