Cycling Trips

Many club members – perhaps a majority – enjoy cycling in some shape or form. Cycle trips are less formally arranged within the club cycling fraternity. When it comes to hill walking some hills sit well away from the road. As a result we sometimes like using a mountain bike to cover distances whenever possible.

Numerous walks lend themselves to the use of bikes. A lot of the time the cycle in isn’t greatly enhanced by the fact that you’re going up hill. However the cycle out can be sheer bliss when you can take the weight off your feet and freewheel. Cycling also allows you to contemplate longer routes while keeping to daylight hours such as 50 kilometre route in Cairngorms.

A number of Munro routes that a mountain bike can be used on to good effect are:

The Cairngorms when accessed from Linn of Dee
Carn an Fhidhlair and An Sgarsoch from Glen Feshie
Beinn a’ Bhuird and Ben Avon from Tomintoul
Hills west of Glenshee from Inverey
Glen Affric hostel & hills from Cannich
Ben Alder and others via Culra Bothy from Dalwhinnie
Seanna Bhraigh from Oykel Bridge
Beinn Dearg near Blair Atholl
Carn a’ Chalamain near Blair Atholl
Maile Lunndaidh & other hills from Craig
Lurg Mhor from Attadale
Ben Lui from Dalrigh
Beinn Bhuidhe from at Loch Fyne
Beinn Mhanach from Auch
Gulvain

A bike can help on a number of linear routes as well such as where you can cycle on roads back to where you’ve parked your car:

South Glen Shiel Ridge
Five Sisters of Kintail
Ben Lawers Range
Strathfarrar Hills