{"id":2057,"date":"2021-04-19T21:40:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T21:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/?p=2057"},"modified":"2022-03-11T19:23:22","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T19:23:22","slug":"y-gyrn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewalkingkev.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/04\/19\/y-gyrn\/","title":{"rendered":"Y Gyrn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mountain rank by height: 174 out of 188<br>Height: 2,031ft | 619m<br>Region: Brecon Beacons<br>Grid ref: SN988216<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"min-width: 260px; max-width: 100%\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/www.outdooractive.com\/en\/embed\/220696102\/js?mw=false\"><\/script><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Access to Y Gyrn is very easy and the walk from the upper Storey Arms car park is about a mile, with only just over 600ft of ascent. This would be a very child-friendly mountain to climb as the distance is short, the height gained not much and the paths are clear and easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/uponnothing\/51128885866\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51128885866_bb31ceeef5_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fan Fawr\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Fan Fawr is across the road from Storey Arms, so the car park for this walk is below in this shot. | Tokina AT-X 50-250 @ 50mm, f11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I took the reddish path up that takes you directly towards Corn Du, so the views of that summit and Pen y Fan are constant and clear.  When you reach the crest of the ridgeway you will find a rough track heading left to the summit of Y Gyrn. You can take a more direct route up, which takes you on a diagonal trail right from the gate next to Storey Arms &#8211; however, to make it more of a loop I took the gravel track up and the diagonal grassy track down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/uponnothing\/51128886486\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51128886486_5ef1a77f98_b.jpg\" alt=\"Corn Du\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Corn Du. | Tokina AT-X 50-250 @ 250mm, f11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/uponnothing\/51128886156\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51128886156_f8f25956cc_b.jpg\" alt=\"Corn Du\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>The well worn path up to Corn Du. You take a left where this photo was taken from to reach the summit of Y Gyrn. | Tokina AT-X 50-250 @ 50mm, f11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/uponnothing\/51129095318\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51129095318_7199424498_b.jpg\" alt=\"Pen y Fan &amp; Corn Du\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Pen y Fan and Corn Du. | Tokina AT-X 50-250 @ 100mm, f11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the path along the ridgeway leads you parallel to a fence, the summit of Y Gyrn is marked by a small pile of stones with a piece of wood poking up from it. This is on the other side of the fence to the path I was on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/uponnothing\/51129999300\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51129999300_040e0650cc_b.jpg\" alt=\"Y Gyrn\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Y Gyrn Summit, looking towards Pen y Fan and Corn Du. | Tokina AT-X 50-250 @ 50mm, f11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is definitely a mountain you can easily tick off if you were heading towards Pen y Fan or Corn Du and provides a different perspective on those two mountains than the main track up to them from the lower Storey Arms car park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the loop I did was only two miles, it is probably worth walking on to at least Corn Du afterwards, unless, like me on this occasion, you were just looking for a quick and easy summit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/uponnothing\/51128922832\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51128922832_f61b6af054_b.jpg\" alt=\"Beacons Reservoir\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>A view of the Beacons Reservoir on the way down from Y Gyrn. | Tokina AT-X 50-250 @ 50mm, f11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mountain rank by height: 174 out of 188Height: 2,031ft | 619mRegion: Brecon BeaconsGrid ref: SN988216 Access to Y Gyrn is very easy and the walk from the upper Storey Arms car park is about a mile, with only just over 600ft of ascent. 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