Welcome to the South Wales Traverse (SWT) website.
We hope the site will promote the round, be a useful resource for attemptees (schedules, routes etc), provide a place to publish reports and keep the table of completions up to date. There are links to useful resources and social media platforms within which support and advice can be found/shared.
What is the SWT?
Originally known as the Brecon Beacons Traverse, this 24-hour challenge involves 72 miles and some 17000 feet of ascent. It was launched in 1984 having been completed by Derek Fisher and Andy Lewsley the year before in 21:24 hrs.
It traverses 31 summits in the Carmathen Fan, Fforest Fawr, Brecon Beacons (Bannau Brycheinog) and Black Mountains areas. The mountains selected are from the 2000 foot summit tables compiled by George Bridge in his book - The Mountains of England and Wales (see tables here).
The object is to visit the 31 two thousand foot summits listed on 'The Route' page.
PHOTOS OF EXACT START AND FINISH IN THIS LINK https://tinyurl.com/mpdfbrv5
'The start of the SWT is where the A4069 meets the verge opposite the car park at Pen Rhiw-wen at GR730183. The finish is the wall to the south-east of the Priory at GR288278 that faces the toilets across the car park' Grid references and heights of each summit are listed on the schedule page.
This Strava link of the record shows the start and finish points https://fastestknowntime.com/fkt/damian-hall-south-wales-traverse-united-kingdom-2020-10-15
The Bannau Brycheiniog National park is in South Wales - a short drive from Cardiff. The route traverses from West to East.
The SWT facebook group is here:
