Help & Advice • Alpine Bikes

Laggan Wolftrax

Posted on 15 Apr 2008 by john.fraser

Generally speaking I'm not a big fan of trail centers. It sometimes feels like if you have ridden one then you have ridden them all. Singletrack is often a scaled down fire road and technical areas are nothing more than off camber corners. Laggan is different, It does have a large boring fire road to get access to the trails but after that you are rewarded with some real Scottish mountain bike terrain.

The red run has a nice flowing singletrack with a few challenging features to keep you on your toes. There is a great mixture of rooty/rocky high-speed corners and the views from the top of the climb are amazing. The end of the red run has some northshore style elevated trails which spit you out onto the beginners level jump park.

The black run is pretty challenging even for some experienced cyclists. It is constant rock gardens almost the whole way down and once you start there is no alternative "chicken" route. Some knee pads would be advised if you are not a confident rider. If you have never ridden at Laggan I would recommend it highly. If you have ridden the black run at Glentress and didn’t feel challenged then head up to laggan and you will be in for a treat!

There are showers and toilets in the car park and a café that does an excellent cheese scone.

For more information visit the Wolftrax website

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Pitfichie Forest

Posted on 25 Mar 2008 by john.fraser

Pitfichie Forest is situated on the B993 between Monymusk and Alford. A couple of miles out of Monymusk there is a right turn marked Whitehills Cycle Trails. Follow this road for about 0.5 miles to the Whitehills car park.

The forest has an excellent selection of trails for every level of rider. The Blue way marked trails are ideal for the beginner. At roughly 8.5 miles long they follow the lower edges of the forest round Cairn William and Pitfichie Hill, mainly on fire roads with easy climbs. The Red route is a fairly conservative red with drops and jumps small enough to be rolled at low speed for intermediate riders. This route takes you over the top of Cairn William Hill on some nice singletrack at a height of 448 feet. Some steep rocky sections and berms to help you maintain your speed on the descent.

The end of the Red route takes you to the foot of Pitfichie Hill; climb the 379 feet to the top and you’ll be at the start line of an official SDA downhill race course. This Track is really only suitable for experienced mountain bikers who want to try their hand at some of the most technical descending available to the North East. Knee pads and full face helmet are advised for this downhill course!

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