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Sugar Loaf

Sugar Loaf, Monmouthshire, Wales

7.35 KM

This is the short route up Sugar Loaf in the Brecon Beacons National Park, which we undertook on a stunning day in December. Excellent views all round with the moss covered trees of Deri Fach on the return being a particular spooky highlight.

9 Dec 2018
Mountainous
3hrs, 5min (2hrs, 4min)
altitude Graph for sugar loaf walk

Elevation: Max 583m, Min 248m, Gain 335m

Pictures from the walk

pathway through winter ferns with low tree

The path to Mynydd Llanwenarth

landscape with silhouetted mountain

Sugar Loaf in silhouette

winter mountain landscape

Winter colours on the hills

hillscape with sun busting through clouds

The view back from Sugar Loaf with low winter sun

mountain landscape with trig point and hiker

Sugar Loaf summit

mountain landscape with green path

Green pathway

winter landscape with trees

Trees on a hill

path through woodland with lined with moss covered trees

Deri Fach

moss covered trees

Green trees

path through woodland with lined with moss covered trees

Covered in moss

low sunlight shining through trees

Leaving the woods of Deri Fach

landscape with fence in silhouette

View from the lane

landscape with green valley in low sunlight

Looking out over the green valley

landscape with trees in silhouette

Tree silhouette

all the walks

Some walks nearby

pathway through moorland with sugar loaf mountain in distance
Bryn Arw

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hillside with single tree
Table Mountain

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sheep on hillside looking at camera
Blorenge

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