Whether you want to beat your mates, impress adoring strangers, or just generally stop falling off and scratching your swanky paint job, we have a variety of skills courses tailored to your needs, from basic “I’ve just come off stabilisers and am maybe thinking about steering”, to “I’m a shred god, but need more awe inspiring steeze to enrol worshippers whilst I’m getting gnarly”
Feel a bit befuddled by the diversity of mountain biking these days? Fear not, at the end of the day, its all just riding a bike with some mud and rocks thrown in and all skills will make you a better rider, whatever the discipline, so don’t stress too much about the latest buzzwords, just pick a course according to your experience level.
From a 1 hour taster session to an Advanced full day course working towards shaving valuable seconds off a DH run and everything between, we have it all covered to make sure you advance your skills and have fun on your bike.
Skills covered include:
- Bike Setup
- Suspension settings
- Use of Gears
- Braking
- Riding Safely
- Attack position
- Dynamic Body Position
- Looking ahead
- Line Choice
- Speed Control
- Being at one with the bike
- Steep Slopes
- Weighting/Unweighting the bike
- Pumping the Trail
- Berms and Rollers
- Cornering, inc loose surfaces
- Drifting and Cutties
- Keeping speed through turns
- Manuals
- Front and Rear wheel lifts
- Bunny Hops
- Pre-Jumping
- Drop offs
- Jumps
- Rocks
- Roots
- Off camber sections
- Carrying speed on the trail
Glencoe Mountain Resort, Kingshouse Ballachulish, AG, PH49 4HZ UK
ride@bigmountainscotland.com • 07445 842349



