Lovely part of the country. Walk up to the summit was manageable, and they’ve made sure the path is maintained (they ask you not to walk on the grass) to reduce slipping and accidents. My fitness levels are so-so, and I got a little winded at first but once I got into the rhythm it was fine. On the day of our visit, the weather was pretty rubbish, rain & wind etc, but that can’t be helped. Still had a really enjoyable time. Make sure you wear / take comfortable and warm clothing and footwear. Despite the rain, the temperature was mild at the bottom, but as expected, as you walk up, it becomes colder and the wind picks up. At the summit the wind was blowing at about 70mph (and I genuinely thought I was going to blow over the side. Not actually sure that’s possible though) and it was raining sideways. So I would urge caution. Sadly we couldn’t see anything at the top, because of the cloud cover. But that’s fine, we’ll just go again and hope for the sun is out. Walking back down was difficult because of the weather and I was starting to get cold. There was a car park with plenty of spaces and some portaloos - not the cleanest of loos, but much better than at a festival. I’m not sure if they’re working to install a visitor centre or something, but there was work going on around the car park. There was no where to buy refreshments, but we took our own water anyway. Please note, this is part of nature and FREE; therefore there are no safety rails/ attendants/ gift shops. It feels silly having to say this, but I heard people complaining about it. If you want all the mod-cons, go somewhere else. It took us about 1hr 30 to walk up, and about 45 mins down, but we were hampered by the winds/ rain. Really pleased I did this, and would definitely go again.

Well its a few years since we first did Pen Y Fan and we are now much fitter! We can get up to the top in about 45 mins and a gentle pace and whilst we do LOVE the views we always find it a little too busy for our liking and prefer the cats back, dragons back and those lesser known peaks which are not as far into Brecon. Every time we have been (about five times now) it is just so so busy that it takes away from the enjoyment of the views and the nature aspect but thats just our opinion. If you can ignore that you will love it, if you want a quiet oasis then go elsewhere!

After many years of saying we would walk Pen Y Fan we’ve eventually done it. Wife has rheumatoid but managed going up to 700 Mtrs before deciding to go back down. After reaching to summit I did a circuit which brought me back down to the Storey Arms Outdoor Centre.

What an amazing scenery! We parked at Pont Ar Daf car park, ascended from this car park and down to the Storey Arms. My daughters are 9 and 13 years old and journey including picnic lunch took us 3 hours. 1 1/2 hour up and 1 hour down. I would think it would be quicker if you go down on the same route 30-45 min to the Carpark instead of to the storey arms. The parking is free at the moment but will be chargeable from April when the building work is finished according to the National Trust volunteer we met today. It’s a little windy and cold at the peak and make sure u have hats and gloves ready despite it was very sunny today. Definitely recommend to bring a picnic lunch and hot coffee to enjoy the picturesque view! I was quite surprised there aren’t any roaming sheep about and the whole trailis very clean with no animals dropping like other National parks we’d been to. Definitely will come back!

Taking the slightly harder route from the storey arms was well worth the challenge for me and my seven year old. We set off at 0 centigrade which meant a good pace would keep us warm. Spectacular scenery as we climbed above 600 metres. One hour and twenty minutes later we reached the summit. With a wind chill of minus 8 it was a little uncomfortable so a quick photo and an immediate descent seemed sensible. Although my granddaughter is tough I would recommend slightly warmer weather for young children, perhaps 10 degrees or above. Well worth it.

Went up Wednesday morning for sunrise, started at Pont ar Daf car park at about 3:10am, got to the summit at 4:40am after a few stops. Definitely worth it for the views. Much quicker coming down than walking up (45 mins).

We did the most straight forward trail - as two reasonably unfit people we found it naturally hard going as it is obviously all uphill, however we managed with a lot of breathers to compose ourselves and take in the scenery. Absolutely worth every step. The views are spectacular and we spent some time sat at the top with a picnic to truly take it in. It was quite overcast when we went, however this didn’t take away from the views. Beautiful. Would recommend.

famous hill of Brecon, and from corn-du to here would be more flat and easily, weekday not so crowded and i so enjoy from here to watch back corn-du and the other two hill. so lucky on sunny day in spring. i believe that would be quite hard in winter or rainy time for climbing up this 4hills

Climbed this mountain with my husband on a dull Thursday afternoon in the height of summer! Was a little worried as my fitness isn't to his level. He has walked the Whole of the south West Coast Path and climbed Ben Nevis so was a little worried that he would bound up and i'd be left behind. They say the trail is moderate and I would agree. The beginning is more difficult I would say as it was a little steeper and many rocks form the path. The higher you climb the easier it becomes but I did puff my way to the top! Saying that it only took an hour. The entire up and down with time to explore the two peaks was only 2 hours 15 mins. The Red Kite pair were flying at the top of Corn Du which was amazing. Beware the loos as the bottom were closed by 4.30pm although I believe the disabled loos were still open. It's a national trust car park that you have to pay for and even though I had stupidly left my card at home on this trip the lovely ladies wrote me a ticket bypassing the ticket machine. there was a chap selling teas from a van at 2pm but again was gone by 4.30pm. Great achievement climbing this last did it aged 10 on a school trip. I remember it being easier back then!

The experience was pretty great. Once we go up higher , the better of the view is. I would not recommend the extreme route(15-19km walk) to a complete beginner tho. The route was pretty hard and very wet.Because we went on the rainy day so we have to walk through clouds and not having that great view up there Bare in mind that the extreme route has got very steep stairs and stone steps (the maximum degree is 31 and another one is 21 which is very strep. Not recommend for those who has got knee injuries. The fitness actually required for the route. Please check the weather and take a proper shoes with you. Otherwise, you might slip or broke your shoes. The view is still breathtaking even we went on the rainy day.