Tarland Is The Best Trail Centre I've Ridden! And It's Brand New

[@GMRS4]

Great video as always! I’m fortunate to have this 10 minutes drive from my door, so yeh, got my ‘legendary pass’ (£35 btw) and got up there last week. Will be back plenty for sure!

[@McTrailRider]

I’m not jealous at all 😜 I’ll pin your comment so that people can see that the past is £35

[@GMRS4]

You’ll just have to spend more time up here! As you know, loads of great natural stuff too👍

[@GMRS4]

@Flippy free parking. You get posted a small pass to put in your car/van. There’s no uplift.

[@McTrailRider]

@flippy5118 it’s for one years parking.

[@twistandgo3414]

The pass is definitely worth while for us locals!! 😁😁😎👍

[@streetpigeonmtb]

Thanks for the shout out Andrew. I loved how you rode about 3 berms and decided you loved the place! I was the same. Finally we have a serious trail centre offering trails that we rarely get to ride. But more than that, the quality of the build is next level. Just imagine CRC had designed and built the Blue Doon! Perfect trail centre. Just perfect. P.s. let's get to Fools Gold and try and nail it!

[@McTrailRider]

No worries Jamie, loved your video. I definitely want to get Fools Gold cleaned next time. This level of building with Blue Doon’s elevation and backdrop would be unbelievable!

[@streetpigeonmtb]

@@McTrailRider maybe time to start a national crowd funder to construct the ultimate blue trail!

[@MTBScotland]

@@streetpigeonmtb They have one at Fort William 😬

[@carsnstuff5712]

Great video Andy. Was a great day riding with you and the guys. Big thanks to all involved for all their inspirational efforts

[@McTrailRider]

Was great to have you along mate, we had a great group of riders 👌

[@benpulsar13]

Heading there tomorrow after 2 days at glen livet, can’t wait.

[@McTrailRider]

Nice, good plan 👍

[@scottlawrie3452]

Andy great to meet you yesterday and it was a fantastic group to go riding with. Tarland have knocked it out of the park!!

[@McTrailRider]

You too mate, I really enjoyed my time riding with you guys 👍

[@adriankelly_edinburgh]

10/10 for such a quick turnaround, Andrew. I saw your comment about heading up there on Street Pigeon's channel only last night!

[@McTrailRider]

Not how I usually do things, but I thought I’d get the video out while I’d new and exciting.

[@adriankelly_edinburgh]

@@McTrailRider very wise. I've got a feeling it will get very busy very quickly.

[@cals.9269]

Great commentary and content Andrew 😀 - the Aberdisney' pay dirt has been sculpted with exceptional care & skill. All credit to the Tarland II team, CRC and numerous contributors. Loved riding all these exquisite trails blind in a train. Elements of Crank It Up and B-Line @ Whistler in places. Refreshing to see a bold mix of jumps, booters and surfaces. See you up here again no doubt 💥. Thanks to Mikey @ 20Twenty for the loan of the flat pedals. Gawd damn eeb's are a glittering allure !

[@McTrailRider]

Fantastic job by all indeed 👍 So good to have such great facilities available to us here in Scotland.

[@jamieroe5292]

Wow! Thanks for this one! I've now added that to my schedule for my trip to Scotland this year with my bike. Would probably have missed this place this year if you hadn't uploaded this video! Looks absolutely epic.

[@McTrailRider]

Glad you seen it then 👍

[@fergm7315]

Was up there the other week, absolutely class trails for your beginner/ intermediate levels, will probably be back when I fancy just a fun day on my bike without risking obliteration

[@crazyoldmaninthewoods]

Fantastic video Andrew and great riding by all. Will defo be heading up there for a day soon as I can. Thanks for filming

[@McTrailRider]

Good to hear 👍

[@garyalexander3281]

Visiting Tarland from a holiday in Ballater next month, trails look amazing big flowy berms with table top jumps and rock features hands down personal favourite looking forward to it. It will be interesting to see what CRC trails will build next. Great video and thanks for sharing Andy!

[@McTrailRider]

CRC are going from strength to strength 💪💪

[@connordevine3577]

Place is phenomenal, it was my first go on them yesterday also! So glad to have them locally!

[@McTrailRider]

I’m not jealous of you at all 😬

[@MovingTargetOne]

Moving to Tarland in a couple weeks :) I tested the trails and they are quite fun, prefer Innerleithen/Golfie by quite some margin, but it will be great having this on my doorstep.

[@darrencooper4251]

Great video Andy looks amazing place some awesome riding there we will up there later this year thanks for sharing keep up the good riding 👍👌

[@McTrailRider]

Thanks Darren

[@Jfree68]

Interesting ride differences between bikes. Looks like a fun place to spend the day. Thanks for the ride along

[@McTrailRider]

I’m glad I used the e-bike to start with as I’m not sure I would have managed it all in a reasonable time otherwise.

[@alk5270]

Brilliant trail Andrew thanks for the heads up It’s on the todo list cheers and looking forward to what you show next 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@McTrailRider]

Thanks dude

[@supersonicsimi2935]

Great video and great trails. I can see this being very busy and the rest of Scotland’s trail centres will be empty if they don’t up their game!

[@McTrailRider]

The only thing that’ll stop it being super busy, is that it’s away from the big cities.

[@bigstoozeradventures]

Fooking brilliant Andrew. As always a totally riveting watch. "I love this place instantly'. Quote of the year. I have always fu---- myself up on jumps so at my age I will be blasting and rolling. Great to watch. 🤠

[@McTrailRider]

Glad you enjoyed the video, jumps definitely aren’t for everyone.

[@bigstoozeradventures]

👍🏻@@McTrailRider

[@CelticFan]

Tarland just looks awesome. Amazing access value for money for the enthusiast. Brilliant video, mate, showing this all off. Great Chanel . Love it 👍

[@McTrailRider]

Excellent! What a place👍

[@chrishallracing]

"immediately flaattering" aka the stoke!!! Good to see you having fun man, And i can't wait to get on my new H2... sat waiting for me teasingly

[@McTrailRider]

The Stoke was real 🤘 You’re going to love the H2, is such an awesome bike!

[@aaronadventure]

Great stuff! I'm always weary of washing out, so leaning so far into a berm makes me uneasy, but you clearly has a blast!

[@TheJofrica]

Nice! Looks amazing! Glad you have access to such a resource. Greetings from California! 👋

[@McTrailRider]

Thanks dude, hope your enjoying all your sun shine 😔😜

[@TheJofrica]

@@McTrailRider Welcome! Yes, springtime is here and it's looking lovely out 👍

[@federalnoise]

Amazing, never stop.

[@euanscott6053]

Thanks for that dude. We're heading up..

[@McTrailRider]

Have fun!

[@markoos72]

That is now on my to-do list, looks so much fun especially the Blues..might need to look into accommodation nearby, otherwise its a 2 and half/3 hour drive each way

[@McTrailRider]

I’m sure there will be plenty of accommodation nearby 👍

[@peternoble4172]

Just had a fantastic day here. Came up from Cumbria after seeing your video because it looked so good. It did not disappoint. It is a slog up to the top, but the trails are absolutely fabulous. Next day did a natural ride up and around Pannanich Hill, which was a great bit of downhill. Definitely have to come back up for more. Can recommend the Ballater Hostel as a base, too.

[@McTrailRider]

That’s what I like to hear 👍💪 There is so much riding to be done nearby, I’d highly recommend heartbreak ridge 👌

[@GavinDavies-tc6yn]

Thanks for the video, after having my mountain bike stolen I gave up for a few years. Just bought myself a new mountain bike and have been enjoying myself in the woods, and headed up to Carron Valley Reservoir, which was pretty but a bit boring! Will have to find some more technical routes like these.

[@GrdenGnome]

You insured this one ?

[@ridingflats]

Great looking place. Trails that everyone can ride but also a different experience depending on your level, eg. rolling or clearing the jumps.

[@McTrailRider]

Exactly! That’s the sign of good trail building👌

[@cb6866]

Thanks Andrew...very cool place ! The guy with the "NonE-bike". Flat pedals as well.....impressive as hell !

[@McTrailRider]

Callum was very impressive for sure 💪

[@beerenmusli8220]

That definitely looks like something to check out!!!

[@McTrailRider]

It is that

[@dukekaboom4105]

Great video, my wife and I are in Aboyne at the end of May, can’t wait to get on these trails. Cheers Andrew.

[@McTrailRider]

I’m almost certain that you will both love it.

[@lukas181118]

Good video , never knew about this till today . 3 weeks time going glenlivet so will pop on the way back to check this place . Thanks

[@McTrailRider]

Great that they are so close to each other 👍

[@duffymoon3716]

Can’t wait to go there. Thank you.

[@McTrailRider]

You’ll enjoy it for sure.

[@Mark_Page_MTB]

That just looks pure HEAVEN! It's definitely now on my list. Awesome

[@McTrailRider]

And so it should be 👍

[@justhere4theoldskool]

Class, been waiting on your video for this place after seeing street pigeons video yesterday. Scalextric looks like Scotland's answer to Willy Waver. Hell of a long way from London though!

[@McTrailRider]

Long way for sure, but if you ever find yourself up this way……….

[@albanomadarts]

Fantastic stuff. Know what im doing today, and quite possibly the whole summer

[@McTrailRider]

Haha, very true

[@brianbathgate4944]

Looks fantastic. Need to get myself up! We’re def needing more places like that in Scotland

[@McTrailRider]

Definitely worth a visit, and so good to have these kind of trails in Scotland now.

[@scottmckinlay6243]

That was me down at the blue caddy trying to work out of it was you or not! Quality video, such a awesome place! Runs get even better after a couple times down them

[@McTrailRider]

Haha, it definitely wasn’t me😜 Looking forward to getting more familiar with these trails.

[@kevincross9206]

Looks a brilliant place. Great video 👍🏻

[@McTrailRider]

Thank you 👍

[@simon77147]

Rode it yesterday and I have to say it's the best riding outside the alps in my eyes.

[@McTrailRider]

High praise 👍

[@DrFaroon]

Heading up Sunday. It looks (on all the videos so far) like the blue is much more *fun* than Blue Doon at Nevis. The Black looks like there's plenty of air to be had. Very different from the technical stuff you (and I) usually focus on.

[@McTrailRider]

Not even comparable to the Blue Doon imo, although it can’t compete with it’s views.

[@jonathanspackman9290]

That's got to go on the bucket list for sure! They do say that blues are the most fun!

[@McTrailRider]

I’d have to agree with you.

[@neilstringfellow4090]

Looks bloody brilliant!!

[@McTrailRider]

It is 👍

[@DizRidesMtb]

That's a class set of trails rite there. Beautiful work to from the trail builders 👏👏. Looks brilliant mate 👍. Jst a shame I'm way too far away 😂 👍 👍

[@McTrailRider]

Excellent work indeed 👌

[@Kozza-13]

After watching your video and the one from street pigeon It looks like iv made my plans for Sunday, luckily for me there less than an hour away

[@McTrailRider]

A sound plan right there 👍

[@A_AAA232]

trails look awesome, nice one

[@McTrailRider]

They are!

[@MrAndrew2509]

Aye Andy boy, great looking trails. defo going very soon. 👌

[@McTrailRider]

You should!

[@garioch_gravel_rider7376]

It's so good! Only 40 mins from my house and have been 3 times in the last week. Thought I spotted you thereon Monday afternoon :D

[@McTrailRider]

Be sure to say hello next time 👍

[@garioch_gravel_rider7376]

@@McTrailRider I will if I can catch you 😂

[@sholehan]

That place looks brill, as you say, jsut how a trail centre should be - fun all the way down.

[@McTrailRider]

Bingo

[@GeoLunar]

Looks awesome. I was heading there tomorrow, your video just confirmed it 😅👍

[@McTrailRider]

Your going to love it!

[@GeoLunar]

@McTrail Rider it was brilliant, going back on Friday 😆 need to get the fitness up, 6km initial climb was a bit cheeky

[@smv9338]

Gotta love a new trail centre to explore. But I wouldn't be too harsh about Scotland's MTB options when you've got trail centres like the 7 Stanes, Laggan, Glenlivet, Moray Monster, & gondola uplifts at Fort William & Glencoe! But I agree there must be potential for a Scots version of BPW, Dyfi or Antur Stiniog,

[@McTrailRider]

I probably should have worded it better. My frustration is mainly with the lack of development or keeping with the times from the forestry run centres. A lot of our trail centres are quite tech focused as well, which obviously doesn’t necessarily suit beginners. Here pretty much every trail can be ridden by everyone👍

[@smv9338]

I see what you mean. Now you mention it, difficult to think of decent blue trails outside of Glentress.

[@rogerknowles4217]

That looks amazing!

[@McTrailRider]

Pretty cool eh 👍

[@rogerknowles4217]

@@McTrailRider I rode the trails in Morzine in 2019. These trails look just as good! Needless to say, I got spat out of many a berm that week! Enjoy!

[@thatbikedad8252]

Great vid , place looks epic man . Also recognising all those old bmx faces from LIVI

[@McTrailRider]

Nice, I only knew of Mike being a bmx’er tbh.

[@thatbikedad8252]

@@McTrailRider 🤙

[@HankBizzle]

If I lived a bit closer I'd definitely be there a lot. Does look like it needs a lot more rocks and roots though.

[@McTrailRider]

Plenty of rocks and roots everywhere else nearby 👍

[@stevo_fpv933]

Great video highlighting how good the place is. So lucky its only 15 minutes away from me. Also glad to see theres no footage of you guys passing my mate and me burst walking up to high pressure 😂

[@McTrailRider]

Your very lucky indeed. I’ve been burst and pushing on many an occasion.

[@rhettetherington1351]

Looks absolutely brilliant Great video. It's only 6.5 hrs drive for me so maybe one day😂

[@McTrailRider]

4hrs for me, I’d do it again 👍

[@thoff-jn7mr]

looks great fun :)

[@MTFUCOUK]

East Lothian needs this desperately. Lammermuirs!!!!

[@McTrailRider]

Everywhere does really

[@MTFUCOUK]

@@McTrailRider 100% - and most places in Scotland with hills have something. But East Lothian and east borders don't. Despite the number of enthusiasts and economy that could flourish from it. Fingers crossed one of these days we get someone like you doing something similar here.

[@MartyFaeScotland]

Class!, place looks excellent 👍👌

[@McTrailRider]

It is!

[@Dawks12]

Yeah I feel exactly the same about Scotland’s bike park game. The potential with some places in Scotland are endless especially Nevis glen coe etc in the west. There are some gems if you know where to look. It’ll come though give it time, bike park Scotland 🚲💨

[@McTrailRider]

There’s little snippets here and there, but this is the first time I’ve felt all the trails as a whole made for a great single location 👍

[@Dawks12]

@@McTrailRider aye enjoy your videos and been to a lot of places on the back of them actually saw you at aberfeldy once, love that place. Il deffo be making the trip to tarland in the near future

[@waynestevens5619]

Added to must ride list🤟

[@McTrailRider]

Quite right 👍

[@TidyDawg]

Fantastic video, looks like a wonderful place to ride! May I ask, how long should I put aside to cover the trails you've ridden there pal?

[@McTrailRider]

I believe it may have been about 3-4 hours. You can hit them all quite quickly tbh.

[@Gazzaivey]

Cool vid thanks man x

[@McTrailRider]

Thanks for watching

[@JasonChambersPhoto]

This place looks like POP city! Brill video Mc T.

[@McTrailRider]

Pop city indeed!

[@cals.9269]

The trail "Bon Gripper" sounds like Don Draper from Mad Men ( box set TV). In reference to your video title, Don once said .....“This old pro, a copywriter, a Greek named Teddy, told me the most important thing in advertising is ‘NEW’. It creates an itch. You simply put your product in there as a kind of calamine lotion”....... Andrew & Jamie are certainly getting Tarland II out there !?

[@McTrailRider]

Call me Teddy then, because I was almost certain that a “new” trail centre would get people to watch 👍

[@jamesthompson7138]

Cracking video pal

[@McTrailRider]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@andrewcrookes5775]

OMG I'm on it ❤

[@McTrailRider]

Yes! 👍

[@Emtbwebb]

Great ride 🤟🏼

[@McTrailRider]

Thanks

[@robertwalker841]

Great trail review, do you like these trails more than dyf ? Can you list your top 10 favourite trails here ?

[@McTrailRider]

I don’t feel the two places are actually comparable. One is a trail centre without an uplift, and the other one is a bike park with uplifts. Tarland is a better destination, and for appealing to the masses, I.E people of all levels should be able to enjoy the trails. Dyfi is aimed more towards the intermediate to advanced riders and has amazing features as a result.

[@stewartjackson1821]

Handy for getting up the hill's the ebike and pretty sure that they handel and jump just fine fir most folk 😊

[@McTrailRider]

Very true, it was just the tight switchbacks that I felt slightly hindered.

[@stewartjackson1821]

@McTrail Rider never seemed to hinder the other guys on ebikes you were following, could it be your human after all 👍

[@McTrailRider]

@@stewartjackson1821 well I’m not going to blame myself for riding poorly, am I😜

[@stewartjackson1821]

@@McTrailRider 🤣 all good mate 👍

[@DrFaroon]

High praise.

[@McTrailRider]

It’s worthy of it 👍

[@DAllan-lz3lg]

Looks great, I live not far away and have a Vitus aswell, how did the battery do ?

[@McTrailRider]

Better done pretty well, I could have done everything on the one battery 👍

[@andrewleighton472]

Add some fast tech “rim dinger” style and an uplift and you’ve got Scotlands answer to Bike park wales.

[@McTrailRider]

They might not as those kind of trails to Tarland, but the surrounding area has plenty of natural tech trails.

[@RicardoPetrazzi]

so good I watched it twice 👍

[@McTrailRider]

Nice!👍

[@Axr24have]

Looks like fun man! Question though; ‘red’? What is ‘red’? In Canada we have green, blue, black and double black trails.

[@McTrailRider]

Red is equivalent to your black I believe, although these aren’t very hard for Red’s in my opinion.

[@allanbuchan6947]

Money well spent , the trails look amazing .

[@McTrailRider]

Agreed

[@stephengeddis7364]

Best review ive seen to date on tarland. Id say I'm about same level of rider as yourself. I got a better perspective of the bike park watching you. Instead of watching expert rders smashing down trails.

[@McTrailRider]

Glad you found value in my video. Good to know my average-ness is finally paying off😜

[@_I.M.T.B_]

Between this and the ongoing work at Glenlivet, CRC are going from strength to strength! @nevistange should really be picking up the phone. Just watched Papa Moyne do Macavalanche to be reminded how awful Blue doon really is 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@McTrailRider]

I obviously have no opinion on blue Doon😜 CRC are the absolute go to guys for trail building now👍

[@bridgefootcottage]

NICE ❤

[@McTrailRider]

Cheers

[@Sam._.santacruz]

🔥

[@McTrailRider]

Cheers Sam

[@ricrsv]

Would overnight parking be tolerated?

[@McTrailRider]

Probably not, but there’s a camp site in the village and many quiet spots nearby.

[@davidcovington8957]

Whereabouts in Scotland?

[@McTrailRider]

Aberdeenshire

[@robertwalker4930]

enjoyed the vid, is the guy on the santa cruz a dentist lol.

[@McTrailRider]

More likely to do with oil than teeth in Aberdeenshire.

[@davidavison5533]

I enjoyed the trails but they are not for everyone. I appreciate its meant to be flow orientated but it was more like very smooth BMX tracks and they are all very samey. No variation between grades etc. Good for families or a blast if nearby. Personally I probably won't be back but it's very subjective.

[@McTrailRider]

When I say that they are for everyone, I mean from an ability point of view I.e almost all abilities can ride the same trails as each other. Almost every other trail in Scotland is more techy, so it’s nice to have some flow trails👍

[@rockwatchswitzerland3227]

Doable on a hard tail?

[@McTrailRider]

Very much so, maybe even a better choice

[@rockwatchswitzerland3227]

Thank you. Keen to give it a go. Great video btw 👍

[@paulphillips8653]

Can you hire E-bikes there

[@McTrailRider]

Not at the Trail centre itself, but quite possibly at one of the nearby bike shops. 20Twenty bikes may be able to help you.

[@jamesthompson7138]

No uplift 😭😫

[@McTrailRider]

Nope. This is a trail centre rather than a bike park.

[@MTBScotland]

bike is a bit squeaky

[@McTrailRider]

Yeah, not so good 😬

[@ricrsv]

Sounds like the same noise as my Hope brakes....

[@GrahamStorr]

Sorry but inners and golfy are as good as any in uk and any of the stains are ok as well you have it ok Andy lol and glentress

[@McTrailRider]

The Golfie isn’t a trail centre and Inners is about 95% off piste, so I don’t really include them against Tarland.

[@jamiesmith5970]

When your riding it’s not as clear as when your stood still 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@McTrailRider]

Just like real life, no.

[@jamiesmith5970]

Sorry man that comment wasn’t for that vid 🤷🏼‍♂️ was for pinned no idea how that happened, love yours vids

[@McTrailRider]

@@jamiesmith5970 no worries man👍

[@tonycostello5210]

Tarland. It would be better off tarred. Miles of samey twisty tracks with not a rock or root in sight. Kids will like it as it will give them a chance to show off. Glenlivet on steroids, Jeez.

[@McTrailRider]

Thankfully there’s rocks and roots to be had everywhere else in the area. Flow trails is something that we don’t have much of though.

[@adambracegirdle]

I rode on opening day and I've described this to friends as like a BMX track but everything is huge and on a slope. That won't appeal to everyone, but it's a great contrast to the natural / tech trails in the north east, see Ben Cathro's pinkbike piece on Aberdeenshire. Going through the huge compressions and jumps I can only say I felt like a fighter pilot.

[@claverhouse1]

As you come down Scalextrix and look to the west, you can see my house!

[@McTrailRider]

Nice extended garden you have 👌

[@claverhouse1]

@@McTrailRider It's a bugger to cut the grass though!