Is it any good, are the trails well marked, plus any other info you may have please?

the only marked trail is the family freindly ' Alwyn Trail' which is just ass it says on the tin… better suited for a beast of a winter night ride when its usually grim up there… the hiraethog trails are great if you are there abouts anyway but if you are travelling half way across britain t odo them I'd leave them until you are next in the area with some spare time. There is also the downhill course at Gasnach if open after forestry work, there is some great riding at Cloceanog / hiraethog sadly the best way to enjoy it was on the now legendary but vanished cyffylliog ride….

Just going up for a couple of days from tomorrow night, Done CYB a few times, done Penmachno, Marin trail. Just looking for something new really plus the wife's in training for the Manx end2end next month. So she's looking for similar distance and ascent.

It is virtually the Cyffylliog Challenge route minus a few bits that were by permission only, replaced by something different and legal. mostly it is on forest road with some tarmac. It is not comparable to the mtb centre trails however it is a good ride for training and has good elavation profile. Its also quiet and you should have a peaceful ride. The only change I would suggest is that you add the Alwyn Trail which is a clockwise trail around the Alwen not in existence when this route was published. If the weather is good it has great views across to the Clwydians and Snowdonia. There is a cafe at brenig and One Planet Adventure from Llandegla are now running bike hire from there.

Another option might be to ride the clwyds and do almost the delyn which has more natural off road but no modern man made trail like the Hiraethog rides for now