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Foel Frech Off-Road Pass
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Foel Frech Off-Road Pass
Highlight (Segment) • Mountain Pass
Foel Frech Off-Road Pass
Cycling
5.0
(3)
This Highlight goes through a protected area
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Tips
davethomas
January 30, 2021
Cycling
Completing this loop is impossible without this beautiful and very remote 3km off-road section between the head of Cwm Penanner and the village of Ysbyty Ifan. There's nothing overly technical but it requires a minimum of gravel/hybrid tyres and there is a very short rocky section ( 50-100m) that depending on the weather, your bike and your experience, you might prefer to push. Note that in the direction I did it, this bit is downhill.
Rowan
June 15, 2024
Cycling
This is a proper pass and a good challenge as well. Not ridiculously long but will test you if loaded up. The south face is easily rideable up or down on any bike short of a track bike but the north side is the interesting bit.
Mucky and loose after rain and looser and muckier as it goes down. Several gates make way to a ford crossing. Then another, and then another for good measure. The first is the most technical and rockiest, and the last is the longest.
Please close the gates!
Mucky and loose after rain and looser and muckier as it goes down. Several gates make way to a ford crossing. Then another, and then another for good measure. The first is the most technical and rockiest, and the last is the longest.
Please close the gates!
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Best routes near Foel Frech Off-Road Pass
1.0
(1)
8
riders
43.4km
03:40
950m
950m
Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.
Hard
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Informations
Distance 4.84 km
Uphill 150 m
Downhill 140 m