Drum Mountain Loops

[christian]

Hiya folks

Me and a friend are interested in doing drum mountain on saturday looks a lovely place to ride if weather is calm, would be good to get some insider knowledge of the best route as neither of us has been up that way before.

Anyone have any routes plotted on google maps etc i could have a gander at, would be much appreciated ;D

Thanks

[priceyla]

alrite, I went on the forum ride round there a couple of months back- the views were sensational. Don't have that route, but if you go to the map section of this website, there's a link thru to one of the flattyres routes there.

bloody steep climb from sea-level though!

[christian]

Is it the Flattyres route you guys did??

Cheers.

[priceyla]

No- as i remember the forum ride broadly went from Conwy, via the sychnant pass, then followed the north wales path for a bit to below drum summit (tal-y-fan I think) then dropped back down via conwy mountain.

sorry if that's a bit vague- i'm sure one of the locals can elaborate for you!

[Dave]

Hi mate,
Have a look at the link below for the "locals" route from Conwy to Drum.

maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&t=h&msa=0&ll=53.211096,-3.920617&spn=0.020201,0.055747&z=15&msid=113973002446217014780.00046f75c89fb76827c9d

From the cross roads from the bottom of Drum you can go down into Llanfairfechan or back towards Tal Y Fan for a cracking descent back down into Conwy. The link below has the route back down on it.

maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&t=h&msa=0&msid=113973002446217014780.00046e338ce4d20b0ccd8&z=13

p.s. Don't go if it's windy at sea level as it's always 10 times worse at Drum!!