Mabie forest, the original mountain biking venue in the South West of Scotland, lies just a few miles south of Dumfries and caters for beginners right through to the most expert of riders.
With a skills area, café, bike hire and shop on site, it is definitely not to missed.
The trails
The green-graded Big Views and the blue-graded Woodhead loops are a great introduction to mountain biking and Mabie’s striking surroundings. Mostly on forest roads, with a few sections of easy singletrack, there are plenty of ups and downs, but the gradients are not too steep.
The skills area lies a short distance from the cafe near the trail head. If you are a new or intermediate rider, its blue- and red-graded features are ideal for practising your skills before riding the trails or prior to moving up a trail grade. The area includes a fantastic 300m freeride line with plenty of sections for you to practise your jumping technique.
The red-graded Phoenix Trail is a classic mountain bike route – great riding through mixed woodland and wonderful scenery. This 17km ride has testing climbs, fast descents, berms and water splashes. If you like fast, flowing, twisty trails with a few rocky, rooty sections and some jumps, this is your mountain bike heaven.
Turn to the Dark Side!
Mabie’s Kona Dark Side is a 3.8km orange bike park-graded trail. Mostly on narrow elevated wooden “North Shore” sections and spiced with outcrops of granite, it is firmly for the experts among us.
Facilities
Parking
Car parking is available at the trail head. See details of how to get to Mabie by car.
Toilets
Toilet facilities are on site, near the trail head.
Cafe / food and drink
Mabie has a cafe on site, located at the bike hire.
Bike shop and bike hire
Bike hire is available on site from G&G at "The Shed". Contact www.cycle-centre.com or phone 01387 270275 for details.
Mabie MTB group
There is a regular weekly mountain bike group running at Mabie on Thursday evenings, meeting at 7pm at The Shed. If you're new to biking there will be qualified leaders present to take you or your kids out. We would prefer if Primary School age kids rode with a parent/gaurdian.
For more details call Greg Knowles of Dumfries Cycling Club on 01557 332034, or look at www.ddcc.ik.org.
The Mabie stane
See what are the 7stanes? for details of the Mabie sculpted stane.