Scottish Women's Downhill Development
 


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Where do we ride?
     
  Ae Mostly natural technical terrain on the downhill course and then there's the fast man made freeride route for those who love to jump. Uplifts are arranged by Tally, so give him a call on 07709144299 to book a place. Uplift will possibly be running again in summer 2008.

 

Dunkeld

 

Dunkeld - Perthshire - No uplift service anymore. Very steep, technical and rocky, but excellent fun to ride. used to be just one main track with a couple of options at the bottom, but Craig Philips and Co have cut a new track from the top, which is still steep and technical at the top, but then moves onto some flowing natural track at the bottom with a man made drop on route. Dunkeld isn't the best choice for beginners., but the new track is definitely the easier option.

 

Fort William

 

The only Scottish centre with a gondola service. It's a mix of man made and natural terrain, but predominantly man made. If you've never been before you can expect both you and your bike to take a bit of a beating, but don't let that put you off as it's great fun. The gondola runs from 11.00 am until 3.00 pm May to September and a day ticket costs £19. Check the weather report before you make the journey up there as the Gondola doesn't operate in high winds. No need to pre-book, just turn up on the day.

 

 

Glencoe

 

Still needs a bit of work to the track, but hopefully will be rideable in 2008. Once the track is ready it will be the second Scottish bike centre with a chairlift. By all accounts it's going to be a steep fast track and not for beginners!

 
 

Hamsterley

Located in County Durham about 3 hours drive from Glasgow. They've put a lot of hard work into creating an excellent 4x and some interesting downhill tracks. The tracks are fairly short by Scottish standards, but great fun with plenty to keep all abilities happy. There's everything from technical rock gardens to 20ft table tops and if you're not confident enough to do everything then there's always the option to roll them or take the chicken run. Although it's not exactly handy for most of us in Scotland, it's still well worth taking a trip down to see what all the fuss is about and we reckon we'll be back again before too long.

 

Innerleithen

Innerleithen - Just outside Peebles. A great area with loads of natural and man made tracks to test all levels of biking. Great place to start out as it has some of the easiest tracks for beginners. Uplifts should be back some time in July.

 

Kinnoul Hill

Located at the top end of Perth. Lots of man made jumps, drops etc and home to the famous fanutti drop! There's a small DH track, but a day at Kinnoull is mostly about practising jumps.

 

Glentress

We can usually be found mucking about on the freeride track every couple of weeks. It's a good place to start off jumping and pulling tricks. More fun on the hardtail bikes than big and bouncy.