The Altura Trail is built for experienced riders, with it’s rocky, red grade features, and longer descents and climbs. It packs in plenty of fast trails – some outright speed, others more technical. There is an updated section completed late 2021 which has improved and repaired several parts.It offers amazing views of Derwentwater, Bassenthwaite, Helvellyn and Skiddaw as … Read more
The North Face MTB Trail red route is a classic in terms of mountain bike trails – named after the clothing company, it is 16km (10miles) of a mix of single track with some board walk, and fire road linking up areas.Starting with a climb out of the visitors centre, up through old woodland, with a mix … Read more
Our Decathlon Route at Cwmcarn is all about maximising downhill singletrack time by cutting out the otherwise enjoyable singletrack climbs and using the Forest Drive to gain height as quickly as possible.With that in mind, take the main trail entrance for Cafall et al and start the rolling singletrack climb up the hill until you … Read more
It’s easy to mix and match the trails at the Forest of Dean – and if you follow your nose, you can find almost limitless singletrack weaving around the woods.For our Decathlon Route, we first pick up the red-graded Freeminer’s Trail and head out of the centre, past the pump track – always good for … Read more
The Llandegla Red route is the longest trail on offer at 23km, taking in plenty of singletrack climbing and descending as well as spectacular views over towards Snowdonia. It shares the first big climb up and out of the centre with the Blue Llandegla route, winding gently but steadily upwards on a broad off-road singletrack before … Read more
The red-graded Blade trail takes you further out into the forest, rewarding the tough, often technical climbing with views over the Brecon Beacons and cracking technical singletrack decents.It starts from the Glyncorrwg centre and it’s also possible to add in the old Skyline trail for another 20km of distance and 370m of climbing on top of … Read more
White’s Level is the most technical of all the trails in the Afan Forest and it’s 90% singletrack too. Once you’ve got the 6km sheep track climb out of the way you’ll be rewarded with some big views of the entire valley and the descents provide their own reward too, with some exposed feeling traverses … Read more
Starting out from the Afan Forest Visitor Centre, Y Wal (The Wall in Welsh) heads out on the north side of the valley along the river and climbs up to take in some stunning views as well as superb singletrack riding.There’s a fair bit of exposure on some of the descents – you definitely don’t want to veer … Read more
The Penhydd trail is a good way to sample one of the red-graded trails at Afan without committing to the much longer routes on offer, making it ideal for anyone that’s happy on the blue trails but wants to push their riding a bit more.It shares the same climb from the Afan Forest Visitor Centre as … Read more
Twrch – named after an enchanted boar from Welsh mythology – is the original cross-country loop at Cwmcarn. The fairly technical first climb sets the tone for the rest of the trail, with a rocky and almost entirely singletrack climb up the valley before you haul yourself up the very top, via some jumpy fun at the upper … Read more
