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Comrie Croft Mountain Bike Trails

Comrie Croft Mountain Bike Trails
Avg 4.79
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  • Information:
  • Type: Purpose Built Centre
  • Grades: Blue,Red,Black,Ungraded,All Abilities,Accesible
  • Riding: Cross Country,Downhill,Bike Park,Pump Track
  • Facilities: Toilets,Cafe,Bike Wash,Bike Hire,Bike Shop,Showers,Coaching,Guiding,Accommodation,Car Park
  • Distance(s): Under 5km, 5-10km
  • Country: Scotland
  • County: Perthshire
  • Website: Comrie Croft
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Description

Comrie Croft mountain bike trails are set in a private estate in the Strathearn Valley in Perthshire, Scotland. There are 21km of trails in total plus a lot of natural trails in the Strathearn Valley. At the centre are black, red and blue trails and a skills park. The facilities include cafe, bike shop, hire, toilets and car park. 

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There is a Blue trail, around 4kms, a Network of Red Trails (a mix of handbuilt and machine-built trails), and a Black Trail. There is also a Bike Skills area with jumps & drops and a pump track

The MTB network is always developing and there is also bike shop, hire, repairs, coaching, guiding, bunkhouse, eco-camping & The Tea Garden cafe on site. 

Red

  • The red trail is around 6kms long, all red graded but has sections that are technical and possibly a bit harder than other reds in Scotland. It is a good mix of being very natural, and feature-packed with features such as the bedrock slab, off-camber descents, rock garden, the water splash, and fun descents. There is a downhill black XC section from the top of the red which is technical. In total there are five red sections of trail:
    • Rock Lobster
    • Stan Salvador
    • Forest Stump
    • The Muddy Rut
    • Phil Mabracker

Blue 

  • Rick Allsop (Trail Builder) has developed a Blue Graded trails adding 4km of trail packed full of features and for all abilities. Split into three segments:
    •  Dual of the Earn
    • Cookie Monster
    • Dark side of the blue.

Black

  • The black has steep descents, rocky terrain, and tight turns. There are three black sections:
    • Natural Gold
    • Hairy Coo Black
    • Sloppy Joes

Bike Skills Area

  • Due May 2025, the refreshed and re-bullt area will feature a brand new smooth pump track, designed to be accessible not just for mountain bikes but also for skateboards and BMX.

All Abilities Multi-use Trail - The Slow Worm

  • In 2025 Comrie Croft welcomed an all-abilities, multi-use trail in its front field. The trail is designed to be accessible for a wide range of users, including adaptive MTB bikes, supporting inclusive outdoor recreation.

Natural trails

  • There are loads in this area in the Strathearn Valley and the shop will help sort you with either easy, medium, difficult or expert-grade routes. Many of these start from the Comrie Croft Centre e.g Comrie village (easy, 4 miles), Loch Turret circular (difficult, 10 miles), Breafordie circular (medium, 6 miles), or the Loch Tay expedition (expert, 20-30 miles).

Clubs and Groups

Closest Bike and Hire Shop

  • Comrie Croft Bikes. These are the movers and shakers behind all the developments here. Comrie Croft Bikes, Comrie Croft, Braincroft, Crieff, Perthshire, PH7 4JZ

Events

  • Hairy Coo (Grassroots XC Mountain bike racing).
  • Cream o the Croft (Enduro racing for adults and Kids, weekend mountain biking festival)

Other Stuff

  • The Comrie Croft Bike shop working with the local club are the main players making this happen. They are always on the lookout for more volunteers to help check out the Facebook Group
  • Great facilities including cafe, toilets and bike shop. 
  • Check out the Trail Map.
  • Comrie Croft was crowned iBikeRide Trail of the Year in 2016.

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  • If you have ridden the trails at Comrie Croft then please share your experiences and leave a review and or post your pictures and videos to the listing.

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scott hart:
Avg 4.35
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It has everything

Well worth a visit.camping and hostel on site so make a wkd of it ;)

What do you like?

Has everything u need

What could be improved?

n/a

Would you recommend?

*Yes*

Date written:

11/09/2016 - over 9 years ago

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Scott Webster:
Avg 5.00
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Great trails in a great location!

Would you recommend?

*Yes*

Date written:

11/09/2016 - over 9 years ago

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Simon trevis-smith:
Avg 5.00
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Comrie croft

Great fun the only limiting factor will be how long your legs can last.

What do you like?

Epic and technical

What could be improved?

None

Would you recommend?

*Yes*

Date written:

11/09/2016 - over 9 years ago

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Alibobness:
Avg 4.66
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Come to Comrie

They hav only just built the new red route so now a full length route that is great fun! A route that should be on top of your list should you be up in that area of Scotland!

What do you like?

The Red trail is mostly brand new Blue is great for newbies and experts alike Facilities area is great!

What could be improved?

Old black route is very worn down and under maintained

Would you recommend?

*Yes*

Date written:

16/12/2014 - about 11 years ago

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mtb_heroine:
Avg 4.52
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Comrie Croft - possibly my favourite trail centre

Comrie Croft is a hidden gem, a perfect half days riding with a mix of truly natural feeling black and red trails with the grin factor or one of the best cheekiest blue descents I've ever ridden!

What do you like?

Comrie Croft is a well constructed little secret - calling it a trail centre undermines it in so many ways as the trail centre puts it up against Glentress and alike and this is so very different. The 10 k route is short enough for a morning/afternoon blast or a chilled out day with a two or three loops interrupted by by cake and coffee in the tea garden and a play in the skills area. The Hairy Coo red and black loop offer a test of uphill climbing followed by technical steep descents which will leave any rider elated (I finally did the top section with no dabs and this was a big step for me). The shoot into the water is a right hoot! The addition of the new blue loop is excellent - the gruelling fireroad climb has been replaced with gentle switch backs with stunning views across the valley. The descent has three main parts - a slightly techier top section with option black features followed by a pump track and berm section which is smooth and fast and finally into a dual slalom style park at the end. The blue is a great finish to the red or even a fast loop on its own. I can't wait for the new red loop to be added!

Would you recommend?

Date written:

02/04/2014 - almost 12 years ago

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Andrew Cunningham:
Avg 4.58
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A wee hidden gem, really special

What do you like?

First of all don't be confused by the length, this isn't your standard machinebuilt trail centre with long simple sections between features, there's stuff happening pretty much all the time- much more concentrated riding. Ace. The black is pretty challenging in places, harder than most xc blacks- you might think that with the xc race connection this'd be an easier place but it is certainly not. Basically this is a less vanilla, more handcrafted and unique ride- the Drumlanrig of the east maybe The location is lovely too, climbing up from the valley you get excellent views and the immediate surroundings are way nicer than your average forestry commission tree factory. There's a large and varied skill area with jumps, drops, even a seesaw and a wee pumptrack- I found the pumptrack to be pretty muddy and sticky when I visited so couldn't get much joy out of it but I'm sure it'll be great when dry.

What could be improved?

The first climb is not pleasant! Uses an existing landrover track and is a bit of a winch up from the car park. Nothing to cause any real problems but not quite what I need after a pre-ride cake :) But you'll most likely be doing laps, at least once round the red and the black, so going back up the 3rd or 4th time gets harder! The climb further up is great though, really interesting and varied. The difficulty level is a little bit up and down and it would be easy to get caught out- I love that but for the less confident rider it might be hard to get your head around.

Would you recommend?

*Yes*

Date written:

11/08/2013 - over 12 years ago

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