7stanes Mountain Biking

Event Notification Forest of Ae - Saturday, 22 August & Sunday, 23 August 2026

The British Gravel Championship is taking place at Ae this weekend and a Section 11 is in place. Ae Naze car park will be closed for the event. Please follow all marshal instructions.

We wish all participants a fantastic time & good luck.

Dalbeattie Forest - Event Notification

All MTB trails are closed tomorrow - Saturday, 18 July 2026 due to the RSAC Scottish Rally taking place. Our waymarked walking trails are unaffected.

A Section 11 is in place. Please follow all signage and marshal instructions.

Forest of Ae - Event Notification

The SXC - Lloyd National MTB Cross Country Championships are taking place in Ae this weekend. A Section 11 is in place from Friday noon until Sunday 6pm and covers Ae Naze car park, Omega Man, Shredder and the Ae Downhill.

There will be no vehicle access to Ae Naze car park during the event and the above trail sections will be closed to the public. All other MTB trails and our walking trails remain open. Please park at the Cafe car park and follow all event marshal instructions when visiting Ae this weekend.

We wish all competitors a great time and best of luck.

***Dalbeattie Trail Update***

The Dumfries team has been out this week to mend the boardwalk section following Skaky Jakey on the red MTB trail. Repairs are now completed and the section has been re-opened.

Today was THE day - our very first Trail Day with the Ae Bike Association. 10 volunteers braced the wind to help with vegetation management and general trail maintenance at Gubhill. There is still a bit of work to finish off the section but it has been a successful first outing. Thank you to everyone who came along to lend a hand.

Good news! The final parts of Smells Like Tweed Spirit (Red) and Castle Black at Glentress are back open!

On Smells Like Tweed Spirit the final section has been completely revamped top to bottom with new jumps, berms and rollers plus a more durable trail surface.

Castle Black lower has a new entry plus the surfaces of the existing jumps and berms have been refreshed.

A BIG thank you to Paul, Jamie, Lewis, Dylan and Ryosuke at Bikescape for all their work on the two trails. 🙌

Have a great weekend.

Alpine Bikes Glentress Glentress Forest Cafe Go Ape Glentress Forest, Adrenalin Uplift Forest Holidays Glentress Trailfairies Tweed Valley Trails Association GO Tweed Valley DMBinS

🔊🔊🔊 Mobile Catering Opportunity – Forest of Ae

An opportunity for a mobile catering unit (tenant to provide) has arisen at the Forest of Ae, Ae Village, Nr. Dumfries, DG1 1QB.

Interested businesses should be able to operate minimum hours of Saturday and Sunday from 11-4 with the opportunity for seven days per week and longer hours. The initial license term will run to the end of 2027 but there may be opportunity for extension beyond.

For further details please contact [email protected]

It’s the TweedLove Glentress 7 event today (Saturday 30 May) at Glentress!

There are several trail closures in place today but shorter versions of Blue, Red and Black mountain bike Routes are available. Here’s a quick summary:

• Multi-user Trail - closed

• Taster Trails & Flow trails - all closed

• Lower Green Route - closed

• Skills Area - open (via trail behind Gateway)

• Blue Route - shorter version available. Sections open (linked with diversions) are: Dougie Bank Climb, Blue Velvet, Berm Baby Berm, Electric Blue, Falla Brae and Good Game

• Red Route - shorter version available. Sections open (linked with diversions) are: Dougie Bank Climb, Spookywood Climb/Descent, Super G then diversion onto the Blue Route to return

• Black Route - shorter again version available. Sections open (linked with diversions) are Dougie Bank Climb, Soor Plooms to Carls Lane, Spookywood, Mud and Roots then diversion onto Blue Route to return

More info including how the walks are affected is at: https://forestryandland.gov.scot/visit/destinations/glentress

Good luck to everyone racing!

Alpine Bikes Glentress Glentress Forest Cafe Go Ape Glentress Forest, Glentress Trailfairies Tweed Valley Trails Association Tweed Valley Mountain Rescue Team GO Tweed Valley DMBinS

Harvesting Update - Mabie

Felling will start at Lochanhead in Tuesday, 21 April 2026. The blue "Woodhead Blue Loop" MTB trail is closed during the operations. The "Viewpoint Blue Loop" remains open.

Please follow all signage and banksmen instructions. We appreciate your support.