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Innerleithen XC Trail – Minch Moor Climb loop from Innerleithen

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Innerleithen And District

Innerleithen XC Trail – Minch Moor Climb loop from Innerleithen

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Innerleithen XC Trail – Minch Moor Climb loop from Innerleithen

01:34

16.0km

440m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 24, 2026

Tips

Includes a very steep uphill segment

You may need to push your bike.

After 1.79 km for 966 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

Get Directions

155 m

Innerleithen High Street

Highlight • Rest Area

Several bike shops, plenty cafes and shops exist on the main through road (High Street) in Innerleithen.

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487 m

No1 Peebles Road Café

Highlight • Cafe

A quite spectacularly good cafe in the heart of Innerleithen, which caters to all stripes of locals and tourists alike. Locally sourced food (try the breakfasts - they're excellent), really, …

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832 m

Entrance to Innerleithen from Riverside Way

Highlight • Cycleway

Entering Innerleithen from the south side of the village. There waere bikes everywhere on a November Saturday, cold, wet and a murky day

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1.49 km

Traquair's Woodlands

Highlight • Trail

This is a nice semi wooded are with park benches & gates. The surface initially has a decent solid asphalt type path

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1.77 km

Innerleithen XC Trail

Highlight • Forest

The red-graded XC trail is fairly short but not to be taken lightly!

A lung-burning switchback climb right from the start to lead you through the trees up to the …

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6.49 km

Minch Moor Climb

Highlight • Trail

You may be knackered after the climb so far but if the weather is nice, totally worth the last effort to get to the top. Don’t be tempted by the short cut!

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8.64 km

Summit Cairn, Minch Moor

Highlight • Viewpoint

The intersection of a variety of MTB and walking trails, the summit of Minch Moor is also blessed with a substantial cairn. And from a biking perspective, once you've enjoyed …

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9.61 km

View from Minch Moor Summit Cairn

Highlight • Viewpoint

Several trails meet here - the Great North Trail, the singletrack ride up to the top of Minch Moor marked by the Cairn, and the Minch Moor descent which is …

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16.0 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

11.7 km

2.62 km

904 m

427 m

389 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

8.87 km

3.03 km

2.98 km

728 m

427 m

Elevation

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Highest point (560 m)

Lowest point (140 m)

Weather

Wednesday 15 July

23°C

9°C

0 %

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Innerleithen XC Trail – Minch Moor Climb loop from Innerleithen

Innerleithen High Street

No1 Peebles Road Café

Entrance to Innerleithen from Riverside Way

Traquair's Woodlands

Innerleithen XC Trail

Minch Moor Climb

Summit Cairn, Minch Moor

View from Minch Moor Summit Cairn

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