Why this ride
curated scenic road. Brecon Beacons, hairpins, moorland. 39 km from Llandovery to Brynamman, about 1 h 20 of riding. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Black Mountain Pass
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 39 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 20
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Scenic road chapters
Black Mountain Pass
This part of the ride is 13 km of Black Mountain Pass.
Rider note
Check the pass is open before you commit to it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 13 km
- Named road
- Black Mountain Pass
- Pass
- Black Mountain Pass
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Llandovery
Planning note
Black Mountain Pass point 1 sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Black Mountain Pass point 2.
2. Near Llanddeusant
The top of the Black Mountain Pass, at 493 metres, is a wild spot on the A4069 between Brynamman and Llangadog, on the western edge of the Brecon Beacons, which in Welsh are now called Bannau Brycheiniog. The road crosses a high, open moorland of grass, bracken and limestone outcrops, with old quarries beside the road and wide views over the hills to the north and the valleys to the south. Sheep graze freely on both sides, and the only sounds are the wind and the occasional skylark.
Read the complete Near Llanddeusant write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Black Mountain Pass point 2 comes up 14 km in. Next is Black Mountain Pass point 3.
3. Brynamman
Brynamman is a former mining village at the head of the Amman valley, in the western corner of the South Wales coalfield, where the coal was anthracite, the hardest and purest kind. The village grew in the nineteenth century around collieries, ironworks and tinplate works, and it has the classic look of a Welsh valley community: terraces of stone houses climbing the hillsides, chapels with grand facades, a few shops and pubs, and the bare slopes of the Black Mountain rising behind. The mines have closed, but the community and its traditions remain.
Read the complete Brynamman write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
39 km in you reach Black Mountain Pass point 3.
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