GPX routes

Go clockwise!

This route is a bit different. Starting out with a 300m climb up a tarmac
access road to a radar station. Views on a clear day are great as the road
passed along the ridges between Lowther Hill and the highest point at
Green Lowther.

This relatively easy route takes you on a tour of the varied countryside
around Plockton. With views from the coastline of the Applecross
peninsula and across to the Cullins in Skye its a route best done on a clear
day. The route also climbs up to the tv tower above Plockton with
spectacular views in all directions before a speedy descent back down to
the village.

This route takes you out of the center of Pitlochry, up onto and over the
barren hilltops up to a height of over 600m. This route is made up of
paths, trackroad, and a bit of tarmac. This is a great ride, with the wild
hills providing the climbing challenge, as well as the pay off on the other
side with a seemingly never ending descent.

This route can be done in one go on a long summers day, or there is a
bothy about half way around. Alternatively, take a tent and camp out by
beautiful Loch Avon.
Most of this route is on dirt track, leading across the heather and through
valleys. Some of it is on single track, parts of which are hard to follow or
boggy during wet periods. Other parts are practically un-cyclable and will
require some pushing and carrying, these can be frustrating but the route
is worth the short term pain...honest.

The Lammermuir hills may not be especially high (Lammer Law being the
highest point at 528m), but the desolate steep hills provide for a
challenging outing

This route is an alternative short cross country route to the excellent
Seven Stanes route on the other side of the valley.
It covers a figure of eight route with a part of the climb having to be
repeated. Whilst mostly on forest track, a fair bit of the route is single
track with steep challenging downhills and possibly a couple of short bits
of bike pushing

This is a good winter/wet route as it's nearly all on well drained tracks.
There isn't much single-track here but the views are amazing.

The first part of the ride is flat and gentle, and not really mountain biking
at all (I've been along here with friends on hybrid bikes as far as the pub at
Brig O'Turk.
But none the less, it's a nice ride, starting on quiet tarmac, later becoming
an unsurfaced path twisting along the loch edge, before becoming forest
track as you pass the end of the loch.

This route takes you into a wild bit of country. It's within the boundaries
of the Cairngorm national park even though most of it is privately
owned.

Glen Almond is an impressive, remote, glaciated valley.

This route starts in the small village of Durisdeer. The route follows the
roman road which passes through the village.

This route is long, wild and remote and more than a bit crazy. Make sure
you are especially well prepared for weather and navigation on this one.
This isn't one for a day with dodgy weather. You will have to carry your
bike over some sections. Including a short but very steep scramble. Don't
attempt this without an OS map and knowing how to use it!

Arrochar, just off the A83 Loch Lomond road and about 30 minutes
drive from Glasgow is a small town at the edge of Loch Long. It's
surrounded by a group of mountains called the Arrochar Alps.