A part of the country with a plethora of natural trail, which we seem to have ignored and focused on the trail centres.
Cwn Carn is the most accessible. After a relatively flat start, there is quite a technical climb which I personally dislike and always vow to miss out next time. The top section offers a choice of black and red. The black is labeled freeride, but in reality all rolls. There’s a fun corkscrew where you ride back under your own trail which looks steep and intimidating, but in reality goes anywhere. The next few sections are good fun, and should be savoured as I always find the final descent a bit of a disappointment – it’s not technical and just needs to be ridden fast to make it fun.
Afan is almost two centres. I did the Penhyd trail when I had just started, and recall finding it quite hard but I was quite novice. More recently we did Whyte’s Level which seemed surprisingly tiring for a 16km trail, but does have some good fun technical sections in it, although the surface between the technical bits isn’t so smooth. Both have good cafes.
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