Cribyn

About Cribyn

Cribyn is one of the more prominent points on the long north-facing escarpment that defines the central Brecon Beacons, running roughly east to west. At 795 metres it stands about 90 metres below its neighbours Pen y Fan and Corn Du.

The summit sits on a ridge running from Talybont Reservoir in the east across to the A470. Westward the ridge links Cribyn with Pen y Fan; eastward it drops to Bwlch ar y Fan, a col carrying an old trail known as the Gap Road, then climbs again to Fan y Big.

Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Cribyn (mountain) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Heights, prominence and grid references come from the Database of British & Irish Hills, not from Wikipedia.

Access rights here

General position for Wales — local byelaws, seasonal restrictions and closures can override it. Full details: access rights in Wales · check another location.

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Computed astronomically for 51.882, -3.420. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Long-distance paths past this hill

2 waymarked long-distance routes run within 2.5 km of the summit — useful if you are linking this hill into a longer walk, or want a made path for the approach.

Route lines © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); distance from the summit computed by OpenFell.

Which hill this one belongs to

Cribyn is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Pen y Fan (886 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 666 m.

Grouping is by prominence alone: a summit belongs to the nearest higher Marilyn it connects to without a deeper intervening col. Over a large massif that can gather hills no one would walk in a single day, and which few would describe as parts of the same mountain — it is a measure of independence, not a suggested route.

Nearest listed peaks