Walk Pen y Garn (Bryn Garw) from The Arch
Easy forest tracks to fine views
This 6 mile, Grade 4 (Moderate), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at The Arch in the Cambrian Mountains & will take you about 3¼ hrs to complete.
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Detailed walk route map PDF | |
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| Walk No.: | ce101 | |
| Length: | 6 miles (9.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 1194 ft (364m) | |
| Time: | 3¼ hours | |
| Grade: |  | |
Route outline for this walk:
The Arch - Coed Yr Arch - Coed y Cwm - Bryn-llwyd - Coed y Ceuleth - Truman - Rhos Peiran - Craig U Ceffyl - Pen Y Garn (Bryn Garw) - Banc Myheryn - Rhos Nantperfedd - Glemast Farm - Rhos y Cwm - The Arch
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 1 Welsh Mountain |
 0 Wainwrights |
 1 Welsh Nuttall |
 0 Welsh Deweys |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 1 Welsh Marilyn |
 0 Bridgets |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Pen y Garn (Bryn Garw) at 611m (2002ft). Pen y Garn (Bryn Garw) is classified as a Welsh Mountain (Hewitt) (134th highest in Wales, 314th highest in England & Wales)
Pen y Garn (Bryn Garw) is also known as a Welsh Nuttall (186th highest in Wales, 436th highest in England & Wales) and a Welsh Marilyn (53rd highest in Wales, 750th highest in the UK).
The summit of Pen y Garn (Bryn Garw) is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
Free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps:
1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):
An Interactive Walk Planning Map for OS Explorer 213 Aberystwyth & Cwm Rheidol is not currently available
1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (pink/magenta covers):
An Interactive Walk Planning Map for OS Landranger 135 Aberystwyth & Machynlleth is not currently available
Some Photos and Pictures from Walk Pen y Garn (Bryn Garw) from The Arch
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