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Cafall red trail — Cwmcarn Trail Centre

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Cafall red trail — Cwmcarn Trail Centre

Frank Meehan planned a mountain bike ride

June 17, 2022

Cafall red trail — Cwmcarn Trail Centre

Hard

01:33

14.3km

9.3km/h

390m

400m

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Overview

Hard mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike.

Waypoints

Cwmcarn Trailhead Arch

Highlight • Rest Area

Look for the arch to start riding at Cwmcarn, which marks the start of the red-rated Twrch and Cafall trails. Here you'll also find trail maps and information for these …

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1.74 km

Cafall Trail Climb: Initiation Section

Highlight • Trail

When the Twrch and Cafall trails split, you continue to climb on singletrack through the tall trees. This climb is easier than the rocky Twrch, but no less forgiving. After …

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2.31 km

Cafall Rock Garden

Highlight • Trail

A short, rocky section of the Cafall climb gives you a technical challenge as you round a corner and ride down a short descent over a rock garden. Line choice is everything here!

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3.55 km

Cafall Stream Crossing

Highlight • Trail

After all that climbing on the Cafall trail (and still plenty more yet to come), this short descent and stream crossing comes as a Godsend!

Enjoy letting off the brakes …

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4.59 km

Quadzilla Switchbacks, Cafall Trail

Highlight • Climb

After contouring around the hillside from the fire road along the start of the Cafall trail section named Quadzilla, you then enter a series of switchbacks to climb more sharply …

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6.96 km

Rocky Valley, Cafall Trail

Highlight (Segment) • MTB Park

This section of the red-rated Cafall trail is named Rocky Valley for good reason, with some swooping singletrack leading to some rock rolls and little drops as well as some rooty sections too.

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9.65 km

Dragon Run, Cafall Trail

Highlight (Segment) • MTB Park

A high plateau section on the red-rated Cafall Trail, Dragon Run leads you through the dark woodland plantation before leading out onto open singletrack to the Pedalhounds DH track.

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14.3 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

11.8 km

1.34 km

1.23 km

Surfaces

12.6 km

1.23 km

283 m

212 m

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Lowest point (130 m)

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Cafall red trail — Cwmcarn Trail Centre

Cwmcarn Trailhead Arch

Cafall Trail Climb: Initiation Section

Cafall Rock Garden

Cafall Stream Crossing

Quadzilla Switchbacks, Cafall Trail

Rocky Valley, Cafall Trail

Dragon Run, Cafall Trail

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