With its fun, swoopy, flowing corners and roll over jumps, The Quercus Trail will offer beginners confidence building trails and more experienced riders plenty of features to play on and jump off. Great for taking younger riders round, with snack stops and looking at the views.quercus-trail-whinlatter-trail-guide-0 (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson) quercus-trail-whinlatter-trail-guide-0.jpg, by Jim Clarkson The … Read more
If you’re starting to find your proverbial feet on a mountain bike, the Llandegla Blue Route offers up plenty of fun. It shares the same gently flowing climb as the Llandegla Red, but turns off and returns to the centre via a wider, flowing and mostly downhill trail.There can be a bit of splashing and mud in … Read more
Taking its name from the valley’s industrial heritage, the Blue Scar trail offers up plenty of flowing singletrack and a few technical features, making it ideal for anyone that’s happy on the green trails but wants to sample something a little harder.It’s a good way to progress to the harder trails at Afan, but also … Read more
This is a short, slightly more challenging extension to the Rookie Green loop, dropping down to the Afan river on flowing singletrack, before re-joining the green trail back to the centre.
Our Decathlon Route for Ashton Court and Leigh Woods takes in the Nova and Super Nova trails, before darting towards the Belmont jump trails via some bridleways, before returning to head over to Leigh Woods for a lap of Yer Tiz before ending up back where you started.There’s nothing particularly technical on the trail centre loops … Read more
This blue-graded trail is set in the mixed broadleaf and conifer trees of Leigh Woods. It’s relatively short at just 3.6km but it’s all singletrack and packs in some fun and flowy (though relative flat) sections. It also offers a red-graded detour called Gert Lush – it’s only 100m long but offers a bit more technical … Read more
The Nova Trail is a blue-graded loop that starts from Ashton Court itself. The relatively short length and lack of technical difficulty don’t mean any lack of fun, as there’s lots of fast and flowing singletrack to enjoy without any particularly unpleasant climbing.The trail starts with a fireroad climb before you get into some undulating … Read more
Perfect for those that are a little less confident off-road, this fairly short blue trail takes a gentle spin up wide fire roads before rewarding the climb with some well surfaced singletrack descending.
This short and sweet blue-graded cross-country loop is wider and has fewer technical features than the red, meaning it’s much more suitable for those with less off-road riding experience, though it’s still quite steep in places.
This blue graded loop is an ideal short warm-up for novice riders, measuring in at just over a kilometre.
