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| Name: | Pen y Garn Fawr [North Daren] |
| Hill number: | 5606 |
| Height: | 610m / 2001ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2242 Black Mountain |
| RHB Section: | 32A: Llandovery to Monmouth, 38B: West Gloucestershire, Hereford & Worcester |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Black Mountains |
| County/UA: | Herefordshire, Monmouthshire [Sir Fynwy] |
| Catchment: | Wye |
| Class: | Bridge, Other lists (Bg,O) |
| Grid ref: | SO 28109 30776 |
| Summit feature: | trig point |
| Drop: | 0m |
| Col: | 610m SO281307  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 161 (1:25k) OL13N |
| Comments: | On Bridge list |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 257 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| 14:57.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 |
| 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 |
| With IT and PT | garth87 | 19/04/2022 |
| Walk from Llanthony onto Offas Dyke Path and down to Capel-y-Ffin | Arbie | 25/09/2021 |
| 9/9 - 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 |
| Christmas Day with a difference. | Rob Rees | 25/12/2020 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 completing Offas Dyke across this ridge .. wet and grey . | D SID | 28/02/2019 |
| 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 |
| Lovely long walk | ejjohnstone | 13/09/2018 |
| Offa's Dyke walk. Pandy to Black Mountain South Ridge, llanthony Priory, Beacons Way to Hatterall hill, Graig, Pen LLwygy to Pandy. | stephenbuda | 04/08/2018 |
| BBMC - great 360 views along Offa’s Dyke path | Hippy77 | 12/05/2018 |
| A hill on list of English Mountain Summits by Nick Wright 1974. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 22/01/2018 |
| With Katie | kindpercy | 21/05/2017 |
| BBMC | Taz38 | 13/05/2017 |
| First of circuit of entire valley for all Nuttals and anything else on the way. Solo | Aimless Rambler | 16/04/2017 |
| 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 |
| Good parking at 297299. Followed the track to the east of Red Daren which gains the ridge. Headed along the ridge up to Hay Bluff and return the same way. Just over 12 miles and 4.75 hours. With GB and CJM. | bolton | 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 |
| 4th top on my Hay-on-Wye to Pandy leg of the Offas dyke path. Its nice to See a trig pillar on this ridge. Very peaceful Walk climbing Black Mountain, Black Mountain south top and Pen-y-garn Fawr and then this penultimate top. | 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 |
| from llananthony | underhill | 11/09/2016 |
| Circular from Llanthony. | liljonb | 07/09/2016 |
| Parked at top of pass SO236350. Roomfor several cars. Did circuit taking in Twampa,Rhos Dirion,Twyn Tal-y-cefn,Chwarel y Fan, Then down & up to Offa`s Dyke path & Red Darren,Pen-y-Garn Fawr,Black mountain south top ,Black mountain & Hay Buff. Lots of rain & cloud, | mart0797 | 17/06/2016 |
| Good climb up from the car park on the Olchon Valley mountain road in glorious weather. | DanMaisieBex | 29/05/2016 |
| Offas Dyke Path | DampandDusty | 30/04/2016 |
| Started at Middle Ponthendre farm, walked over on route to Llanthony Priory | TomW1991 | 20/02/2016 |
| Long day ridge walking in the Black Mountains: Start from Llanthony, ascending Chwarel y Fan, Twyn Tal-y-cefn, Rhos Dirion, Twmpa, Hay Bluff, Black Hill, Black Mountain, Black Mountain South Top, Pen-y-Garn Fawr & Red Daren before a tired return to Llanthony. Super walk in the hills on a bright crisp winter’s day. | Cas-gwent | 18/02/2016 |
| Started at Capel-y-ffin and visited all stations from Red Daren to Hay Bluff. Nice enough ridge with excellent track, but a lot of nothing tops! | Crib Goch | 11/08/2015 |
| 34k trek along the ridge to bag Red Daren, Black Mountain South top, Black Mountain, Pen Y Garn Fawr and Hatterrall Hill. Glorious weather and surprisingly quiet | Ramblingpaul | 07/06/2015 |
| On Offa's Dyke walk from Prestatyn to Sedbury Cliffs. | clivevilla | 05/06/2015 |
| Ascended via ridge from Pen-Y-Garn Fawr. BBMC Route C | Peapod21 | 16/05/2015 |
| Black Mountain Challenge 2015. Route B (18 miles) completed in 8 hours with strong winds on the ridgelines and at times, bright sunshine. | Ginger Dave | 16/05/2015 |
| 3/6 Steep climb up from the valley below. started at Capel-y-Ffin | Fergalh | 25/01/2015 |
| Epic 21 mile walk! From Llanthony Priory (SO 28916 27819) - Red Daren - Pen-y-Garn Fawr - Black Mountain South Top - Black Mountain - Black Hill - Hay Bluff - Twmpa - Twyn Tal-y-cefn - Chwarel y Fan - Bâl-Mawr. Clear paths throughout, particularly good along Offa's Dyke Path. | david230201 | 04/09/2014 |
| From Olchon Valley. Black Hill, Hay Bluff, Black Mountain, Red Darren. | lenman | 29/06/2014 |
| Ascent From the Red Darran car park down into the valley to the east, up the cat's back and across to the trig point at Hay Bluff, then south-ish down Offa's Dyke over both Black Mountain tops, past the 610m trig point and down the path to the Red Darran car park shortly after that. With Keith and, on a later date, with Tiger Bay Ramblers. | islamidget | 16/03/2014 |
| 16.8 mile circuit of Chwarel Y Fan and Hatterall Hill including Red Daren, Rhiw Arw and Bal-Mawr trigs. | DanTrig | 11/01/2014 |
| Gospel Pass car park, Twmpa, Rhos Dirion, Twyn Tal-y-cefn, Chwarel y Fan, Bal Mawr, Llwyn-on (Cottage), Red Daren, Pen-y-Garn Fawr, Black Mountain South Top, Black Mountain, Hay Bluff, Gospel pass car park. Dry and bright/sunny. First half with J, second with N, J and L. | PaulH | 06/08/2013 |
| Gospel Pass CP > Hay Bluff > Black Mountain > Black Mountain South Top > Pen-y-Garn Fawr > RED DAREN summit trig point (S7276) > Rhiw Arw (Trig point S6109) > Hatterrall Hill then turned round and repeated the whole process in reverse > Gospel Pass CP (20 miles) | Tony Hartry | 25/06/2013 |
| On the Offa's Dyke Path whilst walking from Hay-on-Wye to Pandy. See my blog post for more details: <a href="http://blog.alistairpooler.co.uk/2013/04/offa-dyke-path-day-10-hay-on-wye-to.html" target="_blank">http://blog.alistairpooler.co.uk/2013/04/offa-dyke-path-day-10-hay-on-wye-to.html</a> | alistairpooler | 31/03/2013 |
| Plenty free parking at the Abbey. 2262 5606 3526 in a round. Path all the way along the ridge. Fine walk. | destaylor | 01/02/2013 |
| Climbed from Capel-y-ffin. Footpaths are well signposted on the lower slopes. | JohnStoneham | 21/05/2012 |
| Ridged from Hay Bluff | Peapod21 | 12/05/2012 |