Gortin Glen Forest Park

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10 miles North of Omagh on the B48.
Plenty of altitude to play with here. A number of sanctioned trails exist including a downhill course, in the North part of the forest. Also great technical purpose-built singletrack, with 90-degree switchbacks, steep descents, jumps and various other obstacles. You will not be disappointed.

Gortin Glen Forest Park Multimap Link

Gortin Trail Map (Jpg, 320k) - unmarked

Drive out of Omagh towards Gortin, turn left down Lisnaharney road. Park at the first Forestry layby on your right. There will be a sign for mountainbiking. Try and make a mental note of the trails. The first trail starts right there and flows well before giving you a serious climbing challenge.

Basically explore the forest on that side of the Gortin Road and you will notice little sign posts for trails etc. If you ride around it long enough you will get the idea and the best route to include everything. Take the downhill track back down instead of going right up to the mast, as the trail from the mast down is massively overgrown and not really a trail at all.

Plenty of altitude to play with here, including the climb to summit of Mullaghcarn. A number of sanctioned trails exist including a downhill course, which is located in the North part of the forest above Glenpark Road.

Watch the speed on some of the descents - loose gravel and tight turns make for some hairy cornering. Also great technical purpose-built singletrack, with 90-degree switchbacks, steep descents, jumps and various other obstacles.

If you visit Gortin, you will not be disappointed.

Be careful, as parts of Gortin Glen are popular with families / walkers. Safety and courtesy are of the utmost importance.

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Reviewed By:ben_villain
Have only ever ridden this site once, again, the round trip don;t make it worth while at the moment, but am willing to help out over weekends to rebuild trails. Who do i get in touch with?
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Reviewed By:davyc
some good singletrack but not enough of it! forest service destroyed a few good tracks so if they were repaired wouldn't be a bad few hours ride. forest paths very hilly!good downhill course if you like that sort of thing.unless you were within 30mins drive away wouldn't bother going just yet!
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Reviewed By:Micko
It has a good trail network, would ride here every week, hassome great hard climbs and some fast descents!mostly all on hard pack or gravel! Amate of mine Paul Mc Menamin, myself and a few others are going to reopen some of the trails the forestry destroyed awhile back ago! think wer starting now over christmas!
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Reviewed By:Smurf
During the early 00's it was probably one of the best places to ride DH. Unfortunately many of the trails got destroyed and i stopped driving the 150mile round trip for a days fun. Glad to hear a race was run there this year(07)and that some developments have taken place again in the re-establishing of the courses. I would drive down again if they got some good reviews on here or some other site. Plenty of scope for major DH & XC stuff.
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Reviewed By:Barry Kellett
A huge forest park with miles of forest roads and quite a few trails existing from a trail building movement a few years ago.
 
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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.