Fresh New Singletrack on the Marin Trail - Video

The red grade Marin trail above Betws y Coed gets a new section of trail that was planned to be built along with the original trail back in 2002. It's half way round the trail, and replaces a big chunk of forest road and a short sharp tarmac climb. 

It's a nice mix of narrow hand dug trail and more modern features with berms, rollers, and jumps. It starts off as an up and down traverse with every down packed full of fun features. It weaves it's way carefully past an old heritage site before dropping off on its first descent. Then you're quickly thrown into a challenging twelve switchback climb, which gives the section its name 'Dwsin Drwg' Bad Dozen! Catch your breath before you hit the final fast, feature rich descent.

Natural Resources Wales MTB Ranger Andy Braund who manages the trail said: "I'm super excited to get this new section open. It solves some potential safety issues for us by taking riders off the fast forest road descent, where they could come into conflict with other users, walkers, horse riders etc. And off a steep narrow public road to avoid issues with cars and local farm traffic. Trailcraft MTB and BMX Track Construction Ltd who were commissioned to design and build the trail have done a great job despite working in the wettest winter on record. They've created a great balance of narrow, natural, hand dug style trail in keeping with the Marins character, But also introduced some up to date sculpted flow trail that swoops through the forest. A fantastic addition to a classic old trail."

Trail craft boys James Shaughnessy, Nikki Whiles and Shaun Bevan take Dwsin Drwg for a test ride. Shot by Laurence Crossman Emms.

---

MENTIONS: @MarinBikes / @Laurence-CE

---