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Brechfa Forest — Black Raven Trail

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Llanfihangel Rhos-Y-Corn

Brechfa Forest — Black Raven Trail

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4.7

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111

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Brechfa Forest — Black Raven Trail

02:00

19.1km

460m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 31, 2024

Tips

Includes segments that may be dangerous

Parts of this route comprise highly technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience is required.

After 1.04 km for 5.91 km

After 7.21 km for 1.62 km

After 9.06 km for 9.06 km

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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69 m

Brechfa Forest Trail Centre

Highlight • Parking

This is a very low key, but great fun trail centre. The facilities are very basic so make sure you bring your own food and plenty of water.

There are black, green and blue trails here at Brechfa Forest and a red slightly up the road at Abergorlech.

Parking is free of charge, and you can navigate here by following routing to 'Byrgwm Car Park'.

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2.71 km

Steep Singletrack on Raven Trail

Highlight • Forest

Don't be fooled: there's a lot of climbing on the black-rated Raven trail at Brechfa and this early section seems like the worst of it!

After the first singletrack, you then cross the river and head up again, this time on a seemingly impossible singletrack — at least it was for us in the wet and mud of winter!

The steep gradient will challenge almost all riders, and we found ourselves hopping off and pushing on the worst sections. Keep your eyes peeled as you hike though, as we found some cows in the woods up here! Not what you'd expect to find usually in woodland.

It's beautifully green and mossy up here, and there are some fun, flatter sections once most of the climbing is done before you hit the descents proper.

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4.98 km

Berms Section, Brechfa Raven Trail

Highlight • Forest

Ride down through this glorious natural bowl with huge berms and some steeper gradients, a rooty corner and some slightly rockier sections on the black-rated Brechfa Raven trail.

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7.83 km

Raven Trail Hilltop Singletrack

Highlight • Forest

After all that climbing you'll be rewarded (weather permitting) with some gorgeous views of the surrounding valleys on the Raven trail. The singletrack across the clear fell heath turns to doubletrack before some really fun sections through the scrub and in the woodland.

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13.5 km

Rocky Switchback Descent

Highlight (Segment) • Climb

After a traverse across the scrub, you descend into the woods for these rocky slate turns, before a faster rocky straight and a rock roll into the fire road. It looks worse than it is!

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17.3 km

Log Bridge on the Raven Black Trail

Highlight • Trail

This narrow log bridge is featured on the Raven black trail here at Brechfa, crossing the stream. It comes as a bit of a surprise as you'll probably have a bit of speed coming into it after the fun berms, so take it easy! There's just enough space to ride over but of course you can get off and push if you prefer.

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19.1 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

16.6 km

2.49 km

Surfaces

19.1 km

Elevation

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Weather

Wednesday 6 May

14°C

7°C

25 %

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Brechfa Forest Trail Centre

Steep Singletrack on Raven Trail

Berms Section, Brechfa Raven Trail

Raven Trail Hilltop Singletrack

Rocky Switchback Descent

Log Bridge on the Raven Black Trail

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