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This fantastic blue grade route is 7.5km long with a shorter 3.5 km option. It is a gem waiting to be discovered, expect flowing single track with gentle berms, rolling jumps, wide gradual climbs with technical features for the adventurous riders.
Trail Description
The trail starts down hill with sweeping intricate bends requiring hardly any peddling, then climbs up and bends and twists its way until riders came face to face with the Big 
Wall, a double banked bend within the forest. After climbing up through oak woodland the trail crosses a bridge and into the darker conifer forest. The trail finishes with the hollow sound of a raised board walk over a bog and through a mystical forest of towering conifers.
The Quercus Trail is named after the Latin for Oak (Quercus Petraea) because the furthest loop of the trail runs through the Masmill Oak Woodland.
Trail Guide
The Trail Guide is available at the Visitor Centre, Cyclewise Shop at the trail head .
Suitability
The Quercus Trail is suitable for intermediate mountain bikers with basic off road skills and reasonable fitness. Unlike the Altura Trail there are easy routes around technical features such as berms and rock paving.
Trail Videos
Check out a video of the trail on Youtube.
How to get there:
Quercus Trail can be started from Whinlatter Visitor Centre in Whinlatter Forest Park. Keswick is the nearest town or village.
Road:- From Keswick: Take the A66 west towards Cockermouth. At Braithwaite turn west onto the B5292 for Lorton. Follow Visitor Centre Sign Posts.
Bus:- Bus from Keswick.
Train:- Nearest station is Penrith (25 miles east) on the west coast mainline.
OS Grid Reference: NY209245
For details of public transport visit http://www.transportdirect.info
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