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Beecraigs Mountain Bike Trails

Beecraigs Mountain Bike Trails
Avg 3.17
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  • Information:
  • Type: MTB Base
  • Grades: Green,Blue,Red,Black,Orange
  • Riding: Cross Country,Skills Area
  • Facilities: Car Park,Toilets,Visitors Centre,Cafe
  • Distance(s): 5-10km
  • Country: Scotland
  • County: West Lothian
  • Website: Beecraigs Country Park
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Description

Beecraigs mountain bike trails are to be found in Beecraigs Country Park in West Lothian, Scotland. It has green, blue, red, and black trails as well as a skills area.

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Green Route

  • This is a beginners route, suitable for families. It is 3.6km in length.

Blue Route

  • The blue trail is moderate in grade and suitable for novices with some experience. The trail is 5.3km long.

Red Trails

  • The Beecraigs main red loop is an 7km red graded (with black options) figure of 8 MTB trail comprising of an East and West loop. It is natural in feel and so is woody, rooty, rocky, technical, with drop offs and some boardwalk features where it gets boggy.

Black Route

  • The black route is short and for expert mountain bikers

Skills Loop

  • There are Blue, Red, and Black grade loops with some jumps plus some boardwalk options on the way up.

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Other Stuff

  • Funding for the original trails came from the Criminal Justice Service.The CTC and Clive forth were involved in the development of the existing trail structure.
  • The skills loop and pump track project were driven forward by a partnership between West Lothian Clarion Cycle Club, West Lothian Council's Countryside Section and Outdoor Education Team alongside the Beecraigs MTB community group.
  • You can check out the trail map here.

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  • If you have ridden the mountain bike trails at Beecraigs Country Park then why not share your experiences and post some pictures, videos or a review to the trail listing. 

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beardedbiggs:
Avg 3.67
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bit of a surprise

wasnt expecting much. rode here at the end of a day of riding so we didnt have much left in the legs. started off pretty routing but once we got further into the trails we realised it was a little gem. loads of roots and technical sections, most had more than one line choice. seemed short though, not sure if we missed an arrow somewhere. didnt find the skills area (didnt really look to hard for it though) once back to the van we were pleasently surprised at how good it was. often end up expecting smaller trail centers to be poor.

What do you like?

more fun than expected technical sections

What could be improved?

short trail hikers walking down trail signage wasnt great at times

Would you recommend?

*Yes*

Date written:

26/06/2017 - over 8 years ago

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George Freeman:
Avg 3.26
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Its good for beginners

its good for beginners and good for devolving skill at the skills park

What do you like?

the skills loop is great for devolving skills and red and black trails are good for beginners , beecraigs is mostly natural but at the skills loop its man made

What could be improved?

theirs not much hard stuff to ride at beecraigs apart from the black climb and the orange line at the skills park i found the better stuff at witches craig the refuge decent is very good it'll be good to have stuff like that at the actual mtb trails because at witches Craig you have to watch out for walkers but its not like there not there at beecraigs

Would you recommend?

*Yes*

Date written:

10/09/2016 - over 9 years ago

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Dave:
Avg 4.55
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Great fun so close to town

Very nice trails very close to town and to big cities. Variety of features and black options on red that are really challenging. Fun board walks, totally enjoyable.

What do you like?

It is amazing how much fun you can get on a terrain that has not real climbing or descent! They have used what the topography offers to get out a variety of passages and features, including quite a few black options that can be really challenging. Or bits with plenty of roots, really good. They are still building the second loop and I cannot wait to see how it will be!

What could be improved?

A second loop is still work in progress so at the moment the trail is not very long, even if by adding the other trails around it can give a good few hours of fun.

Would you recommend?

*Yes*

Date written:

30/04/2015 - over 10 years ago

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scott:
Avg 1.20
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okay trails

alright trails on a hardtail

What do you like?

http://youtu.be/t8Culh9vSnY Had a wee shot of the tails and they are okay but as usual very tame with no options of getting some air or opportunities to develop your riding skills. I thought when they were starting off with red and black runs that there would be more imaginative lines but instead it is mostly type 2 footpath.

Would you recommend?

*Yes*

Date written:

25/02/2015 - almost 11 years ago

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