Reviews for Nevis Red Trail XC

Summary:
Be confident and you'll have a blast

Review:
If you can handle the odd black diversion on most trail centre red loops you should give it a go. Really good fun and a rewarding ride. A little hard on your bike though.

Summary:
Not Red, not compared to other red graded at trail centres

Review:
First trip to Fort William, I ride a Hardtail with decent front forks with 140mm of travel and big tyres and quite an aggressive frame design.
Re the other reviews, more downhill \ Glentress black routes with the occasional sprinkle of less mental open rock face and steep drops. Not a family track unless you are all fairly proficient mountain bikers.
This is def not a red route, agree with other people, a fully rigid on this is probably as close to suicide as I would want to get to, it varies between very technical open rock with drops that can toss you out the front door and land you in more rocks and boardwalk which is lovely and smooth, but also with absolutley no room for error.
I would reccomend at least elbow pads to do this and prob a full face helmet, a major factor is fatigue when you get to the fast stuff at the bottom, especially on a hardtail, i fell off twice there, due to not having the strength to get onto the right line and then just giving up fighting the inevitable.
All that said, a nice wee run on a sunday afternoon, woudl have rated higher if it was marketed properly, I would suggest that the nevis range re-categorise to black\red-black or build some slightly less ominous chicken runs to avoid the biggest of the rock faces.

Summary:
AWESOME

Review:
this is my favourite track ever

Summary:
Brilliant Route but really a black grade

Review:
I loved this route and agree with previous comments but you should beware, this has many black graded features and should be treated as such. Many people do it in full armour and a full face, I certainly put my full face on for my 2nd go as there are many potential places to fall and it's gonna hurt! If you aren't happy on steep rock and exposed situations you'll get a fright and walk large chunks of this. That said, it is a fantastic route with beautiful views, but don't go on a wet day!

Summary:
Good trail, but...

Review:
Offers a variety of terrain from boardwalk and rock gardens to open mountainside giving amazing views accross the Highlands. It offers plenty of challenges but the top section isn't as flowy as the bottom or the world cup course. If you are heading there for DH, try it out but I'd stick to the WC which is amazing. Agree with RobIsOnFire about the end section being an avoidance of the WC course, it does give potential however for future improvement of this bit. Better to enjoy the DH section after the wall ride.
On the downside, the trail has been a bit miss-marketed as an XC route suitable for families, last time I was up there was a guy on a fully rigid muddy fox with panniers and a family carrying their bikes and looking rather miserable! Watch out for people pushing bikes on the boardwalk....!
It is a remote trail so make sure you take a spare tube or two and a pump - its a long walk back.
Last thing, watch out for the cross wind on the last 20 metres of the boardwalk (and particularly the jump), it can get breezy - it whipped the bike from under me and dumped me onto my shoulder from 5ft up. Broken bike and a separated shoulder.
A trail that will have you smiling by the end and no pushing back up. Get to the bottom, grab the cable car to the top and start again.