Walk: 50 Peaks Grand weekend
2026-06-06, 2026-06-07
As you are no doubt aware by now the GMC has been in existence for 50 years & we’d like to celebrate this fantastic achievement.

Climbers & Walkers are arranging various events over the year & aim to include as many Club members as possible.

For the Walkers – 50 Peaks Grand weekend – June 6th & 7th 2026.

Please click on the attachment sent by email in February and choose what you would like to do. There is some general guidance given , but please discuss with Kath S, Sara H or Keith if needed. (For now please contact one of us by email etc or find us out on an event).

Lets get out tramping the hills,

Kath, Sara, Keith
For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Climb: Taff's Well West (sport)
2026-06-10 15:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Taff’s Well West
Climbing at Taff’s Well West (sport). CF15 9HD
Timings will be advised via climbing group comms.
UKC Logbook – Taff’s Well (ukclimbing.com)
Taffs Well – South Wales Climbing Wiki (SWCW)
Climbing meets are weather dependent and can change at short notice. Please contact the organiser for more information.

Walk: Carmarthen Fans Escarpment, 21km/13miles & 1090m/3600feet ascent (hard)
2026-06-11 09:30 - 17:00 | Tafarn-y-Garreg
Paul Mills is leading a walk along the Carmarthen Fans Ridge this Sunday, 14th June.

This is the last walk of the very successful 50 Peaks @ 50 Years Celebration.

Start is 9.30am
OS Explorer Map OL12 grid reference SN849171. The road adjacent to the Tafarn y Garreg pub.
Approx 21km/13miles with 1090m/3600feet of ascent. Grade of walk is Hard.
Please be aware parking is limited so car share advisable.
Please inform Paul if you intend going.

Evening Walk: Tor Y Foel
2026-06-11 19:00 - 21:30
More details to follow.
For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Climb: Elan Valley (trad & sport) 50@50 crag
2026-06-13 - 2026-06-14
Climbing at Craig Cnwch, Elan Valley. 50@50 crag
https://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/crags/craig_cnwch-11044/
Climbing meets are weather dependent and can change at short notice. Please contact the organiser for more information.

Climb: Wintours Leap (Trad) 50@50 crag
2026-06-17 15:30 - 21:30, 2026-07-05 09:30 - 17:00, 2026-07-29 15:30 - 21:30
Trad climbing at Wintours Leap. Sport available in Woodcroft Quarry. 50@50 crag
OS Map 162, grid reference ST542958. Car parking at Lancaut Lane.
UKC Logbook – Wintour’s Leap (ukclimbing.com)
Timings will be advised via climbing group comms.
Climbing meets are weather dependent and can change at short notice. Please contact the organiser for more information.

Evening walk/navigation exercise. Fan Fawr
2026-06-18 19:00 - 21:30
Jeff Matthews and his grandson Tom Matthews are offering a circular navigation walk focusing on taking and walking on bearings and pacing, on the eastern slope of Fan Fawr from Storey Arms.

OS Map OL12, grid reference 983204 starting at 7pm and finishing around 9.30pm. Refreshments afterwards at Nant Ddu Lodge.

For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Walk: A Black Mountain Circuit. 22km/13.5 miles, 1022m/3356ft ascent (Hard)
2026-06-21 09:30 - 17:00
Heading east from Pont ar Wysg to Mynydd y Llan descending to Llanddeusant. Taking the Beacons Way to Carreg yr Ogof and turning east to Bannau Sir Gaer, Fan Brycheiniog & Fan Foel before returning to the carpark. 22km/13.5 miles, 1022m, 3356feet ascent.
Meet at car park at GR SN 819271 on map OS Explorer OL12 for 9.30am start.
For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Climb: Shorncliffe (Trad) 50@50 crag
2026-06-21 09:30 - 18:30, 2026-07-22 15:30 - 21:30
Trad climbing at Shorncliffe. 50@50 crag
https://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/crags/shorn_cliff-39/#maps
Wire Works car park Tintern NP16 6TQ
Climbing meets are weather dependent and can change at short notice. Please contact the organiser for more information.

Climb: Gilwern Hill (Sport) 50@50 crag
2026-06-24 15:00 - 21:30
Sport climbing at Gilwern Hill. 50@50 crag
OS Explorer Map161, grid reference SO244 119 (post code NP7 0HP).
https://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/crags/gilwern-23167/#overview
http://Gilwern Hill – Crag X – South Wales Climbing Wiki (SWCW)
Climbing meets are weather dependent and can change at short notice. Please contact the organiser for more information.

50k for 50 years (50k50y) Anniversary Challenge, 50km/31miles with 1,250m/4,100feet ascent (Challenging)
2026-06-27 05:00 - 21:00
Pete and Alex have put together “50k for 50 years” (50k50y), a route for a 50km/31miles one-day challenge walk on Saturday, 27 June as part of the Club’s 50th anniversary celebrations.
The proposed route starts and finishes in Pontypool, making an anticlockwise circuit of the hills above Pontypool, Abersychan/Talywain and Blaenavon. In all, a nice traverse of eleven summits (with distance from start), as follows:
– Mynydd Garn Wen, 4.9km
– Mynydd Garnclochdy, 6.7km
– Mynydd y Garn-fawr, 11.8km
– Blorenge, 14.2km
– Mynydd Coety, 24.3km
– Mynydd Varteg Fawr, 26.6km
– Gwastad, 30.6km
– Byrgwm, 32.8km
– Mynydd Llanhilleth, 34.6km
– Cefn-y-Crib, 37.9km
– Mynydd Maen, 44.5km
With an early start and 1,250m/4,100feet of ascent, it will be a long day (15 hours); although hopefully one to remember.
If interested in taking part, please get in touch with Pete.
If you’d like to walk just part of the route, there is a regular and frequent bus-service (X24) in both directions between Pontypool and Blaenavon that allows you to join/leave the route at several points. If interested, get in touch with Pete.
And if you’d like to offer support and cheer participants along the way – perhaps delivering refreshments – again, please contact Pete.

Climb: Temple Bay/Witches Point (sport) 50@50 crag
2026-06-28 09:30 - 17:00 | Temple Bay
Sport climbing at Temple Bay/Witches Point. 50@50 crag
CF32 0RT.
Timings and details of location will be advised via climbing group comms.
Cave Inlet – South Wales Climbing Wiki (SWCW)
Witches Point – South Wales Climbing Wiki (SWCW)
Temple Bay Inlets – South Wales Climbing Wiki (SWCW)
Climbing meets are weather dependent and can change at short notice. Please contact the organiser for more information.

Climb: Bargoed (Sport) 50@50 crag
2026-07-01 15:00 - 21:00
Wednesday evening climbing at Bargoed. Sport. 50@50 crag
CF81 9AE
Timings will be advised via climbing group comms.
UKC Logbook (ukclimbing.com): Bargoed
South Wales Climbing Wiki (SWCW): Bargoed

Climb: Sirhowy (Sport) 50@50crag
2026-07-08 15:00 - 21:00
Wednesday evening climbing at Sirhowy. Sport. 50@50crag
Timings will be advised via climbing group comms.
UKC Logbook (ukclimbing.com): Sirhowy
South Wales Climbing Wiki (SWCW): Sirhowy – Quarry Mawr
Climbing meets are weather dependent and can change at short notice. Please contact the organiser for more information.

Evening Walk: Redwick Porton Loop
2026-07-09 19:00 - 21:30
Meet at Redwick church ST 412841. Map 152.
For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Walk: Eastern Beacons Area. 19km/12miles, 935m/3000ft ascent (Moderate)
2026-07-12 09:30 - 17:00
Eastern Beacons Area. Following the Usk Valley Walk to Aber before a steep ascent to Carn Pica, then continuing along the edges to Gist Wen & Pen y Bryn.
19km/12 miles, 935m/3000 feet ascent.
Start 9.30am. A layby opposite the campsite at Pencelli.
Map OL 12 GR SO 095245.
For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Climb: Taff's Well Main (Sport)
2026-07-15 15:00 - 21:00
Wednesday evening climbing at Taff’s Well Main. Sport.
Timings will be advised via climbing group comms.
UKC Logbook (ukclimbing.com): Taff’s Well
South Wales Climbing Wiki (SWCW): Taff’s Well
Climbing meets are weather dependent and can change at short notice. Please contact the organiser for more information.

Evening walk: Greater Horseshoe Bat Walk at Coed Ruperra. 3 miles
2026-07-16 19:30 - 21:30
A guided walk including bat monitors to enable species identification.
Easy. About 3 miles. Bring headtorches. Collection to be made for Coed Ruperra Conservation Trust please.
OS Explorer Map 152, grid reference 228 870. Parking area will be opened as an organised guided walk with Coed Ruperra. Please note later start of 7.30pm.
For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Weekend Club Climbing trip: South Pembrokeshire (Trad) 50@50 crag
2026-07-17 - 2026-07-19
Weekend climbing in South Pembrokeshire- camping at Bosherston. 50@50 crag
Climbing meets are weather dependent and can change at short notice. Please contact the organiser for more information.

Walk: Black Mountains Walk
2026-07-26 09:30 - 17:00
Last minute change to schedule. Details in email.

Walk: A Rhondda Rollercoaster. 25km/16miles, 1000m/3300ft ascent (Hard)
2026-08-02 09:00 - 17:00
Join Paul for ‘A Rhondda Roller Coaster’. 25km/16miles, 1000m/3300feet ascent.
Start 9am. Barry Sidings Carpark (near Pontypridd) ST 053908 on OS Explorer map 166.
For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Climb: Ferndale (Sport) 50@50 crag
2026-08-05 15:30 - 21:30
Sport climbing at Ferndale. 50@50 crag
Grid reference: SS 994 969. Post code for car parking: CF43 4LS.
http://Ferndale – Main – https://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/crags/ferndale-1044/
http://Ferndale – South Wales Climbing Wiki (SWCW)
Timings will be advised via climbing group comms.
Climbing meets are weather dependent and can change at short notice. Please contact the organiser for more information.

Club trip: Brenta Dolomites, Via Ferrata
2026-08-08 - 2027-08-15
The Club are planning a trip to do the Bochette Way from 8-15 August 2026 in the Brenta Dolomites north of Lake Garda in Italy. It’s a high level mountain journey at about 2500m altitude linking mountain huts using rough paths and Via Ferrata. The trip would be organised through Mountain Tracks using International Mountain Guides. Start and finish would involve hotel nights in Madonna di Campiglio with flights probably to Venice or Milan with bus and train transfers. In addition, there would be costs for Rescue/Cancellation insurance etc, planes, trains, buses, ski lifts, lunches and drinks plus hotel dinners.

The trip would be guided on a 1:6 ratio and we will be limited to 12 members. You should anticipate a week of 5-7 hour days on rocky paths with scrambling and easy climbing with the most exposed sections protected by steel cables. You must have a good head for heights and be steady on your feet on rough ground .

You will need crampon compatible boots plus crampons ,ice axe, helmet, harness and energy absorbing lanyard- it may be possible to hire some of these things.

Please reply to Mark Carey in the first instance. A deposit and cancellation insurance will need to be arranged to secure a place. See recent email for details.

Walk: Mynydd Maen, Cwm Carn & Twmbarlwm. 19km/12miles, 610m/2,000ft (Moderate)
2026-08-09 07:00 - 15:00 | Mountain Air Car Park, Upper Cwmbran
Mynydd Maen, Cwm Carn & Twmbarlwm.
19km/12miles, 610m/2,000ft.
Start 7:00am (note, revised time). Mountain Air car park Map OS Explorer 152 ST277980.
In view of present weather conditions, please ensure you bring sufficient water (3 litres advised), sunhat and suncream.
For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Climb: Mount Pleasant (Sport)
2026-08-12 15:00 - 21:30
Wednesday night climbing at Mount Pleasant. CF48 4SU
http://Mount Pleasant – South Wales Climbing Wiki (SWCW)
https://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/crags/mount_pleasant_x1-9201/
Climbing meets are weather dependent and can change at short notice. Please contact the organiser for more information.

Climb: Gower, Rhossili Beach (Trad & Sport) 50@50 crag
2026-08-16 09:30 - 17:00
Climbing at Rhossili Beach, Gower. Trad & Sport. 50@50 crag
https://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/crags/rhossili_beach-18361/#maps
Climbing meets are weather dependent and can change at short notice. Please contact the organiser for more information.
