MinorTaur Trail
The MinorTaur complements the established red and black rides. Its specially adapted features make Coed-y-Brenin Forest Park the first truly inclusive mountain bike destination in the United Kingdom.
The ambitious project has been over three years in the planning and forms part of the Gwynedd Council-led Eryri Centre of Excellence partnership, which is part funded by the EU’s Convergence European Regional Development Fund through Visit Wales and the Welsh Assembly Government.
Almost £500,000 will be pumped into the new trail, which will enable young children and riders with disabilities to join experts and adrenaline junkies at the mountain bike mecca just outside Dolgellau.
The first phase of the MinorTaur has two loops which will be added to as the project is completed over the next two years.
Loop one is 3km long with 50m of climbing, heading out from the FC Wales visitor centre along “First Steps” before descending the sweeping multi-bermed “Slipway”, an awesome feat of engineering and design carved into the hillside, and returning to the centre along a forest road in the valley bottom, following the Afon Eden river. Loop two continues from the end of the Slipway along the new section 'White Bull' out to the Pont Cae’n y Coed car park, where riders can admire the stunning views down the Afon Mawddach gorge before continuing along the 'Naxos' and 'Hwyl Ddu' singletracks and joining the forest road back to the start, having covered 5km with 90m of climbing.