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SaveRed, Black, Blue and Green marked trails, plus some trails from races including an EWS round and a "Bike Park" area. Cafe, toilets, showers and an excellent bike shop with bike hire all on site. Gets very busy on sunny weekends.
Nearest Hospital: Borders General Hospital, Galashiels. TD6 9BS
Nearest Hospital: Borders General Hospital, Galashiels. TD6 9BS
source: Borders General Hospital
Primary Trail Type: Cross-Country
eBikes Allowed:
Yes
Shuttleable: YES
AKA: GT
Land Status: National Park
Land Manager: Forestry And Land Scotland
google parking directions Access Info:
Clearly signposted on the Peebles - Innerleithen road.
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This region uses the Uk/Euro style trail grading system.
Activities Click to view
- Mountain Bike
187 trails
- E-Bike
184 trails
- Horse
46 trails
- Hike
80 trails
- Trail Running
79 trails
Region Details
- 55
- 17
- 26
- 33
- 56
Region Status
Open as of 2 hours
Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Trails (view details)
- 190
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 187
- Trails E-Bike
- 184
- Trails Horse
- 46
- Trails Hike
- 80
- Trails Trail Running
- 79
- Total Distance
- 96 miles
- Total Descent
- 24,285 ft
- Total Vertical
- 1,471 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 1,969 ft
- Reports
- 5,001
- Photos
- 488
- Ridden Counter
- 234,211
Popular Glentress Mountain Biking Trails
Glentress Mountain Bike Routes
| title | rating | distance |
|---|---|---|
| Glentress | 24.6 km | |
| Glentress Black and Gypsy Glen | 47.5 km | |
| Glentress Best Bits | 20.0 km | |
| Glentress 11k route Revisited | 10.9 km | |
| Top notch enduro action | 21.6 km | |
| Gypsy Glen (Starting and finishing at GT) | 23.0 km | |
| Bloody Red | 13.4 km | |
| Big Loop | 23.1 km | |
| Glentress- my best of | 19.5 km | |
| GT Enduro Goodness | 18.9 km |
Photos of Glentress Mountain Bike
trail: Ho Chi Min
21 |
Sep 14, 2024 @ 3:26am
Sep 14, 2024
trail: Mud And Roots
22 |
Aug 26, 2024 @ 6:31am
Aug 26, 2024
trail: Janet's Brae
26 |
Jul 7, 2024 @ 1:37am
Jul 7, 2024
trail: Berm Baby Berm
52 |
Jan 14, 2024 @ 2:16am
Jan 14, 2024
trail: Twitcher
105 |
Oct 25, 2023 @ 11:53am
Oct 25, 2023
trail: Twitcher
112 |
Oct 16, 2023 @ 12:53pm
Oct 16, 2023
trail: Spooky Wood
65 |
Jan 2, 2023 @ 5:20am
Jan 2, 2023
trail: Spooky Wood Access Trail
36 |
Oct 17, 2022 @ 7:37am
Oct 17, 2022Videos of Glentress Mountain Bike
trail: Mud And Roots
0:05 |
38 |
Aug 26, 2024
trail: Mud And Roots
0:01 |
135 |
Mar 21, 2023
trail: Cool Runnings
0:53 |
334 |
Aug 8, 2019
trail: Five Year Plan
5:46 |
182 |
Jul 17, 2019
trail: Hammer Time
0:07 |
763 |
Mar 12, 2019
trail: Ho Chi Min
2:12 |
398 |
Mar 3, 2019
trail: B-Side
4:32 |
120 |
Jan 7, 2019
trail: Steep Loam
0:00 |
479 |
Jan 6, 2019
Current Trail Warnings
| status | trail | date | condition | user | info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Matrix | May 22, 2025 @ 1:32pm May 22, 2025 | Dry | John7921 |
Recent Trail Reports
| status | trail | date | condition | info | user |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turn And Burn | Jun 16, 2025 @ 10:45am 2 hours | Dry | iamloz | ||
| The Goat Track | Jun 2, 2025 @ 10:05am Jun 2, 2025 | Variable | andywardmanFLS GTF | ||
| Lombard Street | May 22, 2025 @ 1:32pm May 22, 2025 | Dry | John7921 | ||
| Access Track | May 22, 2025 @ 1:32pm May 22, 2025 | Dry | John7921 | ||
| Path | May 22, 2025 @ 1:32pm May 22, 2025 | Dry | John7921 | ||
| Castle Black | May 22, 2025 @ 1:32pm May 22, 2025 | Dry | John7921 | ||
| Twitcher | May 22, 2025 @ 1:32pm May 22, 2025 | Very Dry | John7921 | ||
| Hit Squad Hill | May 22, 2025 @ 1:32pm May 22, 2025 | Dry | John7921 | ||
| Super G | May 22, 2025 @ 1:32pm May 22, 2025 | Dry | John7921 | ||
| Shallow Grave | May 22, 2025 @ 1:32pm May 22, 2025 | Dry | John7921 |
Activity Feed
| username | action | type | title | date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fudgedonut | ridden | trail | activity #73920477 and 1 more | Jun 16, 2025 @ 11:20am 1 hours |
| fudgedonut | wishlist | trail | activity #73920467 and 2 more | Jun 16, 2025 @ 11:19am 1 hours |
| iamloz | add | report | activity #73909691 | Jun 16, 2025 @ 8:27am 4 hours |
| westr69 | wishlist | route | activity #73895612 and 1 more | Jun 16, 2025 @ 1:35am 11 hours |
| beano802 | ridden | trail | activity #73875614 | Jun 15, 2025 @ 3:09pm 21 hours |
Recent Comments
| username | type | title | comment | date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trail | Any update on open/ closed? | Jun 15, 2025 @ 5:24am 1 day | ||
| trail | Possibly the most fun I've ever had on a... | May 30, 2025 @ 6:14am May 30, 2025 | ||
| trail | Rideable, but busy with walkers. Great fun... | May 26, 2025 @ 4:10pm May 26, 2025 | ||
| report | Rides great! | Apr 27, 2025 @ 2:17pm Apr 27, 2025 | ||
| trail | Great trail. Fast, loose, with some lovely... | Apr 17, 2025 @ 10:26am Apr 17, 2025 |
Nearby Areas
| name | distance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leithenwater Forest | 1 | 2.2 km | |||
| Cademuir | 12 | 3.4 km | |||
| Hamilton Hill | 3.5 km | ||||
| Cardrona | 1 | 2 | 3.5 km | ||
| Caberston | 3 | 2 | 4.5 km |
Local Badges
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Trail Fairies Challenge: All The Reds10 awarded -
Trail Fairies Challenge: All the blue's76 awarded -
Completionist0 awarded
Activity Type Stats
| activitytype | trails | distance | descent | descent distance | total vertical | rating | global rank | state rank | photos | reports | routes | ridelogs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Bike | 187 | 95 miles | 24,173 ft | 51 miles | 1,470 ft | #20 | #1 | 487 | 4,981 | 17 | 49,001 | |
| E-Bike | 184 | 94 miles | 23,789 ft | 50 miles | 1,470 ft | #11 | #1 | 1 | 4,611 | 3 | 6,795 | |
| Horse | 46 | 45 miles | 6,453 ft | 20 miles | 1,463 ft | #158 | #3 | 1,416 | ||||
| Hike | 80 | 57 miles | 8,888 ft | 25 miles | 1,463 ft | #1,335 | #32 | 4,157 | 235 | |||
| Trail Running | 79 | 57 miles | 8,888 ft | 25 miles | 1,463 ft | #1,339 | #33 | 4,157 | 761 |
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