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Name: | Fan Frynych |
Hill number: | 2257 |
Height: | 628.3m / 2061ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2237 Fan Fawr |
RHB Section: | 32A: Llandovery to Monmouth |
Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Brecon Beacons |
County/UA: | Powys |
Catchment: | Usk |
Class: | Simm, Hewitt, Nuttall, Buxton & Lewis, Bridge (Tu,Sim,Hew,N,BL,Bg) |
Grid ref: | SN 95793 22791 |
Summit feature: | ground by elevated trig point |
Drop: | 46.1m |
Col: | 582.2m SN 9596 2211 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 160 (1:25k) OL12E |
Survey: | obvious 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 583 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Solo (only man left standing after Alex, Tim and Jamie bailed). | haydnw | 14/04/2024 |
1 of 1 | Jason Lane | 20/01/2024 |
2 of 2 | Jason Lane | 06/01/2024 |
Nuttall walk 13.4 but a few changes. Slightly more direct route to Fan Frynych after reading the notice board by the CP. Also visited the Fan Fawr trig point and out and backed Y Gyrn from Storey Arms before walking along the Taff Trail. With R | Dan Baddeley | 28/08/2023 |
16 km hike from the A470 lay-by. Changeable weather. Summited 4 Nuttalls | joriswmdb | 11/08/2023 |
Fan Frynych - Craig Cerrig-gleisiad - Fan Fawr - Y Gyrn from the nature reserve layby | Gary Heath | 26/07/2023 |
From the layby. 4 top round. Including fly past by c130 | holtsd | 26/05/2023 |
With Sarah Nuttall bagging. | Rob Rees | 09/05/2023 |
12.2 miles 2615ft walk, start at Blaen Llia Forest car park, follow Beacons Way to Fan Llia, Fan Frynch and Craig Cerrig-Gleisiad, then accross moor to Fan Fawr onto the Trig Point, down to Yastradfelte Reservoir Dam and back over bottom of Fan Llia to car park. | stephenbuda | 05/03/2023 |
With Gary. | paulh79 | 18/02/2023 |
Start @ Storey Arms Car Park, cross road and go up & back to Y Gyrn, follow Beacons Way to Fan Frynych via Craig Cerrig-gleisiad, turn back to rejoin Beacons Way heading down to Fan Llia before doubling back once again this time joining the Cambrian Way and then a track to Fan Fawr, quickly bag the Trig Point near Fan Fawr before heading back down to start point. | lboutside | 28/01/2023 |
From the lay by on the A470 near the youth hostel 97142 22237 Nine mile route over Fan Frynych, Craig Cerrig-gleisiad, Fan Fawr and Y Gyrn with 2700ft of ascent and taking Four and half hours. Returning via the Taff trail and a permissive path. | WAYNE ROWLETT | 22/01/2023 |
Wales weekend | chelec | 27/11/2022 |
From A470 layby for Craig Cerrig-gleisaid. In Mist, solo. Good paths, no navigation issues. | forsterfamily7 | 02/09/2022 |
Path round from Craig Cerrig-gleisiad. Descended down into Nant Cwm-du, and along a pleasant track there, however the bridleway after that was stony and rough until it got closer to the road back to the car park to the south. Returning back over the Beacons way higher up, might have been better. | LizH | 02/06/2022 |
Parked at Beacons Reservoir and hiked up to Fan Fawr then Craig Cerrig-gleisiad and Fan Frynych. Then back to Craig Cerrig-gleisiad and around Fan Fawr on the Beacons Way. | SootAndShale | 22/05/2022 |
From Forest Lodge. Beat the mist again. | Wycombe Wanderer | 11/01/2022 |
A dull morning with cloud on summits but no rain and wind not a problem. Good paths all the way from picnic site car park. Anti clockwise round of Craig Cerrig-gleisiad and Fan Frynych. Paths meant no route finding problems even in the cloud. A good walk that would have been even more interesting without the cloud. | dickscroop | 30/11/2021 |
Nuttall Walk 13.4 
Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 28/11/2021 |
from Craig Cerrig-gleisiad; then back around cliff top and down to A470 and back along road to Storey Arms. | IanHHill | 04/10/2021 |
Fan Fawr and Fan Llia walk, parked at the Pont ar Daf car park. Not the most stunning scenery, and a bit boggy, but it benefits from a much lower number of people than adjacent Pen Y Fan, and there's a very nice cliffside walk on the Beacons Way up Craig y Fro. | JazDisney | 22/08/2021 |
Very busy, six on the summit and two were just leaving. | Bannor | 30/06/2021 |
DB recce day 5 | milejunkie | 14/06/2021 |
Circular hike from Storey Arms - Bryn Du - Craig y Fro - Fan Frynych - follow the Beacons Way to Craig Cerrig-Gleisiad - Gorllwm - Craig y Fro - Storey Arms. 
 
Parking: Car park opposite Storey Arms Outdoor Centre, LD3 8NL | manilena | 29/04/2021 |
Fan Llia to Fan Fawr Horseshoe. | sionbrit | 22/11/2020 |
Parked in uncrowded layby 1/2 Km west of Storey Arms Centre as car park there over flowing along roadside verge. Seems odd that people planning to haul themselves up to Cribyn can’t manage a few extra yards to park properly. Anyway, I beat a path straight up to summit from Storey Arms, then turned north west to skirt river feeding resevoir. South along Beacons Way brought me to Fan Dringarth and then Fan Llia. North, back along Beacons Way, I detoured briefly to the white trig of Fan Frynych, and then on round to Craig Cerrig-gleisaid. Detour worth it for great views of the crags and Cribyn and Pen y Fan. Continued along Beacons Way to complete this circuit. Sunny, but very windy day. | Pete West | 18/09/2020 |
From Craig Cerrig Gleisiad. Delightful 2 hour circuit. | Campbell Singer | 12/09/2020 |
From layby to E. Lovely path to col, the Fan Frynych, Craig C-G and long walk out to Fan Llia and back. Damp and misty. With B and R. | jenx | 11/09/2020 |
Backpack round of Fan Frynych Fan Faith and Fan Gyhirych | benwloudon | 10/09/2020 |
see Fan Lila entry | Neil Midgley | 28/07/2020 |
8.9 miles. 1902ft. start at Storey Arms on the Beacons Way to Craig Cerrig-Gleisiad. Fan Frynych TP S2511,down to Taff Trail and up to Y Gyrn back to Storey Arms walk. | stephenbuda | 07/03/2020 |
From Craig Cerrig-gleisiad Nature Reserve car park | prwild | 27/10/2019 |
Summited as part of a circular walk taking in Fan Frynych, Craig Cerrig-gleisiad, Fan Fawr and Y Gyrn. Hot day. 8 miles. Solo. | broser | 08/07/2019 |
visited on route of Run, Walk, Crawl S Wales 100 recce of Pentre to Storey Arms section. Very prominent position and great views in all directions on a clear sunny evening | richardrosser | 24/03/2019 |
Walked up the steep way from the Craig Cerrig-Gleisiad Nature Reserve and came back down the more gentle route. On my own in the snow. | clyoung | 23/01/2019 |
Loop from the YHA | Madjonny | 06/12/2018 |
As Nuttall's walk 13.4, lieu day off work, run / walk, low mist | philwhit | 27/11/2018 |
With Darren | kingabunyip | 24/11/2018 |
Quick run up and down Craig Cerrig-gleisiad, 33 min up and down. | rhif7 | 10/07/2018 |
Paul and Kate | senrab | 23/02/2018 |
Cold and windy 11 mile roundtrip across Fforest Fawr. | Taz38 | 16/01/2018 |
From Craig Cerrig-gleisiad through snow which was deep in places. Back via spot height 464 to the picnic car park & then up the road. | DanMaisieBex | 28/12/2017 |
From Storey Arms via Fan Fawr. | Winterfloodian | 06/10/2017 |
Beacons Way, with Teasel. | jim.r | 28/09/2017 |
Circular walk to Craig Cerrig-gleisiad and Fan Frynych. | Arbie | 20/05/2017 |
With Megs and Xan. Up to Fan Fawr from the Storey Arms and then north to Craig Cerrig-gleisiad and Fan Frynych. Descent was on the very picturesque path starting at SN959223 to the picnic site at SN971222. Then the Taff Trail back to the Storey Arms. | Herbert Anchovy | 21/04/2017 |
With Keith. | Aimless Rambler | 14/04/2017 |
Fan Fawr, Craig Cerrig-gleisiad, Fan Frynych, Fan Llia | keithouk | 05/04/2017 |
From Storey arms to mountain centre, heavy mist on top. with scouts | Coxswain | 19/02/2017 |
A great wintery walk from storey arms via the beacons way | Aristotle Chip | 13/01/2017 |