A wide, low-level, surfaced gravel trail to Gorstean car park. 2.0km (4.0km return).
Grade - Green: Easy 
Expect relatively flat, wide, and smooth trails. Gentle climbs, descents, rollers and berms, with easy to avoid features such as rocks and potholes. Surface might be loose, uneven or muddy at times.
Grade - Green: Easy
1 ¼ miles / 2.0 km
This trail will have upgrade works taking place between May 19th and 7th June 2025 including trail closures. Please follow all onsite safety signage whilst this work is being completed.
Ideal for children and those just starting out - it also makes a great warm-up. The route is fairly wide with a shallow climb and a fantastic singletrack return. Remember to wear helmets and gloves!
Grade - Green: Easy
2 ¼ miles / 3.5 km
As tasty as the as the name suggests, this roller coaster of a trail is a fun descent back to the centre, with mellow jumps and swooping corners. A perfect confidence builder to try before the more challenging upper blue and red graded trails.
Grade – Blue: Moderate 
Expect a mixture of climbs and descents with moderate gradients, technical features like tree roots and rock steps; jumps and berms. Rollable features at controlled speed. Variable surfaces.
Grade - Blue: Moderate
¼ miles / 0.4 km
Take in the views on this smooth, winding climb which includes optional rock sections to build your skills. You’ll get glimpses of what’s to come as this climb snakes its way up between the blue and red descents to ‘The Lair’ viewpoint.
Grade – Blue: Moderate
Expect relatively flat, wide, and smooth trails. Gentle climbs, descents, rollers and berms, with easy to avoid features such as rocks and potholes. Surface might be loose, uneven or muddy at times.
Grade - Blue: Moderate
½ miles / 0.85 km
You’ll find plenty of classic Laggan bedrock on this fast flowing downhill with berms and rollable rock features. Add more rock by trying the alternative red-graded lead-in ‘Bamm Bamm’ from higher up the hill.
Grade – Blue: Moderate
Expect a mixture of climbs and descents with moderate gradients, technical features like tree roots and rock steps; jumps and berms. Rollable features at controlled speed. Variable surfaces.
Grade - Blue: Moderate
¼ miles / 0.5 km
A smooth, fast flowing lower section of Slaba-Dabba-Doo which can be started from part way up the Give & Take climb, giving an ideal place to build confidence on blue routes before moving further up the hill.
Grade – Blue: Moderate
Expect a mixture of climbs and descents with moderate gradients, technical features like tree roots and rock steps; jumps and berms. Rollable features at controlled speed. Variable surfaces.
Grade - Blue: Moderate
¼ miles / 0.33 km
Another fast flowing route with technical features and rock slab descents. The ascent is challenging, with lots of technical features to build you up to the fast-flowing singletrack descent.
Grade – Red: Difficult 
Expect a mixture of steep climbs, descents and / or avoidable features. Larger jumps, berms and rollable features at controlled speed. Technical features such as tree roots, drop-offs and large rocks. Very variable surfaces.
Grade - Red: Difficult
2 ¼ miles / 3.8 km
A fast flowing and great fun trail with lots of sweeping berms and occasional jumps.
Grade – Red: Difficult Expect a mixture of steep climbs, descents and / or avoidable features. Larger jumps, berms and rollable features at controlled speed. Technical features such as tree roots, drop-offs and large rocks. Very variable surfaces.
Grade - Red: Difficult
½ miles / 0.8 km
The next step up from Howlin’ Wolf, this trail introduces more table tops jumps, more frequently. Control your speed and roll them until you build your confidence and skills, they can have quite a kick!
Grade – Red: Difficult Expect a mixture of steep climbs, descents and / or avoidable features. Larger jumps, berms and rollable features at controlled speed. Technical features such as tree roots, drop-offs and large rocks. Very variable surfaces.
Grade - Red: Difficult
½ miles / 0.7 km
Fast and flowing, this technical trail is narrow with built in and ‘opt in’ features. Look out for Air’s Rock - a black graded slab feature, easily bypassed. Built-rock causeways and natural rock features will keep you amused and test your stamina!
Grade – Red: Difficult Expect a mixture of steep climbs, descents and / or avoidable features. Larger jumps, berms and rollable features at controlled speed. Technical features such as tree roots, drop-offs and large rocks. Very variable surfaces.
Grade - Red: Difficult
1 ½ miles / 2.5 km
For expert riders, this is demanding and technical. Tight and testing, it has a multitude of rock features, sizeable drop-offs, stone staircases, boulder fields and rock slabs – with no escapes for the faint hearted!
Grade - Black: Severe
2 ½ miles / 3.9 km
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