Forget searching for the flattest most comfortable route to do your chain gang, or intervals, or for a gentle jolly in the sun. These are the special, unique stretches of tarmac that will have your heart jumping out of your mouth and your eyes welling with tears. This week we’re beginning with Northern Snowdonia –  tick off and enjoy! Hendre ...

Whilst we wait patiently in the wings for the scene to be set for this year’s winter epics in Snowdonia, I’m taking a look back at my snowboarding highlight from last season’s adventures in the mountains of North Wales – an awesome day of boarding under blue skies and sunshine on Y Braich, in the Carneddau range. Okay, so we ...

On Sunday 29th November, mountain bikers from around the UK headed to Coed Y Brenin for Round 4 of the Welsh Gravity Enduro. Rob Williams took first place in the Elite Men class. He finished second in each stage of the round, with a total time of 15:40.641. Rob beat Leon Rosser by 3.572s, with Joe Taylor a further 8.588s behind ...

A British climber has revealed how he had to prise open the jaws of a grizzly bear with his bare hands after the animal launched a horrendous attack while climbing in the Canadian Rockies. Greg Boswell, 24, from Fife, and friend Nick Bullock, from Llanberis, Gwynedd, North Wales, were scaling an ascent called Dirty Love on the 3,261ft Mount Wilson ...

With the third year anniversary looming and the cold weather returning, we look back on a clip that shocked the nation. On February 24th 2013 Mark Roberts set out on a routine climb in Snowdonia, near Crib Goch with two friends. But a chunk of falling ice, soon changed the shape of their day when it knocked him into a ...

Pick the perfect cottage for your next North Wales adventure and have the best activities right on your doorstep. No more excuses, it’s time to try something new… With the guys and gals at Extreme North Wales bringing Wales to the rest of the World, or rather the rest of the World to Wales; we’ve teamed up with them to ...