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    Two mountain bikers ride a corner on the Blue Doon trail at Nevis Range, with an epic mountain view behind them

    The UK’s longest blue trail boasts 450m of vertical descent, a gondola to get you to the top, and it’s open again after an 18-month closure

    • July 9, 2025

    After closing over 18 months ago, Blue Doon at the Nevis Range, home to the UK’s infamous World Cup downhill track, has finally reopened. It’s…

    BikePark Wales Hard Shoulder trail launch

    I tried to ride BikePark Wales’s massive new jump line, Hard Shoulder, but the last two hits were beyond my pay grade

    • June 25, 2025

    BikePark Wales’s newest advanced jump line opens today and it promises over two minutes of big air for those looking to progress from the likes…

    Forestry and Land Scotland

    Work on new Glentress skills area to start this week, and scheduled to finish in September – it’s the final piece of the popular MTB centre’s masterplan

    • June 22, 2025

    Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is set to begin work on a new skills area at Glentress in the Scottish Borders next week. The building…

    Le Pleney

    Morzine’s off-piste trails are in the firing line – are we about to see the closure of some of Europe’s best steeps?

    • June 16, 2025

    Nestled between Morzine and Les Gets lies one of the most famous hills in the Alps. Le Pleney has an official track called Mainline that…

    Forestry England

    School holidays are coming: check out the top 10 best family mountain bike rides, as chosen by Forestry England

    • June 6, 2025

    Not all mountain biking has to be about shredding hard and jumping of 16 foot drops. Sometimes, it’s nice to go back to basics, and…

    New mountain bike trails for 2025

    Start your summer MTB adventure here! Here are 6 new trails, from friendly flow to big sendy jump lines, that I can’t wait to ride

    • May 17, 2025

    Trail builders have been working overtime in the last couple of months, helped by the exceptional spring weather. And that means UK mountain bikers have…

    Kielder Forest Deadwater Fell red and black trails

    Kielder opens two new bike park-style trails, the Mile Down red and 565m of upgraded black, and commits to building the UK’s longest downhill track

    • May 14, 2025

    A new red trail and upgraded black trails have opened at Kielder Forest, built by Forestry England the intention is eventually to make the UK’s…

    Two red trails reopen in Scotland’s Carron Valley, with 3km of drops, table top jumps and berms

    • May 12, 2025

    Carron Valley trails have reopened in Scotland after major works forced a temporary closure. Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has announced the site near Glasgow…

    BikePark Wales new A470 trail

    BikePark Wales revamps the popular A470 jump trail with a new ending that’s not as fast and scary as the old one!

    • April 28, 2025

    BikePark Wales’ most popular jump line, A470, has a completely new ending aimed at easing the progression and giving riders a more consistent jump size.…

    Hamsterley Forest unveils Squirrel Chaser – a new family-friendly blue MTB trail, in time for the Easter holidays

    • April 12, 2025

    Hamsterley Forest in County Durham has unveiled a new blue (moderate) trail just in time for the Easter holidays. Named Squirrel Chaser, the new route…

    Dunoon bike park and gondola

    Scotland’s planned multi-million pound bike park and resort will feature elite-level DH, enduro and XC trails, and a gondola uplift… but it’s not at Innerleithen, Fort William or any of the usual destinations

    • March 26, 2025

      New elite-level downhill, enduro and XC trails, a gondola uplift to take riders to the top, and millions of pounds of investment. That’s the…

    Greg Callaghan

    Watch: Greg Callaghan has built his dream trail at Ticknock, Dublin, and you can ride it too now

    • March 20, 2025

    Irish enduro racer Greg Callaghan has built his own “dream trail” at Ticknock Mountain Bike Trails in Dublin. And, of course, filmed the progress and…

    damage to Bolehills BMX track in Sheffield by electric Surron motorbikes

    Bolehills BMX/MTB track in Sheffield damaged again by Surron electric motorcycles, putting its future in jeopardy

    • February 27, 2025

    Bolehills BMX track in Sheffield has suffered considerable damage at the hands of inconsiderate Surron riders just a few months before it was due to…

    Caerlee Mill development plans

    How Innerleithen’s mountain bike innovation centre could look, as plans to demolish Caerlee Mill are finalised

    • February 18, 2025

    Innerleithen’s long-awaited mountain bike innovation centre could look something like this, after the Scottish Government applied to demolish the existing derelict textile mill and build…

    Forestry England sign in Puddletown

    “I am so sad that something so positive is being destroyed” – Much-loved Dorset jump trail bulldozed by Forestry England for being “inherently dangerous”

    • February 11, 2025

    Trails built in Puddletown Forest, near Dorchester, have begun to be taken down by Forestry England as they were built without permission. Forestry England said…

    Collage of mountain bikers looking happy and smiling

    Mountain bike industry on its knees? Forget about it, here are seven reasons it’s boom time if you’re a rider

    • January 30, 2025

    The bike industry is in pretty bad shape, every week we hear about another brand struggling to sell its bikes or bits. Most recently it…

    Storm Éowyn trail damage

    “The destruction is unreal” – Storm Éowyn hits Northern Ireland and Scotland hard with miles of trails damaged or blocked

    • January 28, 2025

    From Bert to Darragh, the UK has been battered by unprecedented storms this winter, and our trails and forests have taken the brunt of the…

    BPW Lower Boomslang

    Update: BikePark Wales’ new natural trail trail Boomslang will open on Thursday 30th, after more storm setbacks

    • January 28, 2025

    BikePark Wales will open its latest highly anticipated trail, a natural tech fest to complete the top half of Boomslang… but we’re just not sure…

    Damage to BPW

    BikePark Wales’s new Trail Diaries video shows extent of recent storm devastation, and the trail crew’s battle to get the park back up and running

    • January 16, 2025

    A few weeks ago, we reported on the widespread devastation that the recent storms, Bert and Darragh had on the mountain biking community across the…

    SIDZ Trail Crew, BPW

    Meet the team behind BikePark Wales that repaired 32 trails in three days in the aftermath of Storm Darragh

    • December 31, 2024

    With the weather being the way it has over the past few weeks, it’s hard not to think about how it’s impacting our trail network.…

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