First Trip Checklist 

Planning Your First Trip? Run Through This

Before you leave home:

• ☐ Checked the live trail status? Trails and DH tracks do close for maintenance.

• ☐ Bike in good working order — gears, brakes, tyres?

• ☐ Packed a spare tube, pump/CO2, tyre levers and a multitool? Signal's patchy out here — a puncture with no kit means a long walk.

• ☐ Helmet, gloves, and layers for the weather (the canopy keeps it cooler and darker than open ground)?

• ☐ Water and food — the café's great but it's not on the trail.

• ☐ Booking bike hire or uplift? Book ahead, especially at weekends and holidays.

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When you arrive:

• ☐ Card or phone for parking (no cash accepted).

• ☐ Arrive early on sunny weekends — the car park fills by mid-morning.

• ☐ Grab a trail map or have the Trail Explorer open on your phone.

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Riding for the first time here?

• ☐ Warm up on Old Bob's or the Family Trail.

• ☐ Step up to the Verderers before tackling the red-graded Freeminers.

• ☐ Tell someone your plan if you're riding alone — or find company on the Plus1 app.

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