Mountain Biking Wales uses specifically developed mountain biking centres to guarantee you fantastic riding, whatever your level.

The Forestry Commission Wales centres at Coed-y-Brenin, Afan forest park, Gwydyr Forest and Cwm Carn are home to fantastic purpose built, all weather singletrack. These inspired technical trails are the result of years of work from the experienced and dedicated mountain bikers of the trail building crews and volunteer groups; mapping and clearing routes, digging foundations, pitching stone and barrowing thousands of tons of material. Carefully developed building techniques refined for each forest ensure that not only will the trail be the ride of a lifetime for true singletrack addicts, but it'll last a lifetime too.

The other Forestry Commission Wales centre at Nant-yr-Arian combines new sections of handbuilt singletrack, with longer natural routes. These use fire road and natural high mountain trails to create challenging often technical routes combining stunning scenery and strenuous riding. These trails have been developed to provide excellent all weather riding rather than a soggy slog, but don't worry, if it's epic riding you're after these centres truly deliver.

The two town based centres - Machynlleth and Llanwrtyd Wells - offer a wide variety or riding. The 3 waymarked routes of Machynlleth use rights of way which can take you from quiet country roads, through rushing river valleys and up onto technical mountainside trails and singletrack depending on your enthusiasm. Surrounding forestry also gives plenty of unwaymarked technical freeride fun. The CTC routes at Llanwrtyd Wells are less technically testing, but no less beautiful, combining bridleways and forest tracks with quiet roads and green lanes. If you're after a more 'serious' riding experience the masses of local trails in the surrounding mountains and forests let you plan routes as technical and severe as you want.