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Blue Velvet Trail – Glentress Mountain Bike Centre loop from Peebles

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Royal Burgh Of Peebles And District

Blue Velvet Trail – Glentress Mountain Bike Centre loop from Peebles

Hard

5.0

(2)

223

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Blue Velvet Trail – Glentress Mountain Bike Centre loop from Peebles

02:00

19.3km

430m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 19, 2026

Tips

Includes segments that may be dangerous

Parts of this route comprise highly technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience is required.

After 5.07 km for 19 m

After 9.51 km for 190 m

After 12.7 km for 106 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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5.29 km

Freeride Jumpline Start

Highlight • MTB Park

The best trail centre 'freeride park' going! The big tabletops are brilliantly built so they're rollable for beginners, yet give you a real kick for progressing riders. A really fun place to hang out and work on your skills.

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5.57 km

Blue Velvet Trail

Highlight • MTB Park

Blue velvet is just that; a wonderfully smooth and flowy trail that anyone on a bike will love! Beginners and experienced riders alike will really enjoy this singletrack descent that follows parallel to the forest road.

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7.16 km

Glentress Forest

Forest

9.33 km

Magic Mushroom Descent

Highlight • Trail

Magic Mushroom is challenging, the surfaces are a bit erratic with many tree roots exposed above ground.
Respect the surfaces here and elsewhere.
There was a group of riders from …

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9.53 km

Rocky and Rooted Technical Trail

Highlight • Trail

The surface is quite rough, not just with rock, there are small but quick gulley type concave bits, the trail is bendy and hilds a few gulleys of puddles

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9.62 km

Rooty Forest Trail

Highlight • Trail

Sections have many exposed tree roots, these are on turns and switchbacks. Be careful as decending with a bit speed but it might be slippy

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11.1 km

Winding Forest Road

Highlight • Trail

13.2 km

Apple Peel Tunnel

Highlight • MTB Park

An area for all levels of mtb

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13.6 km

Glentress Mountain Bike Centre

Highlight • MTB Park

Amazing facilities for mountain biking, with hire available from Alpine Bikes shop (you can book online at tweedvalleybikehire.com), bike washing and showers, lockers and changing rooms as well as a …

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19.3 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.07 km

5.30 km

4.52 km

1.34 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

6.97 km

5.78 km

2.41 km

1.81 km

1.19 km

887 m

220 m

Elevation

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Highest point (380 m)

Lowest point (150 m)

Weather

Tuesday 19 May

12°C

7°C

41 %

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Max wind speed: 24.0 km/h

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Blue Velvet Trail – Glentress Mountain Bike Centre loop from Peebles

Freeride Jumpline Start

Blue Velvet Trail

Magic Mushroom Descent

Rocky and Rooted Technical Trail

Rooty Forest Trail

Winding Forest Road

Apple Peel Tunnel

Glentress Mountain Bike Centre

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