Name: | Ysgyryd Fawr |
Hill number: | 2269 |
Height: | 486.1m / 1595ft |
County/UA: | Monmouthshire [Sir Fynwy] |
Topographical area: | WS04 Waunfach-black |
SMC/RHB section: | 32A: Llandovery to Monmouth |
Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Black Mountains |
Catchment: | Usk, Catchment Boundaries, Wye |
Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Tump (400-499m), Clem (Ma,Hu,Tu,4,Cm) |
Grid ref: | SO 33118 18283 |
Summit feature: | rock 3m E of trig point |
Drop: | 342.5m |
Col: | 143.7m SO 3195 1943 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 161 (1:25k) OL13S |
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 528 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
8am start, still £2 
Easy path. | Play2End | 01/06/2024 |
Started in NT car park (£5 for the day if you use the paybyphone app) took the kids up for their first summit. Easy to follow paths, perfect starter hill for little ones with brilliant views to give them inspiration | lboutside | 27/05/2024 |
Parked in front of gate at SO 32691 16305. Don't recommend as you have to walk up the road past the car park anyway. Took only about 30 mins to the top walking fast. Great views from the ridge. Very busy for a Tuesday, I expect because the schools are out. May try from the N next time to avoid the crowds. | Droplet7494 | 02/04/2024 |
In the snow. Beautiful morning. With Delilah | simonjallen | 02/02/2024 |
From NT car park (cash: £2/2 hours or £4 longer) with Shaky on a clear day. Paths only slightly muddy & the walk along the top ridge was cracking. Shaky spotted the Welsh phrase cut into the bracken on side of Bryn Arw across the valley. Summit is a good viewpoint. Back same way & then on to Allt yr Esgair. | NotReallyABagger | 30/01/2024 |
As others, parked at the NT car park (members free) to the S and took the path up and along the ridge to the top. Cloudy with a cold wind on the ridge and some views W towards the Black Mountains. With Gillian. | richard69 | 04/11/2023 |
Ascent from the NT car park in poor weather (Storm Babet) hence no view from the summit. Returned via low level path through woods to the west of the ridge | Cumbriancyclist | 19/10/2023 |
From NT car park to S. Direct path to summit. More people on this hill than the other 12 I've done this week in total. | IanHHill | 16/09/2023 |
From Car Park | The Playful Pig | 06/09/2023 |
Ysgyryd Fawr [Skirrid Fawr S7287] from GR: SO 32895 16426 | ronaldo333 | 13/08/2023 |
Ysgyryd Fawr [Skirrid Fawr S7287] from GR: SO 32895 16426 | Hippster | 13/08/2023 |
Myself, my sons Eoin and Tiarnán, started on the southern face at the National Trust carpark (as others have suggested). Steady chug up the main trail, good views at each rest stop. Summit gives beautiful views across southern Wales. Descent down northeast face, very steep, not advisable. Then round western flank, heard cuckoo calling and smelt hawthorn. Return to carpark for food and rest. | Pete West | 28/05/2023 |
From NT car park (£4 cash required). Lovely walk returning via path through woods around western flank of hill after steep descent to north from the summit. With D and S. | webmaster | 27/05/2023 |
Parked at National trust Skirrid Car park,follow path up to forest, up steep path to ridge, across ridge to trig, spectacular views, great hike, 94mins | Tribal2er | 04/04/2023 |
2023 South Wales Three Peaks Trial - Gold Route | geoffh12 | 25/03/2023 |
Description | dc167tst | 05/02/2023 |
Parked in NT car park at GR329164 and followed the well made path up through the wood and out onto the grassy ridge to the summit. Good views all round but a very chilly wind gusting to 35mph. With SH. | wombourne | 13/01/2023 |
Start~ 328164. Followed good path to summit, dull day with a strong, cold wind. Last hill I ever bagged with Wombourne RIP. | steve hudson | 11/01/2023 |
Cold, windy and very muddy but a great hike with the family | thefunkylibrarian | 29/12/2022 |
Walk from NT car park | jedthehumanoid | 15/09/2022 |
On path up ridge from NT car park to the south. | Winterfloodian | 29/07/2022 |
1747 ascent, 6.87 miles | davecnash | 24/06/2022 |
Very good views over welsh countryside towards east | freethehilltops | 04/06/2022 |
National Trust suggested route from their car park. Evening walk on my own in windy but dry weather. | clyoung | 04/06/2022 |
From the NT car park | Swindon Bagger | 08/05/2022 |
With Sal. 600th Marilyn. Nice sunny evening walk after orienteering. | davechaffey | 16/04/2022 |
From main car park along ridge then steep descent down North slopes then back through forest on West side. Morning walk for Milo. | highlandrock | 21/03/2022 |
O'r Maes Parcio. | sionbrit | 07/03/2022 |
Neil's birthday walk | Wobblymoo | 07/02/2022 |
Start - NT Car Park, South Ridge (Normal) to summit and descent north to eastern side path. Very windy, cloudy but mostly dry. Fine short hill walk. | Dave Manley | 05/02/2022 |
From Pen-y-parc. Good route but must come back and do it the proper way. Mountain summit feel. | Wycombe Wanderer | 16/01/2022 |
SOTA | mike.hartley | 09/01/2022 |
From NT carpark to the summit then over the top and down steep NW path | benwloudon | 05/01/2022 |
Walked western base from Carpark approached summit view diadonal path from North East then off via ridge to south | Simo94 | 27/10/2021 |
Walk w/Devon on our minimoon break. | ZacField | 17/10/2021 |
Verge parking at SO346168. Up public road to SO342178, then PFs to The Arwallt, then steeeply up to top. Sign at NT Pay and Display CP says the CP money is spent on maintaining 'The Skirrid', but I saw only broken stiles and broken or missing waymarkers. | Isbjorn | 15/04/2021 |
from cp path all way nice hill 4.5 ks 60 mins | underhill | 14/04/2021 |
Dropped off by the rest of our party at the car park; funnily enough no takers for the walk to the top - it was raining! The rain soon cleared and the views from the top were excellent as a result. Easy navigation, quite a few people on the hill - up and down in an easy 1hr 30 mins; well worth the effort. | JOHNS | 10/10/2020 |
From the NT car park. Nice ridge. Found some specs on the summit and managed to find their owner on the way back down. | summitter | 22/09/2020 |
Easy and very pleasant circuit from National Trust car park to south as shown on their info board and listed as 4 miles. Summit trig has National Trust plaque giving name 'Skirrid Fawr' | Neil Midgley | 15/09/2020 |
G, My | Idris | 20/08/2020 |
G, My | maryjdavies | 20/08/2020 |
I have completed before but couldn't find my ascent date so returned with family for an evening walk. Took the usual route from the National Trust car park. Enjoyable outing & loved listening to the Ravens and watching their aerial acrobatics. Clouds started to envelop us on the way down...very atmospheric! | Gerry the Ranger | 16/08/2020 |
Normal route up from national trust car park to the south. Then doubled back slightly and came anti-clockwise around the hill on the contouring path. Glorious sunny day with fine views to Penyfan, Severn Estuary and Black Mountains | Clive G | 03/08/2020 |
From CP to S (£4.00). Super hill - nice shape - steep W face. Very busy. | ger | 25/12/2019 |
from car park | prwild | 28/10/2019 |
With K, M and two-year-old D from expensive car park to S. Top hill | Ashley | 12/09/2019 |
With Jane. Perfect sunshiny day. Walked around the west side of the Skirrid through mainly wooded ground, then up to the summit via the path at the northern end of the hill, thereby avoiding most of the crowds! | Speleoprez | 13/08/2019 |
From the NT car park. Very busy, Sunday lunchtime. | NormanW | 21/07/2019 |
Trade route from south after driving all round looking for park. Hot air ballon. Glorious evening, after Black Mtn. Drove to Ldn after. | Rounsfell | 12/05/2019 |