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Coed y Brenin Mountain Bike Trail Centre

Coed y Brenin Mountain Bike Trail Centre
Avg 4.64
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  • Information:
  • Type: Purpose Built Centre
  • Grades: Green,Blue,Red,Black,Orange,Accesible
  • Riding: Cross Country,Skills Area
  • Facilities: Car Park,Toilets,Bike Wash,Bike Hire,Bike Shop,eBike Charging,Showers
  • Distance(s): 5-10km, 11-20km, 21-30km, 31km
  • Country: Wales
  • County: Gwynedd County
  • Website: Coed-y-Brenin
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Description

Coed y Brenin mountain bike trail centre is in the Snowdonia National Park, North Wales near Dolgellau. The trail network includes 3 red, 3 black, 1 blue, 1 green, and a freeride and skills area. 

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The terrain at coed y Brenin is a combination of natural trails and armoured man-made sections. 

Being the very first dedicated trail centre in the UK it has the respect of the whole community far and wide. Today it is still one of the largest MTB centres with 7 single-track trails that cover an impressive 140 km. 

Yr Ffowndri – The Foundry Skills Area

  • The free ride zone snakes down the slope with 8 bermed turns and plenty of features to get you airborne. There is also a drop-off zone and a single track zone  Features of note are the Sideways slab at the end of the black section and the Lemming stone in the Drop off zone. There is also a bunnyhop section and a kids training zone. 

There are three red mountain bike trails:

Temtiwr 

  • The Temtiwr is 8.7km long. This is a short but technical trail – not for novices. Has one long climb on fire road and a great fun technical rocky descent.

Cyflym Coch 

  • The Cyflym trail is 11.2km long. Starting down Yr Afon Trail, Cyflym coch cuts left up a short technical climb onto Pinderosa. It then pieces together the best of Coed y Brenin’s fast and flowing trail sections. Climbs are relatively short.

Dragons Back 

  • The Dragons Back trail is 31.1km. Previous mountain biking experience is recommended should you decide to tackle this trail. Long climbs, tight singletrack and long and fast descents.

And three black mountain bike trails:

MBR

  • The MBR is 18.4km long. This predominantly open and flowing trail offers long sweeping descents through spectacular scenery. The Pink Heifer section is something special. Once at the bottom, expect to climb and then descend the “Beginning of the End”, the most technically challenging section of the trail.

Beast of Brenin

  • The Beast of Brenin is a tough 38.2km. A long distance route only for the fit. It is a combination of the Dragon’s Back and MBR routes

Tarw Du

  • The Tawr is 20.2km long. It is a technically challenging ride with twisty, rocky sections and fast flowing descents. This was the original trail here and a newly upgraded section was added in 2016 with a slab the "yslab"

MinorTaur (Blue)

  • The 12km blue trail is suitable for adaptive bikes. It is made up of four loops and gets progressively more technical through the route

Yr Afon (Green)

  • This 10.8km trail. One for the family to enjoy (although there are a few climbs). It is mainly on forest road and there is a shorter 7km option.

Other Stuff

  • Bike an hire shop on site: Beics Brenin
  • In 2015 Coed y Brenin took 3rd place for iBikeRide UK Trail of the Year, 2nd place for Welsh Trail of the Year and 2nd place for XC Centre of the Year awards.
  • In 2014 Coed y Brenin took 3rd place in the iBikeRide Trail of the Year award for Wales and 3rd place in the Trail of the Year award for XC.

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Frank Wenzy:
Avg 4.73
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Quality trail centre, well worth the pilgrimage.

Would you recommend?

Yes

Date written:

04/10/2017 - over 8 years ago

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Wayne Renshaw :
Avg 5.00
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Awesome

Just an awesome place for everyone from cyclists to walkers ...

What do you like?

Great place not to far to go .. great cafe and shop and bike wash which is definitely needed.. friendly staff ... trails to meet every standard and new ones put in place ...

What could be improved?

None

Would you recommend?

Yes

Date written:

01/10/2017 - over 8 years ago

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chr_red:
Avg 5.00
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Family fun! The slipway is a must do!

The family loved it!

What do you like?

Fab skills area. Loved the blue loops options. We did 2 loops as a warm up, had lunch then skills and the 3 loop blue. Finally whilst the kids went to the park I did the first bit of the red trail. Kids loved the themed trail with the Minotaur and footprints to look out for. 'The slipway' is a must for all

What could be improved?

Lack of time there but I'll be back at some point.

Would you recommend?

Yes

Date written:

16/07/2017 - over 8 years ago

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Lee Johnson:
Avg 5.00
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Coed-y-brenin

Great trail centre with something for everyone

What do you like?

Excellent trails and variety, plenty for everyone. Lots of choice in the Cafe and a well stocked shop

What could be improved?

Service on the cafe could be a little slow, but good things are worth waiting for

Would you recommend?

Yes

Date written:

31/10/2016 - about 9 years ago

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Sheppy:
Avg 4.58
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Still one of the best...

What do you like?

The original and still one of the best. Great recent development with the skills area and pump track. The blue is great for families and kids and the MbR trail still rocks

What could be improved?

Not really any, though wish the visitor centre was privately owned like back in the day as government run facilities never really 'get' what mountain bikers want!

Would you recommend?

Yes

Date written:

24/10/2016 - about 9 years ago

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A.:
Avg 4.00
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Great place to spend the day. Some trails due a facelift however.

Coedy is great fun if you're looking for a long day out on the bikes riding some techy, rocky, singletrack. With lots of differently graded trails, Coed Y Brenin caters for all types of riders at all skill levels. The skills area and freeride pumptrack are a great thing to have right at the car park, and serve well as a warm-up/down, or even can have the whole day spent on them. Awesome area with a great centre with all the facilities you could ever need, with plentiful parking at a not-too-expensive price (considering how much they offer). The trails at Coed Y Brenin are lots of fun if you like singletrack with lots of roots, rocks, technical stuff etc. However they don't really offer much else, other than the freeride area near the carpark. A lot of the trails are very natural, and have been shaped by the weather and by people who ride them, this is great until you get to the skills/ freeride area. I remember when it was first built, it was really nicely built, smooth, everything flowed nicely. Sadly now, especially so on the freeride trail, the corners, jumps and track surface in general have been worn down very badly, and it almost ruins the track. Berms are worn down to rock and gravel (which makes them very bumpy and slippy to ride), the jumps no longer have much of a 'kick' to them anymore, and the whole thing is very badly overdue a facelift and a bit of TLC. Aside from that, all the other trails could probably do with a bit of a looking after, but aren't so bad due to their natural theme.

What do you like?

-great for days out on the bikes -fantastic trail variation (for difficulty and length) -epic place, nice centre with awesome views -very natural and technical trails -very well thought out and made skills development/ freeride area next to car-park

What could be improved?

-not much to offer other than technical singletrack -some trails badly worn and need maintenance -often feels like you do a lot of climbing for not much descent -only one car-park ticket machine at far end of car-park -very little security for visitors

Would you recommend?

Yes

Date written:

23/09/2016 - over 9 years ago

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