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Llyn y Fan Fach Bothy

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Llyn y Fan Fach Bothy

Llyn y Fan Fach Bothy

Recommended by 33 hikers out of 35

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Please check local regulations for: Bannau Brycheiniog National Park

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    Location: Llanddeusant, Carmarthenshire, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom

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    1. View of Picws Du – Llyn y Fan Fawr loop from Llanddeusant

    23.5km

    07:37

    1,040m

    Expert hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    2. View of Picws Du – Llyn y Fan Fach loop from Pen y Cae

    21.8km

    06:57

    870m

    Expert hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    3. Llyn y Fan Fach – Llyn y Fan Fach Bothy loop from Llanddeusant

    4.46km

    01:28

    230m

    Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    October 25, 2021

    Nice place for emergency or just use as a bothy, have 2 benches, fire place and close to water source

      July 22, 2022

      The lake is overlooked by several prominent mountain peaks, especially Picws Du and Waun Lefrith. Waun Lefrith is formed from the sandstones and mudstones of the Brownstones Formation of the Old Red Sandstone laid down during the Devonian period. Its southern slopes are formed from the hard-wearing sandstones of the overlying Plateau Beds Formation which are of upper/late Devonian age. It is those rocks which form vertical crags along the top edge of the scarp. The northern face of Waun Lefrith was home to a glacier during the ice ages which gouged out the cwm in which Llyn y Fan Fach now sits.



      This empties via the Afon Sawdde into the River Towy. The southern slopes drain via the Twrch Fechan, the Nant Menyn and Nant Lluestau into the Afon Twrch and so into the River Tawe. Large moraines occur to the east of the summit at the base of the scarp, and below the prominent peak of Picws Du as well as those damming the Lake.

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