Wales Mountain Biking

Vertebrate Publishing

Wales Mountain Biking - Beicio Mynydd Cymru is a collection of 20 classic Welsh mountain bike rides, between 12 and 50km in length.

Split into three sections, South Wales, Mid Wales and North Wales, this book includes classic loops such as The Gap Road in the Brecon Beacons and Pen Trumau in the Black Mountains, routes in Pembrokeshire, and the Gower, the Elan Valley in the Cambrian Mountains, Moel Famau in the Clwydian Hills and classic routes in Snowdonia - including options for the awesome ascent and descent (!) of Snowdon itself.

Written and illustrated by MBR Magazine's Wales-based routes expert Tom Hutton, each route is described with easy-to-follow directions and plotted on clear and easy to use Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 mapping. Also included are details of distance, timings and difficulty gradings, plus refreshment stops and local knowledge.

A Bonus Section hops over the border into England, to give the full lowdown on the classic Long Mynd circuit, featuring the legendary Minton Batch singletrack.

Route List
South Wales

* The Blorenge - Abergavenny Peaks
* Black Mountains Classic
* Mynydd Llangorse - Black Mountains
* The Gap Road - Brecon Beacons
* Sarn Helen & Fforest Fawr
* Rhossili & The Gower
* Preseli Hills - Pembrokeshire

Mid Wales

* The Doethie Valley - Llandovery
* Irfon Forest - Llanwrytd Wells
* Llanbedr Hill - Border Country
* Claerwen Valley - Elan Valley
* Elan Valley - Rhayader
* Radnor Forest
* Foel Fadian - Machynlleth

North Wales

* The Foothills of Cadair - Cadair Idris
* Pont-Scethin - Rhinogau
* Berwyn Hills
* Snowdon
* The Carneddau
* The Clwydian Hills

Bonus Section

* The Long Mynd (Minton Batch) - Shropshire