
Start: CrickhowellDistance: Total approx 42k over 3 days.
Duration: 3 day expedition with Outdoorlads.
Direction: loop from Crickhowell, circling tops, entitled "14 Summits"
Description: Wild camp at 750m. Strong winds estimate 40-50mph and driving hail (briefly) enough to cut the skin - fortunately very brief. Winds affected ability to stand up on ridge. Found lee side of hill for some shelter to camp at 750m but probably still 30mph. Weather warning issued but only after we were up there! Tent held much better than I feared. Excellent experience. Rain and cloud but despite this not too wet overall and lots of breaks in cloud, making for dramatic views.
Area :
Black Mountains
The Black Mountains (Welsh: Y Mynyddoedd Duon) are a group of hills spread across parts of Powys and Monmouthshire in southeast Wales, and extending across the national border into Herefordshire, England. They are the easternmost of the four ranges of hills that comprise the Brecon Beacons National Park, and are frequently confused with the westernmost, which is known as the Black Mountain. To confuse matters further, there is a peak in the Black Mountains called Black Mountain.