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  • Cwmcarn – Twrch or Carfall
  • gaberin
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    Planning to go to Cwmcarn today, is Twrch open or is it worth riding with diversions or should i just do Carfall? Not been to Cwmcarn before.

    Cheers
    Gabe

    jedi
    Full Member

    carfell is a lovely trail

    wrecker
    Free Member

    We don’;t know what the rebuilt twrch is going to be like yet. Mind you it’s still likely to be better than Cafall.

    nickjb
    Free Member

    Cafall is great. Really natural feel to it. I believe the Twrch is due to fully open thus weekend. Not sure if that means you can ride it now or they will do a big reveal on Saturday

    qwerty
    Free Member

    Twrch reopens on Saturday.

    philwarren11
    Free Member

    IMO cafall is a better trail. And with twrch just being reopened, probably with diversions and temporary surfaces i know which one i’d do.

    Cafall doesnt take long, if you got time do both.

    sofabear
    Free Member

    Never ridden Twrch but Cafall is lovely. The final descent from the start of Pedal Hounds is well worth the effort to get there.

    fathomer
    Full Member

    Ride both? Neither are that long.

    However, if just one and it’s open and like it was before, Twrch is probably the better of the two.

    gaberin
    Free Member

    Great thanks guys, got a 2 hour drive down so probably won’t have time for both unfortunatley.

    kimbers
    Full Member

    Both ! With some lunch in the cafe

    Except twrch doesn’t reopen till Saturday, I’m a bit sceptical as to his much will actually be open/rideable tho ?

    P-Jay
    Free Member

    kimbers – Member

    Both ! With some lunch in the cafe

    Except twrch doesn’t reopen till Saturday, I’m a bit sceptical as to his much will actually be open/rideable tho ?

    I’ll be up there Sunday, but as far as I can tell the climb is largely untouched, the Airwaveflow – whatevever the old Freeride is called now is untouched, as is the bit from the concrete slab down – it’s the middle third…. It’s going to be a bit sad riding it tree-less, I hope they left that tree stump feature – I really like that.

    LoCo
    Free Member

    Looking forward to riding the ‘new’ Twrch after it’s bedded in a bit, character will be completely different especially once it’s weathered should get nice and rough/techy as should be quite exposed now alot of the trees have been felled. 😀

    zomersetglider
    Full Member

    I rode the Cafell trail on Wednesday, forgotten what a great trail it was- really enjoyed it.

    Like others, sad to see the forrest having the crap felled out of it due to the larch decease…I understand that the whole of the forest pretty much has to go

    😥

    qwerty
    Free Member

    We’re still good to re open the Twrch #MTB trail Cwmcarn Trail Centre tomorrow morning. IMPORTANT NOTE: that the trail remains in the boundary of the ‘live’ harvesting site however is not affected by the work. It is imperative that all riders stay on the waymarked trail. If there are incursions in to the work site the trail will have to be closed again so please do your bit to keep it open! There will also still be a short diversion on the climb from the main car park to the Paylodge. Please share and re post to spread the message. I will be about the trail tomorrow also so stop and say “hi” Happy riding! #MTBtrailupdate #trailupdate #NatResWales #Cognation

    https://www.facebook.com/Cwmcarn-Trail-Crew-148669965176028/

    May head over on Monday morning, be interested to hear feedback from this weekends riders.

    pitchpro2011
    Free Member

    Twrch is running great, a little draggy with the mud but it’s one tough old climb it’s 95% open and running as before.

    taxi25
    Free Member

    Just did a lap of Cafall, it was running great 😀 I’ll leave Twrch for a few weeks to give it a chance to bed in.

    taxi25
    Free Member

    DP.

    kimbers
    Full Member

    Great news pitchpro, cheers for the update

    wrecker
    Free Member

    Very happy to report that Twrch hasn’t really changed at all. A tiny muddy bit in the middle which needs to bed in (maybe 70m or so), other than that running as well as I can remember.

    TexWade
    Free Member

    Second comments on Twrch – a few new open sections but trail in good condition and remains good fun. Climb hasn’t got any easier though !

    P-Jay
    Free Member

    Rode this morning – it seems to bedded it quiet well over night, there’s a slippery bit just after the bit that runs next to the road after the freeride, it’s a climb and I had the back wheel spinning but it’s only short it’s 5mm deep, just slippery. There’s a patch of deeper mud half-way down the next bit that nearly had me off but that’s it, the rest of the trail is running beautifully – all the crap laying about when it was diverted is gone.

    Saying all that, whilst the trail is good as ever it looks like a bomb site with the trees gone, I know they had to do it, but it’s a horrible mess – I expected to see a Native American with a tear rolling down his cheek around every corner.

    therag
    Free Member

    I’ll give it a go Tuesday, hopefully the climb isn’t as tough anymore.

    P-Jay
    Free Member

    Yeah hold onto that thought therag…

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