Short description
Our three-night guided bikepacking escape into the heart of the Desert of Wales - single-track road, gravel, forest & moorland wildness, solitude and social. Expect a Welsh summer, bunkhouse pizzaiolo and bothy lunches...
The itinerary
DAY 1
40km // +500m
MEET 13.00
Intro ride to our group, the area and your bikes (if hiring). We ride a 40km loop of stunning quiet roads and gravel tracks in and around the Elan Valley…
Accommodation: Pannier Basecamp
DAY 2
55km // +1100m
The real escape. We set off on an overnight bikepacking ride into the Cambrian Mountains, spending the night at a remote bunkhouse in the Desert of Wales. Expect bothy lunches and #coffeeoutside…
Accommodation: Off-Grid Bunkhouse
DAY 3
65km // +1400m
…we head back to Basecamp across dams and up famous road climbs >> pausing for lunch and a wild swim on the banks of the River Irfon. A cracking day out on the bikes, finishing up in Pannier style, with a short bike-hike over moorland…
Accommodation: Pannier Basecamp
DAY 4
0km // +0m
…wake up in the glorious Welsh hills for a Basecamp breakfast, social, and pack-up
LEAVE 10.30