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Sustrans route 8

Mountain Biking · Wales

200

XP

about 1 h 24 min riding

Difficult
13.7 km
Linear
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351 m

180 m

9 m

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Heights: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 © DLR e.V. 2010–2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014–2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA.

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Rolling ride

Gentle ups and downs, nothing steep.

Climb

209 m

Drop

418 m

Highest

298 m

Lowest

27 m

Which way round

Downhill: No steep climbing, no steep descents.

Uphill: Easy first 6.3 km, no steep climbing, no steep descents.

Shown as the descent, the way a graded trail like this is ridden — the climb back up is usually the forest road.

Main descent: km 4.6–7.4, from 221 m to 79 m.

How the 13.7 km splits

Flat

3.2 km

Climbing

3.8 km

Descending

6.7 km

Link it with other walks

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Shares 4.4 km of path · meets at km 3.9, 4.8, 5.4…

13.5 km

Half Marathon

Shares 3.9 km of path · meets at km 4.9, 8.7, 11.3

22.2 km

Cyflym Coch Mtb trail

Shares 2.9 km of path · meets at km 6.2, 7.6, 7.8…

12.4 km

Tramper Rhobell

Shares 2.8 km of path · meets at km 3.3

5.9 km

Tramper Ferndale Trail

Shares 2.7 km of path · meets at km 3.3

10.7 km

Miinortaur Mtb Trail

Shares 2.7 km of path · meets at km 6.2

12.9 km

Yr Afon mtb trail

Shares 2.7 km of path · meets at km 6.2

8.3 km

MBR Mtb Trail

Shares 2.1 km of path · meets at km 3.1, 4.9, 6.1…

17.7 km

Sarn Helen running - long

Shares 2.0 km of path · meets at km 2.2, 4.9, 5.2

7.6 km

Pistyll y Gain trail

Shares 1.8 km of path · meets at km 3.1, 4.0, 4.2…

6.2 km

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