Trail News
Gisburn Forest Mountian Bike Trails - Oct 09 - New Trail Map
The mountain bike trails of Gisburn Forest have undergone a major development program that includes a significant addition of red graded singletrack with sections of black graded trail added as well.
The new trails include an easy eight kilometre ‘blue’ route for families and beginners and a 22 kilometre ‘red’ course for more experienced and expert mountain bikers. 
The trails, which are set against the stunning backdrop of the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, include tricky downhill and boardwalk sections and also offer fine views over the nearby Stocks Reservoir.
Volunteers have built well over a kilometer of twisty red grade singletrack with both climbs and descents with a few trail obstacles thrown in.
The balance between fire road and sinlgle track has firmly swung towards single track with somewhere in the region of 70% included on the red route.
An additional five kilometers of singletrack is planned for volunteer construction or by contractors if the funding is available.
You can influence how some of the routes are developed by joining in at one or more of the fortnightly volunteer trail building sessions, with the added benefit of each volunteer hour unlocking further funding. For details of up and coming trail building dates please contact Martin Charlesworth at martin.Charlesworth@lancashire.gov.uk 
Click here to download the new trail map.
You can hire a quality Trek mountain bike from Cycle Adventure with free delivery/collection to Gisburn Forest. For details of our Trek fleet of hire bikes click here.
Cycle Hire and Guiding available in other parts of the North West & UK - Lancashire, the Yorkshire Dales and Cumbria (inc. Lake District, Ribble Valley, Pendle, Rossendale, Rivington).
