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The 7stanes trails at a glance

Compare and contrast - a quick guide to the 7stanes trails by trail grade to help you decide where to ride.

Trail grades are a general indication of difficulty.  There are easier and more tricky options available within each grade, so we've listed the trails in what we think is the order of difficulty, with the easiest trail first in the table and the most difficult trail listed last. 

This should help you decide which trail to visit, especially if you want to move up to the next level of riding.  For more information on what the different grades mean, see the trail grades page.

Cross country singletrack trails

Green-graded trails (easy)

TrailDistanceDetails
Newcastleton Skills Trail0.4km100% singletrack
Glentress Skills Loop1.5km90% singletrack with optional practice features
Ae Green Route9km30% singletrack, 1 - 2hrs to ride, with ideal picnic stop
Glentress Green Route4.5km60% singletrack with great views.  20mins - 1hr to ride
Kirroughtree Bargaly Wood6km10% singletrack, 0.5 - 1 hour to ride
Mabie Big Views loop8km30% singletrack, 1 - 2 hours to ride
Dalbeattie Ironhash trail11.5km5% singletrack, 1.5 - 2 hours to ride.  Dalbeattie skills area also has a green-graded singletrack loop

Blue-graded trails (moderate)

TrailDistanceDetails
Ae Blue trail4.5kmNo singletrack, 0.5 - 1hr to ride.  Ride in combination with the Ae Green (gives 13.5km ride in total)
Newcastleton Linns Blue 8kmNo singletrack, 1 - 2 hours to ride
Newcastleton Caddrouns Blue5.5km10% singletrack, 1 hour to ride
Kirroughtree Taster Loop2km50% singletrack, 10 - 15 mins to ride
Mabie Woodhead Loop 10km25% singletrack, 1 - 2 hours to ride
Glentrool Blue trail 9km65% singletrack, 1 - 2 hours to ride
Dalbeattie Moyle Hill Trail14km40% singletrack, 2 - 3 hours to ride.  Dalbeattie also has a blue-graded singletrack skills loop.
Kirroughtree Larg Hill10km50% singletrack, 1 - 2 hours to ride. The Doon Hill Extension to the blue trail is 4km, 15% singletrack, 0.5 hours to ride. Kirroughtree also has a blue-graded singletrack skills trail.
Glentress Blue trail8km - 14kmLength of trail depends on start point. 60 - 65% singletrack. 1 - 2 or 2 - 4 hours to ride, depending on start point.  The Glentress skills loop also has a short blue-graded section.

Red-graded trails (difficult)

TrailDistance Details
Newcastleton Red Trail 10.5km60% singletrack, 1 - 2 hours to ride
Mabie Phoenix Trail17km82% singletrack, 1 - 2 hours to ride
Kirroughtree Twister Trail  17km85% singletrack, 1 - 2 hours to ride. Kirroughtree also has a red-graded singletrack skills trail
Glentress Red Trail17km65% singletrack, 1.5 - 3 hours to ride.  The Glentress skills loop also has a short red-graded section
Dalbeattie Hardrock Trail25km65% singletrack, 1.5 - 3 hours to ride.  Some black-graded sections.  Dalbeattie also has a red-graded singletrack skills loop.
Ae Line Scottish Power Renewables Trail24km65% singletrack, 1.5 - 3 hours to ride
Innerleithen Traquair XC 19km75% singletrack, 2 - 4 hours to ride.  Has optional black-graded features.

Black-graded trails (severe)

TrailDistanceDetails
Kirroughtree Black Craigs 31km inc Red route75% singletrack,  2.5 – 4 hours to ride.  Kirroughtree also has a black-graded singletrack skills trail.
Glentress V trail 29km75% singletrack, 3 - 5 hours to ride.  The Glentress skills loop also has a short black-graded section
Newcastleton Black Ridge 0.5kmMixture of singletrack and North Shore timber trail.
Mabie Kona Dark Side3.8km100% North Shore timber trail.

Non-singletrack trails

Orange grade - Bike park / Downhill

Please note that the difficulty of these trails is subjective and so they are not listed in order of difficulty.

TrailDetails
Glentress Freeride Park 

Three dedicated trails: The Unnamed (jump features), Cycopath and Essentials (aimed at novice freeriders).

Innerleithen DownhillFour dedicated downhill routes plus other 'classic' downhill routes.  Uplift service on selected weekends
Ae Downhill1.6km downhill trail, uplift service occasionally available (pre-booking required)

Ungraded - forest road or similar

TrailDistanceDetails
Glentrool Big Country trail58kmMostly on forest roads and some minor roads. No singletrack, 3.5 - 7 hours to ride. Strenuous.

For more information on what the different grades mean, see the trail grades page.