New: Real Trail Conditions From Real Riders

Ever turned up to Cannop after a dry week, assumed the trails would be perfect, and found Freeminers still greasy from rain three days before? Or skipped a ride because you assumed it'd be muddy, when actually it had dried out nicely?

Trail status pages tell you whether something's officially open. They don't tell you what it's actually like to ride right now. So we've built something that does.

Introducing Trail Conditions — a page built entirely from ride reports submitted by riders like you. No algorithm, no guesswork, no corporate updates. Just real people telling you what the trails were actually like the last time they rode them.

How it works:

Been out for a ride recently? Submit a quick report — which trails you rode, what the conditions were like, and anything worth flagging (a branch down, a boggy section, whatever). Takes two minutes.

We check every submission before it goes live, then it appears on the Trail Conditions page for other riders to see — newest first.

Why bother?

Because "is it muddy right now" is one of the most useful things another rider can tell you, and nobody else in the Forest of Dean is building this. Over time, this page becomes a genuine record of what the trails are actually like, season by season, built by the people who actually ride them.

If you rode this week, we'd love to hear from you. Submit your report here →

— FoDMTB