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Cribyn

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795 m

Elevation

Elevation is the altitude of a place
above sea level.

134 m

Prominence

Peak’s prominence is the least
vertical to be covered to get from the
summit to any other higher terrain.

Proportional Prominence 493 m

About

Cribyn (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈkrɪbɪn]) is a mountain in the Brecon Beacons (Bannau Brycheiniog) with an elevation of 2608 feet (or 795 metres), about 300 feet lower than the neighbouring peaks of Pen y Fan and Corn Du. It is a prominent peak in the long and impressive escarpment facing north and running roughly east–west of the central section of the Brecon Beacons.

The summit lies on a ridge stretching from Talybont Reservoir in the east, to the A470 road. The ridge line to the west connects Cribyn with the peak of Pen y Fan. To the east, the ridge line descends to Bwlch ar y Fan, a col crossed by an ancient trail sometimes known as 'The Gap Road' before ascending again to the peak of Fan y Big.

There's a trail leading to the summit.

By elevation Cribyn is

# 51 out of 3092 in the Wales Mountains
# 10 out of 930 in Powys
# 7 out of 172 in Brecon Beacons National Park
# 51 out of 3083 in Wales

By prominence Cribyn is

# 59 out of 930 in Powys
# 19 out of 172 in Brecon Beacons National Park