Drygarn Fawr
 

Drygarn Fawr

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Anyone taken a bike up it, especially from the north? Just wonder how much pushing there is or how rough the pushing/carrying is. GCN did a rather gimmicky video about the approach from the south but that might be my anticipated way off.


 
Posted : 17/06/2023 9:51 am
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Will be a lot of pushing, nice view from the top but not bike friendly


 
Posted : 17/06/2023 12:48 pm
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Up on the Cambrian Mountains?

Mostly known for its peat bog and lack of clear routes. I tend to avoid going up there for work and instead show people how to use the kit to rescue sunk quads. I'm not carrying the kit that far without a quad 😆


 
Posted : 17/06/2023 5:16 pm
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Drygarn Fawr has a mohoosive cairn on top, the result of a great many days work when labour was cheap I suppose. I like it up there and I've done it a few times. It is wholly 'possible' from Abergwesyn but hard going and tussocky. Boggy too although if you are quick the dry conditions at the moment will make the going a lot easier. Better is to ride up from the old Trallwm MTB trails and then head west after Carnau. The Nant Paradwys/ Rhiwnant track is very much best ridden downhill.


 
Posted : 17/06/2023 11:48 pm
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Ta. Heading off over the Staircase then looping round to the Teifi pools afterwards .


 
Posted : 18/06/2023 5:34 pm
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The Nant Paradwys/ Rhiwnant track is very much best ridden downhill.

Ridden!?! The last time I was up there I was walking down it solo in December and nearly turned an ankle in the snow about 100m after the fence! Thought I'd be a gonna!

Has anyone ridden that??

Dragarn Fawr is a great day out, I swear I could see them from the top of Pen-Y-Fan on a clear night a few summers back - I'd rather walk it than ride it though


 
Posted : 18/06/2023 9:30 pm
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@mattsccm- Heading off over the Staircase then looping round to the Teifi pools afterwards .

How did it go?


 
Posted : 18/06/2023 11:43 pm