Description
Drumtochty Forest Mountain Bike Trails are in Kincardineshire, Scotland. There is a large amount of non-waymarked off-piste trails. Drumtochty Forest has around twenty blue graded trails, fifty red, twenty-five black and five proline trails.
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Drumtochty Trails
- Most of the trails are on Strathfinella Hill, and Black Hill on the opposite side of the road from the North Drumtochty Car Park.
- They are easily accessed by trails a hundred yards or so up the road from the car park, turn either right or left as you exit.
- The terrain is loamy, and fast draining. Many of the trails are short, but they are close to each other so can be linked up.
- Some of the popular tracks include Sitka, Dundee Down (Blacks) and Keep Your Trout in Your Pants, Keyfinder and Stage 1, Stage 2, Stage 3 and Stage 4, Lockdown, Quarry Run and F & F (reds).
- The routes to the north side of Glen Drumtochty road also provide a way of accessing Fetteresso Forest and its mountain bike routes.
- There is a lot of great MTB in Aberdeenshire, including Tarland Trails, Scolty Hill, Pitfichie, Aboyne and Ballater
Other Stuff
- There are also access trails suitable for gravel bikes in the forest
- Drumtochty features in the Aberdeenshire Enduro Series competitions.
- Aberdeenshire Trail Association are involved in maintaining the trails.
- There are limited facilities (no toilets, closest in Auchenblae). It is served by a three car parks.
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