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Pen y Fan and Corn Du Circular Walk, East Wales
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Sep · highs 12–17 °C (54–63 °F)
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- F5°-1°150
- M7°0°155
- A9°1°120
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- D5°0°221
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
About this trail
A strenuous, circular mountain walk on well-made footpaths to the summit of Pen y Fan and Corn Du in the Brecon Beacons. If weather permits, you can enjoy views of the town of Brecon and on a good day, the summit of Cadair Idris.
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Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 6.4 km · 4.0 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 6.9 km · 4.3 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- Pen y Fan (mountain, 886 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Brecon Beacons (Cambrian Mountains › Northwest European Highlands; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 9.0 km SW of Brecon (Sir Powys, Wales) · GeoNames
- Best months
- May–Sep
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- Powys
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Local route
- Operator (OSM)
- National Trust
- From / to
- Visitor Car Park, Pont ar Daf, Brecon Beacons;51.86943, -3.47304;SN988199 → Visitor Car Park, Pont ar Daf, Brecon Beacons;51.86943, -3.47304;SN988199
- Shape
- Loop (OSM roundtrip=yes)
- Route centre
- 51.8760, -3.4584
- Route start
- 51.8803, -3.4652
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 19690615
- Official info
- nationaltrust.org.uk/cy/visit/wales/bannau-brych
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
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