The Wild Wales Challenge is a bike ride - with a difference. Held annually, on the bank Holiday Sunday at the end of August, it attracts over 500 cyclists, young, old, and not-so-young to Bala in North Wales, where the event starts and finishes. The WWC is NOT a race - it's a challenge ride, with a different route every year, set amidst glorious scenery and using minor roads and lanes, and riders ride it at their own pace, the object being to complete the route within a generous time allowance.
At a Glance
- 03 Mar 2012 12:00am
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- Wild Wales Challenge Wild Wales Challenge Bala, Gwynedd, UK
- Up to 132 km (82 miles)
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The route departs from the Penllyn Sports Pavillion and begins with a climb up the Hirnant Pass, followed by a gentle ride along the Lake Vyrnwy shoreline, and on to the first Checkpoint via some of the quietest Welsh lanes. We then head on towards Machynlleth for the Lunch Stop, taking in some beautiful countryside along the way. The final Checkpoint is reached , prior to the return back to Bala, passing over the Bwlch y Groes at 1788 feet, the highest public road mountain pass in Wales.
