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Mountain biking trails

Cafall red trail — Cwmcarn Trail Centre

Mountain biking trails

Cafall red trail — Cwmcarn Trail Centre

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Cafall red trail — Cwmcarn Trail Centre

02:13

18.7km

560m

Mountain biking

Prepare for a challenging mountain biking experience on the Cafall red trail, a difficult route spanning 11.6 miles (18.7 km) with a significant 1846 feet (563 metres) of elevation gain. This trail, which typically takes around 2 hours and 12 minutes to complete, plunges you into the remote parts of…

Last updated: April 23, 2026

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Cwmcarn — Twrch Mountain Bike Trail

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Cwmcarn Forest in South Wales consists of two red graded singletrack trails and 2 DH tracks.
Both the singletrack trails contain lots of long technical climbs as well as some …

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2.07 km

Cafall Trail Climb: Initiation Section

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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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2.47 km

Forest Singletrack

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Nice and quick singletrack section to reward you after the initial climb. Great forest trails section.

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2.63 km

Cafall Rock Garden

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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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3.89 km

Cafall Stream Crossing

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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!

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4.93 km

Quadzilla Switchbacks, Cafall Trail

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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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7.34 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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10.0 km

Dragon Run, Cafall Trail

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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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18.7 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

16.8 km

1.23 km

251 m

171 m

114 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

16.6 km

1.51 km

319 m

178 m

< 100 m

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Trail Reviews

Johnsilverwalker

May 19, 2021, Cwmcarn Forest Cafall route

Great ride. Marked red, much the same as the Cannock reds. As with Cannock, if on a ebike as we were, a early start and mid week is best. Mid May, mid week and the car park was empty at 8.00am. 1 to 1.5 hours on a ebike. 1.5 to 3.0 hours on a conventional mountain bike I guess. Plenty of time to the other red trail!