24.0 miles
Distance
4,226 ft
Climb
-4,240 ft
Descent
1,417 ft
High Point

The Best of Dyfi's official unofficial trails A fantastic day on the bike!

Detailed Description
Best of Dyfi is a 24 mile moderately popular red route located near Machynlleth. This mountain bike only route can be used one direction and has a moderate overall physical rating. This route includes 10 trails. This route climbs 4,226 ft with a max elevation of 1,417 ft then descends -4,240 ft.
Route Supporters
  • Ride Dyfi
Local Trail Association
Please consider joining or donating to the local riding association to support trail development & maintenance.
donate to earn trail karma!

6 Reviews & Comments


We hope you've been enjoying Trailforks!

Create a FREE account to view route comments and much more.

Details

  • Riding area
  • Primary Activity
    Mountain Bike
  • Difficulty rating
    Red
  • Route Type
    Loop
  • Bikepacking
    Yes
  • Bike type
    AM, XC, Gravel
  • Direction
    One Direction
  • Physical rating
    Moderate
  • Ridelogs
    8
More Stats for Best of Dyfi mountain bike route
  • Avg time
    2 hr 19 min
  • Altitude min
    246 ft
  • Altitude start
    266 ft
  • Altitude end
    256 ft
  • Grade max
    -121.2%
  • Grade min
    84%
  • Distance climb
    13 miles
  • Distance down
    10 miles
  • Distance flat
    1 mile
no votes yet
close
3D
Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Groomed
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Snow Cover Partial
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Ideal
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
Trail Flow (Ridden Direction)
Trailforks scans users ridelogs to determine the most popular direction each trail is ridden. A good flowing trail network will have most trails flowing in a single direction according to their intension.
The colour categories are based on what percentage of riders are riding a trail in its intended direction.
  • > 96%
  • > 90%
  • > 80%
  • > 70%
  • > 50%
  • < 50%
  • bi-directional trail
  • no data
Trail Last Ridden
Trailforks scans ridelogs to determine the last time a trail was ridden.
  • < 2 days
  • < 1 week
  • < 2 weeks
  • < 1 month
  • < 6 months
  • > 6 months
Trail Ridden Direction
The intended direction a trail should be ridden.
  • Downhill Only
  • Downhill Primary
  • Both Directions
  • Uphill Primary
  • Uphill Only
  • One Direction
Contribute Details
Colors indicate trail is missing specified detail.
  • Description
  • Photos
  • Description & Photos
  • Videos
Trail Popularity ?
Trailforks scans ridelogs to determine which trails are ridden the most in the last 9 months. Trails are compared with nearby trails in the same city region with a possible 25 colour shades. Think of this as a heatmap, more rides = more kinetic energy = warmer colors.
  • most popular
  • popular
  • less popular
  • not popular
ATV/ORV/OHV Filter
Max Vehicle Width
inches
US Cell Coverage
Legend
cell carrier legend

Radar Time
x Activity Recordings
Trailforks users anonymized public ridelogs from the past 6 months.
  • mountain biking recent
  • mountain biking (>6 month)
  • hiking (1 year)
  • moto (1 year)
Activity Recordings
Trailforks users anonymized public skilogs from the past 12 months.
  • Downhill Ski
  • Backcountry Ski
  • Nordic Ski
  • Snowmobile
Winter Trails
Warning A routing network for winter maps does not exist. Selecting trails using the winter trails layer has been disabled.
x Missing Trails
Most Popular
Least Popular
Trails are colored based on popularity. The more popular a trail is, the more red. Less popular trails trend towards green.
Jump Magnitude Heatmap
Heatmap of where riders jump on trails. Zoom in to see individual jumps, click circles to view jump details.
Trails Deemphasized
Trails are shown in grey.
disable
Only show trails with NO bikes.
enable

Save the current map location and zoom level as your default home location whenever this page is loaded.

Save
Trail transparency
17
14
50
93
Birthday Shreds In Dyfi Forest
Birthday Shreds In Dyfi Forest
2:06 | 359 | comments: 0 | favs:
Jan 20, 2019
UK Gravity Enduro Dyfi Rd5 Stage4
UK Gravity Enduro Dyfi Rd5 Stage4
trail: Goshawks
990 | comments: 0 | favs:
Oct 6, 2015

Recent Trail Reports Along Route

statustraildateconditiondescription
Midge Isolation
Sep 29, 2024 @ 6:51am
Sep 29, 2024
Felling on bottom half makes it impassable
Better Late Than Never
Aug 17, 2024 @ 11:59am
Aug 17, 2024
Easy Rider
Aug 17, 2024 @ 11:57am
Aug 17, 2024
Lots of puddles
Field Climb
Sep 23, 2023 @ 2:38am
Sep 23, 2023
Sparrowhawks
Sep 23, 2023 @ 2:38am
Sep 23, 2023
more reports »
  • By TomLancaster & contributors
  • #28223 - 2,478 views