Reviews for Afan Forest Park Trail Centre

Summary:
Excellent - One of The Best In The Area

Review:
One of the best things about this trail is that it contains at most a few hundred yards of fire road - the climb is technical singletrack taking 35 - 45 minutes depending on fitness. After this the climbing is over, do the optional Black run if you're brave, great fun, can get blustery in the wind! (It's a short climb up fireroad to get back to the main trail). From here the descent is split into four sections. The first is fast singletrack, with two sweet rock jumps at the bottom (they're not as bad as they look). The next section is new as of Oct 07 & is a bit more freeride, with tabletops. This section is a much better than the fireroad which you used to cycle down. The third is more singletrack with some boardwalk - be careful on this - I've seen a few people stack it here. The final part is a brilliant finish with some perfectly placed rock jumps - this is the best of the Afan trails.

Summary:
AMAZING

Review:
Climb up is fairly easy going and then down with the freeride in the middle is just.........WOW

BRILLIANT trail. check it out.

Summary:
A dissapointment

Review:
the 1st hour is so boring, massive climb on forest roads. would rate about 4 out of 10, but when your at the top i would rate the down hill section 10 out of 10. the down hill bit is better than cwmcarn and alot of other places, so fast with sharpe bends and scary cliff drops on the sides, i couldnt beleive how fast. well worth a ride apart from the start. also the car park is miles away from the trail so you need to ride for ages to get started and back to the car park.

Summary:
Flowing red route, not technically difficult, all fireroad climbs, some long

Review:
A tight singletrack with plenty of flowing sections. More of an easy-moderate red route and best of the Afan trails for beginners. Many of the sections are cross-country oriented rather than challenging downhill. Although the route does include some height it is mainly sheltered and is great for riding in rough weather as the trail drains well. More experienced riders should look to the other Afan valley trails first.

Summary:
Fun, varied, technical, flowing, the best trail in the area!

Review:
Starts off as a long, technical in places climb, mostly on switchback singletrack. Reasonably varied makes it the most fun of the Afan climbs. Some serious speed can be gained at the last climb section which is a great spot for racing your mates. Once you get to the top that is it, -all more or less downhill from here with onlya steep short fireroad climb to loop back to the top if you wish.
The more experienced should loop in the black section (turn off left just before the stile at the very top) which has jumps, drops and a hairy rock garden with many places for stacking it. There is some North shore that is not really that North, but a way to get over some of the moorland without damaging the terrain. Some of the sharp and steep switchbacks and berms will get the adrenaline flowing and you must commit or not attempt some of the obstacles. Turn right at the end of this section to climb back up to the top of the climb for the red section "Windy Point."
For those who prefer to give the black section a miss (and those looping back to the top) there is Windy Point, a fast, flowing narrow section recently improved greatly by removal of a gate. There are many jumps if you look for them a a nice pair of rock slab drop-offs near the end of this section. Keep your speed but watch for some of the more off-camber dips!
A few hundred meters of fireroad links you in with the final but long section of downhill. This starts with a x-country style narrow singletrack which you can really get some speed that turns into some better North shore style obstacles. The final descent is pretty relentless and many will have to stop to rest your arms! (The best kind of downhill!) Check out the sheer number of rock drops and obstacles you can hit full speed, as well as the rooty jumps and slab sections. One of the finest and most varied trails in the area and ranks up there with the best XC trails in the country. Would have scored 10 if the fireroad link section was replaced with singletrack as there is a little waste of height.