Mabie is a collection of

mountain biking Mountain biking (MTB) is a sport of riding bicycles off-road, often over rough terrain, usually using specially designed mountain bikes. Mountain bikes share similarities with other bikes but incorporate features designed to enhance durability ...

routes located in

Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway (; ) is one of the 32 unitary council areas of Scotland, located in the western part of the Southern Uplands. It is bordered by East Ayrshire, South Ayrshire, and South Lanarkshire to the north; Scottish Borders to the no ...

, southwest

Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...

. The mountain bike routes are part of the 7Stanes project by

Forestry and Land Scotland Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) () is an executive agency responsible for managing and promoting Scotland's national forest estate: land, predominantly covered in forest, owned by the Scottish Government on behalf of the nation. It was formed o ...

throughout the

Scottish Borders The Scottish Borders is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It is bordered by West Lothian, Edinburgh, Midlothian, and East Lothian to the north, the North Sea to the east, Dumfries and Galloway to the south-west, South Lanarkshire to the we ...

and Dumfries and Galloway. The area has two loops for less experienced riders; the green graded 'Big Views' trail and the blue graded 'Woodhead' route. The 'Phoenix' trail is for the more experienced rider. The long red graded route consists of technical sections, fast flowing sections and jumps built on singletrack through mixed woodland. There is also a black trail named the Kona Darkside. at it is mainly in the style of 'North Shore' with raised wooden trails over outcrops of

granite Granite ( ) is a coarse-grained (phanerite, phaneritic) intrusive rock, intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly coo ...

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7StanesHow to travel to Mabie
Geography of Dumfries and Galloway Mountain biking venues in the United Kingdom {{DumfriesGalloway-geo-stub