Route - Micro Navigation Exercise around Cadair Fawr
Weather - Wintry showers with poor visibility during showers
Learning Points/Skills Practices - Micro navigation techniques including map to ground, ground to map, contour interpretation, attack points, leg timing, hand rails etc. All points to navigate to selected and identified by partner.
Group - 2
Camp style - not applicable
The individual takes part in the planning and leadership - planned the routes once points identified
Navigation skills are required away from marked paths - Whole of the day was away from marked paths
Experience must be in terrain and weather comparable to that found in UK and Irish hills - Yes Brecon Beacons
Knowledge is increased and skills practised - see above
Attention is paid to safety - Providing advice on steep slippery descents
The journey is five hours or more - No, 3:17
Adverse conditions may be encountered - Wintry showers
Ascent of a substantial peak would normally be included in the day - No, highest point Cadair Fawr at 485m
Area :
Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park
Bannau Brycheiniog (the Brecon Beacons) is a mountain range in South Wales. In a narrow sense, the name refers to the range of Old Red Sandstone peaks popular with walkers which lie to the south of Brecon. Sometimes referred to as "the central Beacons" they include South Wales' highest mountain, Pen y Fan. The range forms the central section of the Brecon Beacons National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog), a designation which also encompasses ranges both to the east and the west of "the central Beacons". This much wider area is also commonly referred to as "the Brecon Beacons".
