Back to Afan for a whole weekend. The Penhydd trail was the first trail centre we ever rode, so we were quite keen to repeat it after a year's experience. It starts with some nice single track climb, but then has quite a long strech of fireroad. The top sections are closed at the moment, so the first real section, and probably the best is the Hidden Valley. This is typified by really tight corners, which despite al our Alpine experience I still didn't nail! The other single track descents are good too, getting harder the faster you ride. With the closed sections this trail was pretty short, so after lunch in the excellent cafe we reascended on fireroad to do the singletrack descents. This is fairly easy to work out using the trail map.
Whyte's Level starts with a long climb, which isn't as hard as say, Cwn Carn's, but is still pretty tiring, and quite tricky in the ice! The black section at the top is great fun, with an enormous final berm. The remaining downhill sections are full of berms and tabletops which are great fun. Again, this trail doesn't really fill a day. A short add on is to reascend the first climb as far as the first bike stile and fireroad section. Go along the fireroad until the signed trail hairpins back left. At this point, look right and you can see the final descent of the Skyline trail. This is a good fun blast, with increasingly high drop-offs! And the cafe is still great!
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