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Penmachno Trails – Dolen Machno Fire Road Climb loop from Blaenau Ffestiniog

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Penmachno Trails – Dolen Machno Fire Road Climb loop from Blaenau Ffestiniog

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Penmachno Trails – Dolen Machno Fire Road Climb loop from Blaenau Ffestiniog

03:52

40.1km

1,090m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 7, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

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After 39.9 km for 243 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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3.27 km

Bronze Age Settlement

Archaeological Site

15.5 km

Penmachno Trails

Highlight • Trail

Lovely place, view amazing

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15.6 km

Penmachno Mountain Bike Trailhead

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A very unassuming spot, and certainly none of the facilities that you might expect from more popular trail centres, Penmachno's mountain biking centre is essentially a gravelly lay by as …

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16.3 km

Dolen Machno Fire Road Climb

Highlight • Climb

From the roadside trailhead, the start of the Penmachno trails is a haul up the hillside on fire roads.

It feels like you're climbing for a really long time, especially …

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16.8 km

View of Penmachno

Highlight • Viewpoint

tight trails but excellent fun

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18.9 km

Forest Trail in Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri

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Classic Welsh trail centre riding, with some gorgeous mossy green scenes as you wind through the trees. A little rocky, plenty of pedalling and lots of corners.

This might not …

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20.9 km

Ffastis Un, Du and Tri Singletrack Descents

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

Three singletrack descent segments that are a total blast! This is what all the climbing was in aid of.

Narrow slithers of rock and slate with a few rock drops, plentiful corners and mega views down over the valley. Yee-haw!

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22.2 km

Dolen Machno Singletrack

Highlight • MTB Park

Good trail, easy to learn

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37.0 km

Scrubadub Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

Thankfully there's chicken wire over the wide, wooden bridge crossing trails so it's much less slippery than you'd expect.

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40.1 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

15.9 km

7.10 km

6.59 km

5.91 km

3.93 km

398 m

301 m

Surfaces

13.9 km

9.13 km

7.37 km

4.75 km

3.30 km

1.64 km

Elevation

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Highest point (510 m)

Lowest point (140 m)

Weather

Friday 10 July

29°C

13°C

0 %

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Penmachno Trails – Dolen Machno Fire Road Climb loop from Blaenau Ffestiniog

Penmachno Trails

Penmachno Mountain Bike Trailhead

Dolen Machno Fire Road Climb

View of Penmachno

Forest Trail in Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri

Ffastis Un, Du and Tri Singletrack Descents

Dolen Machno Singletrack

Scrubadub Bridge

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