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Carron Valley Red Trail loop

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Carron Valley Red Trail loop

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Carron Valley Red Trail loop

02:17

27.1km

420m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 31, 2024

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Includes an off-grid segment

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After 23.5 km for 120 m

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Start point

Parking

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38 m

Carron Valley Red Trail

Highlight • MTB Park

A very short (only 8km) red (but really it should be blue) trail through the woods at Carron Valley. The trail has an excellent all weather surface so holds together well in the wet, although drainage can be an issue so expect big puddles. A little short and a bit tame, but cracking for a few laps, especially at night in winter. Lots of gravel tracks through the forest too that are worth exploring.

Worth checking Forestry and Land Scotland's website before heading off as they quite often close the trail for forestry work.

Tip by

16.1 km

Forest Gravel Path with Lake View

Highlight • Trail

Lovely even gravel. Easy going off road cycling.

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18.4 km

Bench with a view of Carron Valley Reservoir

Highlight • Rest Area

Carron Valley Reservoir is one of the largest in Scotland, supplying roughly 135,000 people in the Fortth Valley with water. The reservoir is 3 miles long and has plenty to do with purpose built mountain bike trails, walks around the reservoir and beyond into the surrounding woodland.

If you take the path off of the main path here towards the reservoir there is a bench with a lovely view of the reservoir. Perfect for a lunch stop.

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23.2 km

Eas Dubh Singletrack

Highlight • Trail

For those of us non-MTBers, all the small steps/jumps/ramps could be bypassed.

Tip by

27.1 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

18.2 km

5.44 km

3.16 km

253 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

12.6 km

6.35 km

4.66 km

2.50 km

667 m

393 m

Elevation

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Highest point (350 m)

Lowest point (220 m)

Weather

Thursday 2 July

16°C

10°C

26 %

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Carron Valley Red Trail

Forest Gravel Path with Lake View

Bench with a view of Carron Valley Reservoir

Eas Dubh Singletrack

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