Carron Valley MTB Trail

[alexmaclennan]

Went on Sunday morning to the Carron Valley mountain bike trail with my son. There is a single trail which leads onto the funpark which is another singletrack with multiple small jumps and berm'd bends. From the north of Glasgow go out to Kilsyth and take the Tak Ma Doon Road north to Carron Bridge. Turn left at the hotel and the Forestry Comission carpark is 1 mile ahead on the left. Takes about 30 or 40 mins from Bearsden/Milgavie. Half of the trail is going up landrover track but there is some good singletrack descents and the small jumps and tabletops in funpark are good. It would be a good intro for someone wanting to try/get into mountainbiking. There are a couple of rocky steps that you can get off and wheel your bike down if you're not feeling confident or fear losing teeth :eek: . The rest is pretty easy.

alex

[Airmonster]

Went on Sunday morning to the Carron Valley mountain bike trail with my son. There is a single trail which leads onto the funpark which is another singletrack with multiple small jumps and berm'd bends. From the north of Glasgow go out to Kilsyth and take the Tak Ma Doon Road north to Carron Bridge. Turn left at the hotel and the Forestry Comission carpark is 1 mile ahead on the left. Takes about 30 or 40 mins from Bearsden/Milgavie. Half of the trail is going up landrover track but there is some good singletrack descents and the small jumps and tabletops in funpark are good. It would be a good intro for someone wanting to try/get into mountainbiking. There are a couple of rocky steps that you can get off and wheel your bike down if you're not feeling confident or fear losing teeth :eek: . The rest is pretty easy.

alex


Nice area, good hill walking and just 10 minutes fea me hoose! :D

If you are going up this way, be careful! There are some very big trucks on the Denny to Carron Reservoir road at present as they are building a windfarm up in the hills at the end of the reservoir.

/Colin.