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  • Antrim

    • Ballycastle to Fair Head

      - badgers

      A four to five hour loop epic taking in the fantastic views at Fair Head.

    • Belfast Hills

      3.5 badgers

      Lots of options for a quick blast or a long epic with superb views overlooking Belfast City.

    • Belfast Loop Epic

      - badgers

      An excellent 50km+ loop taking in a lot of the best Belfast riding spots. 90% off road, with a mix of single track, urban cycle paths, forest trails and open mountain riding. Some spectacular views on a fine day.

    • Causeway Coast Way

      - badgers

      Portstewart to Ballycastle along the 33-mile waymarked way, part of The Ulster Way. Lots of twisting singletrack, and more climbing than you would imagine. Superb scenery and great fun.

    • Moyle Way

      - badgers

      27 miles of way-marked way, following The Moyle Way section of The Ulster Way. Tremendous scenery, isolation, and the bike over the shoulder a time or two!

    • Slieveanorra Forest

      3.0 badgers

      Remote in the Heart of the Antrim Plateau. Extensive forest with many kms of forest track including a good tight climb to the radio masts on the summit.

  • Down

    • Mournes Epics

      3.8 badgers

      The Mournes have lots of potential for epic rides. Any of Newcastle, Tollymore Forest, Donard Wood or Rostrevor Forest are perfect locations to start and finish.

    • Mournes Trassey Track

      4.0 badgers

      A great launch point for a day in the Mournes, and very popular with the hiking fraternity, Trassey Track is a great climb and descent on a broad rough path - an exhilarating descent. The track itself leads up to Hare's Gap, and is also easy to link through to Tollymore.

    • Rostrevor Forest

      4.6 badgers

      Popular with XC and DH bikers alike, with great climbs and mental descents, some great sections of singletrack. Extensive Forest from Slievemartin to Rocky Mountain, and a great place to start an epic.

    • The Mourne Way

      - badgers

      The 26-mile long Mourne Way marries many of the best features of Mourne country. Following a mixture of forest trails, mountain paths and open mountain, this route is almost entirely off-road as it travels through the foothills of the Mournes, from Newcastle to Rostrevor (or vice versa).

    • Tollymore Forest

      4.2 badgers

      Labyrinth of single track sections and fast fire-roads all throughout the forest. Has previously hosted Irish downhill championship races. Super place for a day out.

  • Londonderry

    • Ballycarton / Binevenagh

      4.1 badgers

      A good sized forest providing plenty of forest track, some challenging climbs and sections of single track. A breath-taking ride along a grassy path near the cliff edge leads to nice but steep singletrack off the ridge into the forest. Has hosted Downhill races in the past, and is currently enjoying lots of work that will meet the approval of the braver amngst you!

    • Castlerock Dungiven Epic

      3.0 badgers

      An epic of mostly forest tracks combined with occasional sections on minor roads. Possible to extend into Banagher Forest and over Mullaghmore into Glenshane Forest. A tough day's ride.

    • Sperrins Epic

      4.0 badgers

      This epic type trail is best done on a good sunny day, after a long dry period or good hard frost, as it entails crossing open mountain and some boggy sections.

  • Donegal

    • All of Coastal Donegal

      - badgers

      Donegal genuinely contains some of the best biking country in Ireland, IF you like to explore...

    • Glenveagh / Gartan Loop

      3.4 badgers

      Some great climbs and fast rough descents, with a mix of tarmac and rough tracks. The scenery is fantastic on this 25-30 mile loop.

    • SW Donegal Epic

      5.0 badgers

      Starting and finishing in Ardara, taking in Maghera, Port, Glencolmbkille, Teelin, climbing Slieve League, then back to Ardara via Glengesh. This is an all-day epic, only to be undertaken if you are used to long days in the saddle, and you don't mind hills! There are lots of opportunities to cut it shorter though if required (or indeed, make it longer!). 80Km and over 2300m of vertical climbing.

  • Dublin & Wicklow

    • The Wicklow Way

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      This popular way-marked route may be the traditional stomping ground of the red-sock brigade, but is a SUPERB setting for great mountain-biking.

  • Louth

    • Cooley Mountains

      4.3 badgers

      Quite possibly some of the best open mountain XC trails on the island. Savage climbs, spectacular scenery and amazing descents all combined with a real wilderness feeling in places make this a must ride location.

  • Sligo

    • The Sligo Way

      - badgers

      74km of forest tracks, tiny roads and open moorland paths. Lots of options to plan your own routes that take in part of the route. About 50% of it is on tiny tarmac roads. A great epic day (or couple of days) out.

NOTE: The trails on this site have been ridden before, but you should not interpret their inclusion as an indication that mountain-biking is officially sanctioned on them. Seeking permission from landowners is your own responsibility, as is conducting yourself in a manner that is courteous, respectful to the environment, and conscious of the safety of others.