Review for Risca Bike Park and Cwmcarn Trails

Peter Parker:

Excellent trail centre with 2 awesome XC routes and 2 killer DH tracks. Decent uplift if you need it, push up is a long slog for both sides if you choose it. Both XC climbs are tough, but the descents are worth it. Rode the Cafell trail for the first time this weekend and it was super quick, really good lower section and had a good flow. Twrch is a classic, hard on the ups but again super quick on the downs. Only improvements would be more variety in trails or alternative routes from the top, but that's it. Good Bike Shop on site, decent café, good set up all round. Both XC loops utterly doable on a hard tail, the DH tracks are beasts, although an AM bike should handle it ok. I prefer the routes to those over at BPW, as they've got more variety and are longer, these aren't motorway wide blue cruisers, they both deserve their red rating and there's plenty of steep to deal with, and some good technical sections to clear.

Excellent DH tracks Excellent XC routes Good Bike Shop onsite Good cafe