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Storey Arms – Start of the Pen y Fan Trail

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Storey Arms – Start of the Pen y Fan Trail

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Storey Arms – Start of the Pen y Fan Trail

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    January 28, 2024

    Hiking

    People don't realise how special this location is. This is the start of the famed Fan Dance. A load-bearing 24km, non-navigational, endurance test. The SAS pioneered it as part of …

    February 6, 2023

    Hiking

    The Storey Arms Centre is a very popular starting point for Corn Du and Pen y Fan, Southern Britain's highest summits. One advantage of hiking from here is that you're already around 1,450 feet (440 m) up. The place itself is an outdoor education centre that takes people on a range of adventurous activities.

    July 9, 2023

    Hiking

    It is good to know that there is not only a food stall in the parking lot (which will be redeveloped in April 2023) (which was closed at the time), but also a few hundred meters further, on the other side of the street, is a chip and burger stall.
    (Although - as a Belgian - I have to warn: those fries don't seem fried, but boiled. After 30km and 1000 meters of altitude, even those were good enough ;-))
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    Best Hikes to Storey Arms – Start of the Pen y Fan Trail

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    1. Corn Du & Pen y Fan loop from Storey Arms — Bannau Brycheiniog / Brecon Beacons National Park

    7.56km

    02:44

    450m

    460m

    Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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

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

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    Elevation 440 m

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