Description
Coolaney Mountain Bike trails are in Coolaney Forest on the Ox Mountains and along the Wild Atlantic Way in County Sligo in Ireland. There are blue and red graded waymarked trails in what is the first phase of a larger project. It is 15 minutes from Sligo, 40 minutes from Knock Airport, 2 hours from Galway, and 2.5 from Dublin. Sligo.
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The Coolaney Blue
- The Coolaney blue trail is a loop and has two options. Either a short route of 3km with 70 meters of climbing or a longer route of 5km and 100 meters of climbing. Flowing in style it also has rock, roots, mud, loose stones, and gravel along its way.
The Coolaney Red
- The Coolaney red trails combines flow, and speed with technical singletrack that can be rocky, steep and tight.
- The trail starts in Coolaney village and has two options a shorter route which is 10km long with 215 meters climbing (sections Red 1 and Red 4) or a longer route which is 20km with 430 meters climbing (sections Red 1, 2, 3 & 4).
Groups
- Check out the Facebook Group for the Coolaney National Mountain Bike Centre.
Other Stuff
- Led by the sole landowner, Coillte the trails are developed in partnership with Sligo County Council and are funded by the Dept of Rural & Community Development and working in association with Coolaney Development Company and North-West MTB Club.
- There are plans for many more trails and facilities to create a National MTB centre.
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