cross border travel now permitted - trails are open
uplift hopefully reopening june/july
Updated 15th April 2021
Hopefully reopening June/July once all restrictions are lifted.
So as we move forward, thing are starting to look hopeful for this Summer. Shops are open, restaurants will be opening up soon and we can all start looking forward to making plans and catching up with our friends. Many bike parks are opening up in the next few weeks, including some of the other uplifts around the UK. Whilst the trails here at Cwmcarn are already open, the uplift will not be starting up until a bit later in the year. We have decided to wait until all social distancing measures have been lifted, so we can run a full bus. If we come back too early and are unable to run at full capacity, or if we have to stop again due to an increase in Covid numbers (3rd wave), it will be financially worse for us than not running at all.
Looking forward to catching up with you all soon…
As and when you do ride here, you will need to be self sufficient and plan your journey. Please take a look at the Rider Code of Conduct before you leave home.
You can keep up to date via Facebook or instagram
Cwmdown is one of the original mountain bike uplifts in the UK. Running since 2006, we are here to run you guys to the top of the DH & XC trails at Cwmcarn in South Wales.
With a 250m vertical drop through the epic Cwmcarn landscape, all-weather trails and year round uplift, it’s often seen as one of the definitive UK downhill destinations. Graded Extreme, it offers some steep, technical and challenging trails, whilst still having options for the more intermediate riders.
For regular updates, take a look at our Facebook , instagram & Vimeo pages.
Local rider Rob Williams shows us a full run, top to bottom on Y Mynydd DH track here at Cwmcarn in South Wales. Trail sections featured in this run are Ace of Spades, Endor, then Top Gun to finish. This was after some heavy rain, so you can see the trails here are suitable all year round, come rain or shine. Take a look on our Vimeo channel for more videos.
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Need To Know
All Day Uplift Passes
- £33.50 – Weekends & Bank Holidays
- £31.50 – Midweek – new availability – check online booking
We may also be able to open the uplift for groups of 5 or more on non-running midweek days ~ enquire. With a day ticket you can use the uplift all day, giving you around 11-12 runs in the day. There are 16 day tickets available each day. Turn around time between runs is normally around 30 minutes, stopping for lunch around 12.45. When you arrive, get yourselves ready, then check in with the Driver.
Running Times
- SAT / SUN – 9.30am-5pm
- WEEKDAYS – 10.00am-5pm
You Should Also Know
- A full refund or credit will be given if we do need to cancel due to crazy weather or any other weird random situation. We will always try to give you as much notice as possible
- Rain does not affect the uplift, but you might get wet!
- Single Uplift Tickets at £4.00 and 5 Uplift Tickets at £17.50 are available. These can only be bought on the day from the driver. Priority will always be given to day pass riders
- We only run in daylight hours, so during winter we finish when it gets dark (still 10 runs on shortest days of the year)
