There’s a good and healthy heritage of naming trails, or sections of trails, in mountain biking. And the Forestry Commission wants to draw on this by giving you the chance to decide the name for its very latest trail, which has just been completed at Whinlatter Forest Park, Cumbria.

In partnership with local bike hire company and training specialist Cyclewise, a competition to find a suitable name for the new 7.5km blue graded trail, now open to the public, has been launched.

Whinlatter’s new blue grade trail has been designed especially to suit reasonably competent cyclists and mountain bikers of any age with basic off road riding skills, including families with children aged seven years and over. Most robust bikes will manage the trail, a few extra gears and a little suspension may help.

“We’re offering mountain bike fans the one-off chance to make the new Whinlatter cycle trail their own by helping to name it in our competition,” says Forestry Commission Recreation Ranger Paul Brown. “The name should aim to reflect Whinlatter’s growing reputation as the region’s leading mountain biking venue, its varied terrain and the energy of the sport itself.”

The winner and their family will be invited to the official launch of the new Whinlatter blue grade mountain bike trail and enjoy a mountain bike skills course for two people courtesy of Cyclewise.

You’ve got until the 5 June to get your entries in, entries can either be delivered to Cyclewise Whinlatter shop or emailed to [email protected] or posted to Whinlatter Blue Trail Competition, Whinlatter Forest Park, Braithwaite, Keswick, Cumbria CA12 5TW. Good luck.

More information about Whinlatter Forest Park can be found at www.forestry.gov.uk/whinlatterforestpark.