Trail Details

Location:	United Kingdom > North Scotland
Nearest Town:	Fort William
Time:	N/A
Distance:	5.5 km
Level:	Moderate to Difficult
Rating:	9.80
Website:	bike.nevisrange.co.uk

Trail Description

The Nevis Red Trail is a new downhill xc route starting at 643m at the base of the Quad chair (for those of you that ski or board here) the new trail winds its way across Aonach Mor's awesome mountainscape.

The newly built part of the trail ends at (gondola) Tower 8. There, you cross the downhill and join the forest road, then cut back on the puggy line, finishing down the sandy brae into the carpark.

2009 Season - Wed 24 June - Sun 13 September 2009
Times - gondola uplift for bikes available 10.15am - 3.45pm
Open - every day in the season other than certain race, maintenance & bad weather days
Weather closures - in certain circumstances weather can affect gondola uplift for bike and the trails
Age restrictions - riders need to be 12 years and above

The Stats
Grading - Red XC
Access - gondola uplift
Length - more than 5.5km we think!
Start altitude - 643m
Finish altitude - 100m
Vertical drop - 543m
Finish - Nevis Range carpark or Witch's Trails XC

The Features
Overall - steep, rugged & tough
Track - wide single track
Surface - timber boardwalk, bedrock, gravel, rock gardens
Features - berms, rock steps, jumps, drops, gap jumps

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Other local trails worth checking out

• The Witchs Trails (Same Centre)
• Skills Loops - Witch's Trails (Same Centre)
• World Cup 4X Course - Fort William (Same Centre)
• Off Beat Downhill Track - Fort William (Same Centre)
• Peat Trail - Fort William (1.9miles)
• Glencoe Downhill Trail - Fort William (7.6miles)
• Donkey Hill Dirt Track - Ballachulish (8.4miles)
• Balnain Bike Park (29.3miles)
• Ardgarten Peninsula Circuit - Ardgartan (30.4miles)
• Black Trail - Laggan Wolftrax (33.7miles)

Please note: Distance is calculated as air distance or "as the crow flies" the most direct route between two points, so the distance by road maybe slightly longer.