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Name: | Moel Bylchau |
Hill number: | 5258 |
Height: | 396m / 1299ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2270 Mynydd Epynt [Mynydd Eppynt] |
RHB Section: | 32A: Llandovery to Monmouth |
County/UA: | Powys |
Catchment: | Catchment Boundaries, Towy, Wye |
Watershed: | Severn Estuary, Cardiff to Cape Wrath, Carmarthen Bay |
Class: | Hump, Tump (300-399m), Clem (Hu,Tu,3,Cm) |
Grid ref: | SN 84738 43629 |
Summit feature: | no feature: ground between two comms compounds |
Drop: | 113m |
Col: | 283m SN860404 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 147 160 (1:25k) 187S |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 46 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
Pleasant walk via track from the station. | Rob Rees | 25/11/2023 |
As gerrybowes and LizH- pleasant walking and gradients with local views on an unsettled views. Summit photos with Sugar Loaf in valley below. Soon after the cloud rolled in and a heavy shower ensued. The station would be more accurately named Moel Bylchau but that wouldn't sell so many tickets as Sugar Loaf! With Pete. | pwheeler | 19/09/2023 |
between masts in sheep pasture. Accessed from forest to SW after Sugarloaf | Denise | 31/07/2023 |
From the SW, vegetated forest track then fields of sheep pasture. Levelish pasture summit. High point unmarked between the 2 masts. Sun trying to break through cumulus SW wind. Good views GPS 4m acc. | RichardM | 31/07/2023 |
Moel Bylchau, Cefn Llwydlo and Clyn y Gwawr from Sugar Loaf Halt. | summitsup | 24/06/2023 |
From Sugar Loaf Station car park, along the road to the bridge, then the track to it's highest point and up over grass to the summit. | LizH | 01/06/2022 |
From Sugar Loaf station car park, SW along road for about 100m, over bridge across railway and up track to high point - Left track & an easy walk over short grass up NE ridge to summit. (S) | gerrybowes | 14/01/2022 |
Parked at Sugar Loaf station car park. Up initially on track, returned directly down. | PGCE | 10/08/2021 |
Garn Wen up forestry tracks as others, across to Banc y Ddinas, down to road, under railway and up the ridge of Moel Bylchau. More or less straight down to car. | clivevilla | 24/10/2017 |
With K and RM. Last thing in the evening. Easy. | Ashley | 29/05/2016 |
Excellent views to The Black Mountain this afternoon. | Alex C | 09/10/2015 |
13/15 Thirteenth of long day Cefn Merthyr Cynog/Cefn Trum Yr Hwch/Pen Ty'n-y-Wern/Drum Ddu/Mynydd Eppynt/The Warren/pen Ca'er Mynach/Pen Neuadd/Moelfree/Pen Tri Chrugiau/Twyn Rhyd-Car/Twyn Rhyd-car South Top/Moel Blychau/Mwmffri/Noethgrug. nice steep climb for great views | Fergalh | 15/08/2015 |
Obvious route from the station | Colin Crawford | 26/06/2015 |
thin snow made it more scenic. from station, up via sweeping track, down via straight line. | dicky | 01/02/2015 |
Parking at access track for Sugar Loaf Halt. Over an expansive livestock rly bridge (flush bracket bagged). Turned left and took wide farm track for 600m then right onto a sheep track up onto the hill, thus avoiding the fern. Extensive grassy summit with 2 separate comms compounds; 2 horses also - these seem a permanent feature! Direct route down - shorter and more fun. | jonglew | 07/09/2014 |
Park on grass above Sugar Loaf railway station, then over bridge, turned right to angle up this steepish slope with Phil Cooper. Lovely flattish summit with masts. Then headed east along top then back down steeping slope to track back to bridge. Then off to picnic site to park and climb to top of Sugar Loaf viewpoint a possible P30. | Dugswell2 | 18/11/2012 |
Parked at Sugar Loaf Halt and took direct route to summit with Alan H and George M. Horse was still there! A handy cafe in layby on A483 opposite. We didn't have the Trippel Breakfast. | chriswatson | 17/11/2012 |
Parked in an access area for forest walks. Along busy A483 to a path to a small bridge crossing the Shrewsbury to Llanelli railway. Pleasant walk uphill on a dry vehicle access track to the crest and then on green sheep pastures by a wire fence to the top with masts at 12.20. | arranc | 08/08/2012 |
As MR. Fine easy walk. Good track all the way | destaylor | 15/03/2012 |
Nice walk (with the wife) up the track from by the station, accompanied by the sound of automatic gunfire ! | heavyhorses | 27/09/2011 |
Sergeant Bilko. Spiky with masts - I thought the companies agreed to share them. Parked near Sugarloaf station and used the track over the railway bridge all the way. | Martin R | 05/08/2011 |
pleasant steep hill; mast; simple ascent from NW. | RHW | 06/04/2003 |
thenomad | 10/01/2024 | |
Halfdecent | 19/03/2023 | |
PeterAH | 01/06/2022 | |
Adrian | 21/11/2018 | |
carole engel | 09/10/2018 | |
softsquare | 12/06/2018 | |
GaryJones | 02/04/2018 | |
Dusty | 03/06/2017 | |
MM | 02/04/2017 | |
Bug | 29/05/2016 | |
Chris Peart | 26/06/2015 | |
Campbell Singer | 03/03/2015 | |
AndyS | 31/12/2014 | |
Alan Whatley | 04/09/2014 | |
mae | 23/07/2014 | |
chalky1953 | 29/09/2013 | |
GordonAdshead | 25/08/2013 | |
Anton | 10/05/2013 | |
Sherlock | 17/11/2012 | |
andrew brown | 24/06/2012 | |
iaindbrown | 15/03/2010 | |
stevent0809 | 20/02/2010 | |
DARRENG | 31/01/2010 | |
andrew.allum | 01/01/2000 |