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Hello - newbie here! Am planning on heading down to do Pen Y Fan and then basically the Fan Dance course tomorrow. Is the weather going to be suitable or otherwise?

Many thanks in advance....

In reply to aquavista:

Conditions look "spicy" to say the least with gale force winds and some snow and ice...
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/warnings/#?tab=warnings&regi...
I don't think I'd recommend it with 70mph gusts!

In reply to aquavista:

Brecon Beacons or Beacons, never ever Beacons! As bad as "Peaks".

Forecast now looking ok, possibly some snow down, but it won't last.

In reply to Mark Morris:

Love the cock up in an email correcting someone

In reply to aquavista:

Opps, never the Beacons that should be! Anyways, forecast for a lovely walking day, though it will still be very wet underfoot, with little frost to make walking the soggier bits comfortable.

In reply to aquavista:
Thanks all. Looks like clear skies at least. Bring them on, whatever they may be known as 🤓😊

In reply to Mark Morris:


Having a bit of a bad day are we?

In reply to aquavista:


Not the Brecons, Brecon is a town the beacons are the hills nearby.

For there to be Brecons we'd need to build a few more towns somehow, this would be difficult considering you'd be building in a national park.
If the weather is windy up top and you haven't visited the area before you could have a nice day walking around all the waterfalls on the fellt, staring in Dinas or Pont felyn fach and making a loop. It's on the same OL map as pen y fan I think. Otherwise try walking up pen y fan not from storey arms.

In reply to gethin_allen:

It's currently snowing in Merthyr, which means it'll definitely be snowing on PyF o/
It's unlikely to stay around for long though, it's only got colder today.

The waterfalls will be a good option if you don't want to go high.

In reply to aquavista:

They'll be a couple of routes in nic on the north face of PyF by the morning so pack your crampons and ice axe