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Glentress Mountain Bike Centre – Blue Velvet Trail loop from Cardrona

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Innerleithen And District

Glentress Mountain Bike Centre – Blue Velvet Trail loop from Cardrona

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Glentress Mountain Bike Centre – Blue Velvet Trail loop from Cardrona

01:50

19.0km

400m

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: May 25, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that may be dangerous

A part of this route comprises technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience may be required.

After 7.65 km for 1.13 km

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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3.16 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 great cafe. Toasties are highly recommended and some delicious cakes too.

Not to mention the riding!
Here's a trail map: forestryandland.gov.scot/images/pdf/rec_pdfs/7stanes-Glentress-bike-trail-map.pdf

Tip by

3.79 km

Trail Marker 7, Glentress

Highlight • Trail

There are plenty signs all around Glentress, indicating what technical level trail is ahead

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4.13 km

Dougie Bank Singletrack Climb

Highlight • Climb

A fairly non-technical singletrack climb from the lower Osprey car park and Go Ape up the hill towards the higher Buzzard's Nest car park.

Zig-zag your way up the bank with a few tight corners, or alternatively you can take the fire road for a more direct, but steeper climb.

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4.92 km

Wooden Bridge in Forest

Highlight • Forest

There are a few different routes around this bridge. You can ride underneath it at a decent pace

Tip by

4.93 km

Trail Direction Signpost

Highlight • Trail

Good signage is in place. Multiple graded trails exist on the same track.

Tip by

5.18 km

View of Peebles and the Surrounding Valley

Highlight • Viewpoint

This is a viewing point, in the day a good view of Peebles and surrounding valley areas can be seen.

Tip by

6.33 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.

Tip by

6.61 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.

Tip by

19.0 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.70 km

4.84 km

3.67 km

3.41 km

324 m

Surfaces

8.28 km

6.23 km

2.50 km

1.85 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (420 m)

Lowest point (150 m)

Weather

Thursday 2 July

16°C

9°C

4 %

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Glentress Mountain Bike Centre – Blue Velvet Trail loop from Cardrona

Glentress Mountain Bike Centre

Trail Marker 7, Glentress

Dougie Bank Singletrack Climb

Wooden Bridge in Forest

Trail Direction Signpost

View of Peebles and the Surrounding Valley

Freeride Jumpline Start

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