Spectacular Black Mountain - 4 Star Hotel - Hiking Weekend
Details
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Spectacular escarpments, glacial lakes, forests and the largest waterfall in South Wales make The Black Mountain Range dream hiking country. Staying in a award winning 4 star hotel with Sauna, Spa Facilities. Not only is the 802 metre Fan Brycheiniog thought of as one of the best ridge walks in the south of Britain, the range is so sparsely populated hikers feel they are miles from civilisation.
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Highlights
• The awesome Fan Brycheiniog ridge walk
• Stay in a award-winning – four star boutique hotel which serves exceptional food and has sauna, spa facilities
• Views and the isolated feeling of the range
• Views to the two most famous peaks in the Central Beacons, Pen y Fan and Corn Du (which we visit on another trip we do)
• Steep escarpments, glacial lakes, moraines and steeply sculpted valleys below
• An ancient woodland where the trees have never been felled.
• A wooded gorge and SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest),
• A natural amphitheatre, carved out over thousands of years by the Sgwd Henrhyd (Henrhyd Waterfall), the highest waterfall in South Wales at 90ft, which forms a water curtain you can walk behind.
You will be walking through some of the most beautiful landscapes the range has to offer. As well as the awesome Fan Brycheiniog ridge walk, there is an ancient wooded ravine, a waterfall you can walk behind (which appeared in The Dark Knight Rises), Bronze Age burial cairns, and epic views.
We will be staying in a charming – and award-winning – four star boutique hotel which serves exceptional food and has sauna, spa facilities.
The Black Mountain Range is a part of the Fforest Fawr UNESCO Global Geopark, which celebrates its geological heritage of international significance. It lies at the western side of the Brecon Beacons National Park, not to be confused with the Black Mountains on the eastern side.
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Hike day 1
The Black Mountain (Y Mynydd Du in Welsh), in the Western Brecon Beacons, is often called the last wilderness in the Brecon Beacons and hiking along it as South Britain’s best ridge hike. This hike traverses a number of high peaks along a domino of steep dramatic escarpments and highlights some of the most striking upland scenery in the UK. The hike involves remote and rugged terrain, with a couple of glacial lakes and excellent mountain views and follows almost completely through open country.
From the Valley we will rise onto the first ridge, and follow its edge with some far views to the two most famous peaks in the Central Beacons, Pen y Fan and Corn Du. We climb Fan Brycheiniog and Fan Foel. The views of the moorland and open country to the north are astounding, and reveal the isolation of the range. We then go on to conquer a even more breathtaking ridge.
Walking along the bottom of the steep escarpments, past some glacial lakes and moraines, shows us a different and intriguing perspective of the high buttresses and steeply sculpted valleys below.
Hike day 2
Starting in a idyllic location, we follow the banks of the river and rapids, with excellent views across the valley we climb the Cribarth mountain, to a mountain edge above the river rapids below.
We then leave the ridge to walk up a fabulous wooded ravine where small waterfalls along its course, can be observed up close. This is ancient woodland where the trees have never been felled. The wooded gorge is a SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest), because of its humid habitat, supporting a large variety of damp-loving species. We ascend through the beautiful gorge to a natural amphitheatre, carved out over thousands of years by the Sgwd Henrhyd (Henrhyd Waterfall), the highest waterfall in South Wales, which forms a water curtain you can walk behind.
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Payment
£20 to RSVP Via Paypal
£140 Payable by the 23rd or April to the account below.
Account Name: Adventureologists
Account number: 11118305
Sort Code 16-22-21
The price includes:
• 2 nights hotel accommodation in twin single bed rooms
• 2 guided hikes by a experienced hike leader. All hike leaders have outdoor first aid qualifications and are Mountain Leader trained
• Breakfasts and packed lunches
• Social evenings
• Compliance with the 1992 Package Travel Regulations including financial protection.
The price doesn't include:
• Drinks and personal expenses
• Transport to and during the trip
• For dinner’s we shall eat at the award winning hotel's restaurant
Getting there
The weekend starts and ends at the accommodation venue so you will need to arrange your own transport to and from the accommodation
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Safety
Safety is our highest priority and to date we have always been free of incidents. We have been able to do this through good planning and ensuring we provide experienced and trained hike leaders to ensure events are run safely. Our hike leaders carry a first aid kit and have undertaken as a minimum the relevant outdoor first aid training.
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Spectacular Black Mountain - 4 Star Hotel - Hiking Weekend