Hikes up Fan Hir don’t take you to a peak so much as an utterly fantastic ridgeline. Abundantly grassy like much of the Brecon Beacons, this is a subsidiary summit of Fan Brycheiniog and rises to 2,490 feet (760 m) at its highest point. Hiking trails along Fan Hir are beloved for the mountain’s dramatic eastern escarpment, dropping suddenly to the slope below.

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Location: Llywel, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom

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1. Fan Brycheiniog & Picws Du loop from Tafarn-y-Garreg — Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park

18.4km

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720m

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2. View of Picws Du – Fan Foel summit loop from Llanddeusant

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3. Fan Foel summit – View of Picws Du loop from Pen y Cae

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870m

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David Howells

November 7, 2020

Fan Hir means long summit in English, which is an apt description for this rather indistinct, long-drawn-out ridge summit that is part of a broader escarpment feature that circumnavigates Llyn y Fan Fawr and Llyn y Fan Fach. It forms the eastern ramparts of the Black Mountain, and its east face is extremely steep. The ridgeline it forms part of makes a great walk all the way back down south to Tafarn y Garreg.

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October 25, 2021

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1. Fan Brycheiniog & Picws Du loop from Tafarn-y-Garreg — Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park

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