off.road.cc adventures: Elan Valley bikepacking bothy trip

We take on an overnight 90km loop in Mid Wales

Your complete guide to bikepacking - what kit you need, how to plan and prepare plus inspiration for an adventure

Jon Woodhouse

Sep 9 2020

We like a small spot of adventure at off.road.cc, which is why a bikepacking trip is right up our collective street. In this instalment, we head to the Elan Valley in Mid Wales for a two-day trip that takes in some of the finest and most remote riding that can be had, with a sleepover in a remote bothy.

[Originally published on 10th October 2018]

Anyway, we hope you enjoy as Jon and Anna have an adventure riding in Mid Wales as they try and outrun sunset in order to find their remote bothy resting place before dark. Check out the video below!

If you want to know all about where they went and how they did it, we'll be following this up with a full feature soon, but in the meantime, we hope you enjoy this video...

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Jon Woodhouse

Jon was previously the editor here at off.road.cc. Whether it's big days out on the gravel bike or hurtling down technical singletracks, if it's got two wheels and can be ridden on dirt, then he's into it. He's previously been technical editor at BikeRadar.com, editor at What Mountain Bike Magazine and also web editor at Singletrackworld.co.uk. Yes, he's been around the houses.

3 comments

MarkJones 3 years 10 months ago

Interesting video, could you point me towards the full feature please?

Jon Woodhouse 5 years 6 months ago

bechdan wrote:

In a generally similar area is the Trans cambrian way MTB 105 miles, well worth a ride. Took me 13h in summer conditions.

Yeah, this uses a lot of the same route - certainly for this stretch. Fair play though, 13h for the TCW is damn good going! I did it over three pretty steady days a long while ago and it was still pretty tiring...

bechdan 5 years 6 months ago

In a generally similar area is the Trans cambrian way MTB 105 miles, well worth a ride. Took me 13h in summer conditions.