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Anyone been to glentress today? Was thinking of going tomorrow but will avoid if trails are icy... Thanks.
From the 7Stanes blog
WEDNESDAY, 13 JANUARY 2010
Ice Report No 3! Glentress Trail Conditions Update
Yep, the icy conditions that are affecting the 7stanes trails in the west are also a real problem here at Glentress in the east.The forest roads that have been driven on/scraped in particular are extremely icy and slippy, as are the lower trails where the snow compacted on the ride line has now turned to hard ice in many places especially in the more sheltered spots under the trees (e.g. lower sections of Falla Brae). The thaw did set in a little on Monday and Tuesday but there is still alot of snow around on nearly all the trails and it remains deep and unrideable on most sections above the Buzzards Nest car park.
Entry to Falla Brae. Still deep, fairly soft snow on the trail with no real defined ride line and icy ruts underneath. Forest road has been scraped, this compacted snow is now getting icy and super slippy. Riding on it not recommended!
The Osprey car park (next to cafe and bike shop) is the only one open at Glentress just now. This has been gritted but remains quite slippy. The bikeshop is open as normal (Wed - Sun) and the cafe will be reopening on Thursday (after being closed due to frozen pipes).So at the moment we'd recommend waiting until the conditions improve before visiting. Please, do get in touch with the MTB Ranger's here at Glentress on 07834 435380 for the latest news.