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- Wet
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- < 50%
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Trail Ridden Direction
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- hiking (1 year)
- moto (1 year)
Activity Recordings
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SaveThis region is Unsanctioned, Ride at your own Risk!
No description for Pentland Hills has been added yet! Login or register to submit one.Primary Trail Type: Cross-Country
Land Status: Provincial Park
google parking directionsThis region uses the Uk/Euro style trail grading system.
Activities Click to view
- Mountain Bike
74 trails
- Hike
73 trails
- Trail Running
73 trails
Region Details
- 16
- 14
- 28
- 13
- 3
Region Status
Caution as of Mar 29, 2023Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Trails (view details)
- 74
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 74
- Trails E-Bike
- 8
- Trails Horse
- 4
- Trails Hike
- 73
- Trails Trail Running
- 73
- Total Distance
- 75 miles
- Total Descent
- 12,173 ft
- Total Vertical
- 1,335 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 1,837 ft
- Reports
- 623
- Photos
- 1,044
- Ridden Counter
- 16,004
Popular Pentland Hills Mountain Biking Trails
Pentland Hills Mountain Bike Routes
| title | rating | distance |
|---|---|---|
| Pentlands Flotterstone Loop | 11 miles | |
| Edinburgh - Pentland Loop, Black Hill Variation | 23 miles | |
| Edinburgh - Pentland Loop, Loganlea Variation | 22 miles | |
| Flotterstone/Black Hill Loop | 10 miles | |
| Five Peak Circular | 10 miles |
Photos of Pentland Hills Mountain Bike
trail: Puke Hill
1 |
Mar 26, 2023 @ 6:45am
Mar 26, 2023
trail: Yellow Brick Road
2 |
Feb 13, 2023 @ 12:16pm
Feb 13, 2023
trail: Harbour Hill
45 |
Sep 5, 2021 @ 1:45am
Sep 5, 2021
trail: Harbour Hill
28 |
Sep 5, 2021 @ 1:45am
Sep 5, 2021
trail: Harbour Hill
19 |
Sep 5, 2021 @ 1:45am
Sep 5, 2021
trail: Harbour Hill
34 |
Sep 5, 2021 @ 1:45am
Sep 5, 2021
trail: Listonshiels to Carlops
113 |
Mar 9, 2021 @ 11:48am
Mar 9, 2021Videos of Pentland Hills Mountain Bike
trail: Bonaly
320 |
Jan 12, 2021
trail: Bonaly
1:53 |
539 |
May 4, 2019
trail: Bonaly
0:44 |
1402 |
Mar 9, 2019
trail: Bonaly
1:31 |
519 |
Jul 20, 2017
trail: Bonaly
11:37 |
526 |
Jul 20, 2017
trail: Bonaly
3:50 |
356 |
Jun 12, 2017
trail: Bonaly
0:58 |
123 |
May 31, 2017
trail: Bonaly
1:30 |
261 |
Apr 4, 2017
Current Trail Warnings
| status | trail | date | condition | user | info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scalextric | Mar 26, 2023 @ 6:41am Mar 26, 2023 | Prevalent Mud | Lummy1 | Closed April-May 2023 for lambing season | |
| Hare Hill traverse | Mar 18, 2023 @ 10:27am Mar 18, 2023 | Prevalent Mud | Hksteele193 | just one long big. not really rideable |
Recent Trail Reports
| status | trail | date | condition | info | user |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clubbiebean | Mar 29, 2023 @ 6:44am Mar 29, 2023 | Prevalent Mud | Bizbauer | ||
| Kirkgate Singletrack | Mar 28, 2023 @ 11:44pm Mar 28, 2023 | Wet | Bizbauer | ||
| Drainage ditches climb | Mar 28, 2023 @ 11:44pm Mar 28, 2023 | Wet | Bizbauer | ||
| Bonaly to Capelaw | Mar 28, 2023 @ 11:44pm Mar 28, 2023 | Wet | Bizbauer | ||
| Puke Hill | Mar 26, 2023 @ 6:44am Mar 26, 2023 | Ideal | Lummy1 | ||
| Bonaly Rd Singletrack | Mar 26, 2023 @ 6:43am Mar 26, 2023 | Ideal | Lummy1 | ||
| Rooty Connect | Mar 26, 2023 @ 6:42am Mar 26, 2023 | Wet | Lummy1 | ||
| Bonaly | Feb 7, 2023 @ 9:41pm Feb 7, 2023 | Variable | Crashybt6 | ||
| Maiden's Cleugh | Sep 24, 2022 @ 5:56am Sep 24, 2022 | Ideal | Ruariblack | ||
| Bonaly - Torduff | Sep 15, 2022 @ 7:23am Sep 15, 2022 | Dry | Bizbauer |
Activity Feed
| username | action | type | title | date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Bizbauer | add | report | Clubbiebean and 3 more | Mar 29, 2023 @ 8:18am Mar 29, 2023 |
| Lummy1 | add | photo | in My City | Mar 26, 2023 @ 6:45am Mar 26, 2023 |
| Lummy1 | add | report | Scalextric and 3 more | Mar 26, 2023 @ 6:41am Mar 26, 2023 |
| Lummy1 | ridden | trail | Scalextric and 3 more | Mar 26, 2023 @ 6:39am Mar 26, 2023 |
| Hksteele193 | add | report | Hare Hill traverse | Mar 18, 2023 @ 10:27am Mar 18, 2023 |
Recent Comments
| username | type | title | comment | date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trail | There is a lot of mud and water running down... | Feb 25, 2023 @ 2:43pm Feb 25, 2023 | ||
| trail | I would say only ride when its absolutely dry... | Feb 25, 2023 @ 2:40pm Feb 25, 2023 | ||
| trail | Some loose rocks on the steep section at Green... | Aug 10, 2021 @ 2:25am Aug 10, 2021 | ||
| trail | Starts with some large ruts (easily avoided),... | Nov 24, 2020 @ 9:57am Nov 24, 2020 | ||
| trail | Who decided this is red? | Nov 4, 2020 @ 2:59pm Nov 4, 2020 |
Nearby Areas
| name | distance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craiglockhart Park | 3 | 5.2 km | |||
| Hermitage of Braid and Blackford Hill | 8 | 6 km | |||
| Blackford & Braidburn | 1 | 6.9 km | |||
| Corstorphine Hill | 17 | 5 | 7 km | ||
| Almondell & Calderwood Country Park | 19 | 8 | 7.4 km |
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Activity Type Stats
| activitytype | trails | distance | descent | descent distance | total vertical | rating | global rank | state rank | photos | reports | routes | ridelogs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Bike | 74 | 75 miles | 12,172 ft | 32 miles | 1,335 ft | #525 | #26 | 1,044 | 621 | 5 | 10,665 | |
| E-Bike | 8 | 7 miles | 837 ft | 3 miles | 837 ft | 541 | 1 | 550 | ||||
| Horse | 4 | 3 miles | 30 ft | 3,530 ft | 256 ft | 264 | ||||||
| Hike | 73 | 74 miles | 11,798 ft | 32 miles | 1,335 ft | #348 | #6 | 621 | 2 | 341 | ||
| Trail Running | 73 | 74 miles | 11,798 ft | 32 miles | 1,335 ft | #352 | #6 | 621 | 3 | 820 |
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