As you can see I walked this 576m hill on a semi-circular route that also took in the 600m hill Craig y Llyn. After reaching the trig point of Craig y llyn I continued down the wide gravel road and followed it to the high point of Mynydd Pen-y-cae.
At 573m it is a sizeable hill, but again, any ascent is fairly minimal because you’ve parked at a high view point and any ascent is very gentle across the wide tracks.
The smaller, wetter and muddier footpath that you pick up just before the high point takes you right to it, but it is not marked, instead it is dense forest with no views.
However, you continue along the track to the escarpment and the views North are expansive and well worth the walk. You then follow this edge back to make the walk circular at this point.
You’ll then pick up the footpath you took up, which you can follow back to the car. There was a little coffee van parked in the viewpoint on the Saturday I walked it should that be your cup of tea…
