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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

Access Info:
Clearly signposted on the Peebles - Innerleithen road.
Links
This region uses the Uk/Euro style trail grading system.
Activities Click to view
- Mountain Bike
158 trails
- E-Bike
158 trails
- Hike
69 trails
- Trail Running
69 trails
- Horse
54 trails
Region Details
- 53
- 10
- 18
- 28
- 48
Region Status
Open as of Dec 23, 2021Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Trails (view details)
- 159
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 158
- Trails E-Bike
- 158
- Trails Hike
- 69
- Trails Trail Running
- 69
- Trails Horse
- 54
- Total Distance
- 112 miles
- Total Descent
- 27,072 ft
- Total Vertical
- 1,513 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 2,012 ft
- Reports
- 3,434
- Photos
- 382
- Ridden Counter
- 124,246
Popular Glentress Mountain Biking Trails
Glentress Mountain Bike Routes
title | rating | distance |
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Glentress | 15 miles | |
Glentress Black and Gypsy Glen | 30 miles | |
Glentress Best Bits | 12 miles | |
Bloody Red | 8 miles | |
Glentress 11k route | 7 miles | |
Top notch enduro action | 13 miles | |
Gypsy Glen (Starting and finishing at GT) | 14 miles | |
Big Loop | 14 miles | |
Off Pisteish | 11 miles | |
GT Enduro Goodness | 12 miles |
Photos of Glentress Mountain Bike
trail: Pie Run
64 |
Jul 7, 2022 @ 3:01pm
Jul 7, 2022
trail: Pie Run
19 |
Jun 29, 2022 @ 4:16pm
Jun 29, 2022
trail: Mild Peril
12 |
Jun 3, 2022 @ 7:25am
Jun 3, 2022
trail: Spooky Wood Access Trail
23 |
Feb 19, 2022 @ 12:04pm
Feb 19, 2022
trail: Janet's Brae
29 |
Feb 14, 2022 @ 1:07pm
Feb 14, 2022
trail: Skills Loop
23 |
Oct 31, 2021 @ 7:42am
Oct 31, 2021
trail: Skills Loop
34 |
Oct 31, 2021 @ 7:39am
Oct 31, 2021
trail: Skills Loop
16 |
Oct 31, 2021 @ 7:39am
Oct 31, 2021Videos of Glentress Mountain Bike

trail: Super G
0:06 |
329 |
Dec 6, 2019

trail: Spooky Wood
3:45 |
253 |
Dec 6, 2019

trail: Cool Runnings
0:53 |
248 |
Aug 8, 2019

trail: Five Year Plan
5:46 |
161 |
Jul 17, 2019

trail: Hammer Time
0:07 |
593 |
Mar 12, 2019

trail: Ho Chi Min
2:12 |
355 |
Mar 3, 2019

trail: A Trailfairy Plan
4:32 |
107 |
Jan 7, 2019

trail: Steep Loam
1:00 |
324 |
Jan 6, 2019
Recent Trail Reports
status | trail | date | condition | info | user |
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Spooky Wood Climb | Jul 10, 2022 @ 2:54am Jul 10, 2022 | Dry | gav-s TRAILFORKS | ||
The Mast of Zorro | Jul 10, 2022 @ 2:54am Jul 10, 2022 | Dry | gav-s TRAILFORKS | ||
Tower Ride | Jul 10, 2022 @ 2:54am Jul 10, 2022 | Dry | gav-s TRAILFORKS | ||
The Mustard Snake | Jul 10, 2022 @ 2:54am Jul 10, 2022 | Dry | gav-s TRAILFORKS | ||
Carl's Lane | Jul 10, 2022 @ 2:54am Jul 10, 2022 | Variable | gav-s TRAILFORKS | ||
Carl's Lane | Jul 10, 2022 @ 2:54am Jul 10, 2022 | Variable | gav-s TRAILFORKS | ||
Ho Chi Min | Jul 10, 2022 @ 2:54am Jul 10, 2022 | Dry | gav-s TRAILFORKS | ||
Ho Chi Zoom Link | Jul 10, 2022 @ 2:54am Jul 10, 2022 | Dry | gav-s TRAILFORKS | ||
Zoom Or Bust | Jul 10, 2022 @ 2:54am Jul 10, 2022 | Dry | gav-s TRAILFORKS | ||
Betty Blue | Jul 10, 2022 @ 2:54am Jul 10, 2022 | Ideal | gav-s TRAILFORKS |
Activity Feed
username | action | type | title | date | |
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![]() | nhudson99 | wishlist | route | Gypsy Glen (Starting and finishing at GT) | Aug 8, 2022 @ 9:31am 15 mins |
![]() | MarkJM | ridden | trail | Motorway and 3 more | Aug 8, 2022 @ 6:59am 3 hours |
![]() | rJxp3H | wishlist | region | Glentress | Aug 8, 2022 @ 5:04am 5 hours |
![]() | MarkJM | ridden | trail | Trail and 1 more | Aug 7, 2022 @ 2:01pm 20 hours |
![]() | MarkJM | add | report | Jailbreak | Aug 7, 2022 @ 12:34pm 21 hours |
Recent Comments
username | type | title | comment | date | |
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![]() | trail | Beautiful trail | Jul 30, 2022 @ 5:21am Jul 30, 2022 | ||
![]() | trail | What a great trail berms on berms with nice... | Jul 9, 2022 @ 11:24pm Jul 9, 2022 | ||
![]() | trail | End section of Carl’s Lane closed. Diverted... | Jul 3, 2022 @ 11:36pm Jul 3, 2022 | ||
![]() | trail | Running dry - one turn is a bit blown out... | Jun 18, 2022 @ 9:46am Jun 18, 2022 | ||
![]() | trail | Riding great | Jun 16, 2022 @ 9:08am Jun 16, 2022 |
Nearby Areas
name | distance | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cademuir | 3 | 7 | 3.4 km | ||
Hamilton Hill | 3.5 km | ||||
Cardrona | 1 | 2 | 3.5 km | ||
Caberston | 2 | 4.5 km | |||
Cloich Hills | 4 | 5.4 km |
Local Badges
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Trail Fairies Challenge: All The Reds5 awarded -
Trail Fairies Challenge: All the blue's12 awarded -
Completionist0 awarded
Bike & Skill Parks
name | type | city | rating |
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Glentress Freeride/ Skills Park | skill park | Peebles |
Activity Type Stats
activitytype | trails | distance | descent | descent distance | total vertical | rating | global rank | state rank | photos | reports | routes | ridelogs |
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Mountain Bike | 158 | 111 miles | 26,991 ft | 59 miles | 1,512 ft | #13 | #1 | 382 | 3,414 | 15 | 30,606 | |
E-Bike | 158 | 111 miles | 26,991 ft | 59 miles | 1,512 ft | #5 | #1 | 3,045 | 2 | 1,759 | ||
Hike | 69 | 76 miles | 13,028 ft | 35 miles | 1,512 ft | #1,597 | #51 | 2,854 | 113 | |||
Trail Running | 69 | 76 miles | 13,028 ft | 35 miles | 1,512 ft | #1,599 | #50 | 2,854 | 329 | |||
Horse | 54 | 67 miles | 10,814 ft | 31 miles | 1,512 ft | #303 | #8 | 1,402 |
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