Coed y brenin MTB skills area - Y FWYNDRI
Design of the MTB skills area at Coed y Brenin, Snowdonia, North Wales. The contract required a full design service from concept development, options appraisal, consultation, through to a full design package including the successful management of the planning application. The work included the design of:
Trail head gathering area
Access route from the visitor centre to the skills area entrance
Energy management area
Interpretation area
Green grade trail
Access route for future maintenance and upgrades
Blue, red and black exemplar sections
2 Blue graded skills loops
3 Red graded skills loops
5 Black graded skills loops
Rock garden
Freeride track
Drop off zone
Viewing area
7 Black graded sections
Equality Act compliant
The contract included: consultation, producing the access statement, design stage design risk assessments and method statements and content for funding and planning applications, bills of quantity, CAD drawings, construction specifications and GIS mapping.
Part of the successful £1.7m Meirionnydd Centre of Excellence bid.
Concept design
Creativity, imagination, visualisation
Access design
Liaise with bridge designer
Training area
Energy management and rider self assessment
Freeride Area
Freeride Track & Drop Zone
All grades of trail
Green, blue, red, black and orange
Skills area
Sessionable sections of all technical trail feature found in OGB37
