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Elan Valley Visitor Centre – Puke Hill loop from Elan Valley Visitor Center

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Elan Valley Visitor Centre – Puke Hill loop from Elan Valley Visitor Center

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Elan Valley Visitor Centre – Puke Hill loop from Elan Valley Visitor Center

06:23

72.5km

1,330m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: July 27, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Claerwen National Nature Reserve

Elenydd SSSI

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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19 m

Elan Valley Visitor Centre

Highlight • Monument

Visitor Centre below Caban Coch Dam is a good place to learn about the remarkable building of the dams and the alternative ways to explore

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5.65 km

Puke Hill

Highlight • Trail

Get ready for a big climb! It isn't called puke hill for nothing! Top views overlooking the reservoirs reward you.

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15.7 km

Gravel Path Along Claerwen Reservoir

Highlight • Viewpoint

The Claerwen Reservoir is the largest and the newest of the four Elan Valley Reservoirs. Once you reach the top, another "wow“ experience awaits you!

The view over the huge …

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20.7 km

Gravel track along the Claerwen Reservoir

Highlight (Segment) • Lake

Excellent quality gravel track with stunning views of the reservoir.

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23.7 km

Gravel Trail Along Claerwen Reservoir

Highlight • Viewpoint

Here it is simply fantastically beautiful!
The trails are sometimes really demanding, sometimes slippery and sometimes so exposed that you have to push your bike a few meters.

Pure adventure, …

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23.9 km

Claerddu River Crossing

Highlight • Trail

Can be quite flooded & fast flowing after rain - take care

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27.4 km

Winding Road Through Cambrian Mountains

Highlight • Trail

A wonderful fast and smooth road

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29.8 km

Smooth Gravel Climb from Teifi Pools

Highlight (Segment) • Climb

Beautifully smooth gravel, the sort fit for a Gravel Princess!

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72.5 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

32.1 km

28.9 km

6.15 km

4.46 km

857 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

21.7 km

17.1 km

16.5 km

10.8 km

5.00 km

843 m

599 m

Elevation

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Highest point (490 m)

Lowest point (180 m)

Weather

Tuesday 11 August

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Comments

June 19, 2023,50.6 Mile Elan Valley Estate Loop

What an Adventure consists of off roads, hill, pool of water and vast open terrain on a push bike (this is not an e bike)

April 2, 2024,Wales day 2: Elan Valley ✨

Easier day overall, less boggy fields and some actual gravel roads!
Finally got to pedal that famous stretch past Claerwen reservoir - quite a sight. Amazing riding along the water’s edge.
An awful lot of emptiness, and was lucky to enjoy most of it in dry weather until the rain arrived in the afternoon. The heavens opened just as I …

August 9, 2024,Stage 2: Elan Valley to Nant Rhys Bothy — Trans Cambrian Way

TCW Day 2 - Expectations vs Reality. The Sunken Road was not as flooded as I feared, but it is a lot more rocky than I expected - expect lots of hike-a-bike. The Claerwen gravel track is not the flat pootle I expected - good fun though and lots of birds (Wheatears, Larks and a Red Kite that followed me). …

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Elan Valley Visitor Centre – Puke Hill loop from Elan Valley Visitor Center

Elan Valley Visitor Centre

Puke Hill

Gravel Path Along Claerwen Reservoir

Gravel track along the Claerwen Reservoir

Gravel Trail Along Claerwen Reservoir

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