Looking for advice on these trails as I plan to go in a few weeks. Are they easy to find,what would be the best route to follow to make it a Xc trail and where to park. Any advice would be greatly appreciated
If you're looking for an "XC" trail then Caberston probably isn't the place for you. Steepest trails in the area by some margin
That doesn't bother me as we do the uplift every month and have done the POC,Dudes of Hazard Enduro races
park in Innerleithen, most trails are on strava, apart from that follow the bike tracks in the mud!
If the ground is frozen then you'll have a good days riding but as things are, you'll be pushing up through bottomless mud then riding down the same. The Golfie trails are really popular these days but with ground conditions as they are you'd be better going over the Tweed and riding Gold Run, Cresta etc (brilliant on an endure bike!).
Precise information on the Golfie routes won't appear on a public forum: People spend months cutting trails here only for their trails to end up as duck ponds after a week of folk riding them in poor conditions (witness the new one at the north end of the forest!).
It's muddy all over, but really not that bad on the way up. Mud tyres certainly recommended, and enjoying sliding around on death-trap roots in corners. The conditions aren't terrible though (lone wolf aside). You'll struggle to find anything good though without a guide, unless you're willing to study up on any maps + strava data you can find, and then be preapred to explore a little. If you don't know the area, you would be better off going to main inners where the DH trails are marked + cope well in all weathers while still being difficult.
If you still want to go, check out [url= http://www.trailforks.com/region/caberston/?lat=55.6407420615745&lon=-3.0446290969848633&z=14&m=terrain ]trailforks[/url] and [url= http://tweedlove.com/onthehillsid te/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/TweedLove14_EWS2_CourseInfo.pdf]the EWS map[/url] to get you started. Like everyone has said, the trails are made for occasional use, and turn into a sloppy mess when they get ridden too much in the rain, but what are you gonna do? They're almost all on strava, and races are held there all the time, which kills them far more than people riding at the weekend for fun.
Some folk just get maps and ride from hill to hill, tying in some of the technical tracks as they go. That sounds like a fun xc day out, rather than the grind up the same fireroad all day long
