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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
161 trails
- E-Bike
161 trails
- Horse
44 trails
- Hike
67 trails
- Trail Running
67 trails
Region Details
- 44
- 15
- 22
- 27
- 52
Region Status
Open as of Dec 23, 2021Local Trail Association
Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Trails (view details)
- 162
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 161
- Trails E-Bike
- 161
- Trails Horse
- 44
- Trails Hike
- 67
- Trails Trail Running
- 67
- Total Distance
- 89 miles
- Total Descent
- 22,452 ft
- Total Vertical
- 1,471 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 1,969 ft
- Reports
- 3,912
- Photos
- 397
- Ridden Counter
- 155,293
Popular Glentress Mountain Biking Trails
Glentress Mountain Bike Routes
| title | rating | distance |
|---|---|---|
| Glentress | 15 miles | |
| Glentress Black and Gypsy Glen | 30 miles | |
| Glentress Best Bits | 12 miles | |
| Glentress 11k route | 7 miles | |
| Top notch enduro action | 13 miles | |
| Bloody Red | 8 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: Spooky Wood
31 |
Jan 2, 2023 @ 5:20am
Jan 2, 2023
trail: Spooky Wood
60 |
Oct 17, 2022 @ 7:37am
Oct 17, 2022
trail: Spooky Wood
54 |
Oct 17, 2022 @ 7:37am
Oct 17, 2022
trail: Truong Chinh
25 |
Oct 17, 2022 @ 7:37am
Oct 17, 2022
trail: Spooky Wood
68 |
Oct 17, 2022 @ 7:37am
Oct 17, 2022
trail: Spooky Wood Access Trail
14 |
Oct 17, 2022 @ 7:37am
Oct 17, 2022
trail: Spooky Wood Access Trail
12 |
Oct 17, 2022 @ 7:37am
Oct 17, 2022
trail: Magic Mushroom
33 |
Oct 13, 2022 @ 5:41am
Oct 13, 2022Videos of Glentress Mountain Bike
trail: Mud And Roots
29 |
Mar 21, 2023
trail: Cool Runnings
0:53 |
286 |
Aug 8, 2019
trail: Five Year Plan
5:46 |
166 |
Jul 17, 2019
trail: Hammer Time
0:07 |
677 |
Mar 12, 2019
trail: Ho Chi Min
2:12 |
366 |
Mar 3, 2019
trail: B-Side
4:32 |
118 |
Jan 7, 2019
trail: Steep Loam
1:00 |
421 |
Jan 6, 2019
trail: Spooky Wood
4:47 |
47 |
Nov 4, 2018
Recent Trail Reports
| status | trail | date | condition | info | user |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soor Plooms | Sep 24, 2023 @ 5:46am Sep 24, 2023 | Variable | gav-s TRAILFORKS | ||
| Dougie Bank (Blue, Red, Black) | Sep 19, 2023 @ 3:28am Sep 19, 2023 | Wet | iamloz | ||
| Cardie Hill Climb | Sep 19, 2023 @ 3:28am Sep 19, 2023 | Wet | iamloz | ||
| Forest Track | Sep 19, 2023 @ 3:28am Sep 19, 2023 | Wet | iamloz | ||
| Berm Baby Berm | Sep 19, 2023 @ 3:28am Sep 19, 2023 | Wet | iamloz | ||
| Electric Blue | Sep 19, 2023 @ 3:28am Sep 19, 2023 | Wet | iamloz | ||
| Good Game | Sep 19, 2023 @ 3:28am Sep 19, 2023 | Wet | iamloz | ||
| The Admiral | Sep 19, 2023 @ 3:28am Sep 19, 2023 | Wet | iamloz | ||
| Carl's Lane | Sep 12, 2023 @ 5:57am Sep 12, 2023 | Dry | GordonSmith | ||
| Ho Chi Zoom Link | Sep 10, 2023 @ 2:20am Sep 10, 2023 | Variable | Locorider |
Activity Feed
| username | action | type | title | date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| gav-s | add | report | Soor Plooms | Sep 24, 2023 @ 5:46am Sep 24, 2023 |
| gav-s | add | trail | Blue Velvet (Closed) | Sep 24, 2023 @ 5:44am Sep 24, 2023 |
| gav-s | update | trail | The White Stick and 4 more | Sep 24, 2023 @ 5:36am Sep 24, 2023 |
| iamloz | add | report | Dougie Bank (Blue, Red, Black) and 6 more | Sep 19, 2023 @ 8:42am Sep 19, 2023 |
| rb3rtr4m | ridden | trail | Redemption | Sep 17, 2023 @ 2:30pm Sep 17, 2023 |
Recent Comments
| username | type | title | comment | date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trail | Top trail running great at the moment lots of... | Sep 2, 2023 @ 8:02am Sep 2, 2023 | ||
| trail | Running super lots of grip one of the top... | Sep 2, 2023 @ 8:01am Sep 2, 2023 | ||
| trail | In need of attention the berms have big holes... | Sep 2, 2023 @ 8:00am Sep 2, 2023 | ||
| trail | In desperate need of attention too many races... | Sep 2, 2023 @ 7:58am Sep 2, 2023 | ||
| report | Still the same | Aug 27, 2023 @ 4:10pm Aug 27, 2023 |
Nearby Areas
| name | distance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leithenwater Forest | 1 | 2.2 km | |||
| Cademuir | 13 | 3.4 km | |||
| Hamilton Hill | 3.5 km | ||||
| Cardrona | 1 | 2 | 3.5 km | ||
| Caberston | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4.5 km |
Local Badges
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Trail Fairies Challenge: All The Reds9 awarded -
Trail Fairies Challenge: All the blue's46 awarded -
Completionist0 awarded
Bike & Skill Parks
| name | type | city | rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Bike | 161 | 89 miles | 22,372 ft | 47 miles | 1,470 ft | #15 | #1 | 396 | 3,892 | 17 | 37,732 | |
| E-Bike | 161 | 89 miles | 22,372 ft | 47 miles | 1,470 ft | #5 | #1 | 1 | 3,523 | 3 | 3,273 | |
| Horse | 44 | 44 miles | 6,424 ft | 20 miles | 1,463 ft | #180 | #4 | 1,390 | ||||
| Hike | 67 | 54 miles | 8,747 ft | 24 miles | 1,463 ft | #1,351 | #35 | 3,284 | 153 | |||
| Trail Running | 67 | 54 miles | 8,747 ft | 24 miles | 1,463 ft | #1,352 | #36 | 3,284 | 501 |
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