For all those people who rave about how ace Scotland is, can you tell me a good circular route from Fort Bill that is doable by mortals in a day. No one else - in guide books or STW - has managed so far. Do you just keep them to yourselves? 
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What is Britain's best SINGLETRACK descent??
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bland - Member
Shooting cabins followed by Wormstones in the peaks is my current favourite'Wormstones'??? wheres that then???
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Wormstones is on the glossop hayfield road, take the track opposite the charlesworth road and climb till you see the trig pt, go to that and descend glossop way, naking sure to keep in the track on the right and not the flat route over the moor.
Its a bridlepath, tue afternoon type
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Far
To paraphrase:
When I say a bit vague I'm talking "the sheeptracks are more than a bit faint in places but you'll be ok if you've got a very good sense of direction and the weather's really clear" otherwise "you most def need a GPS or a compass and the ability to take bearings in a very vague landscape to stand any chance of finding the way". If in doubt, stay high once past the rocky red stream crossing at SN 785 209 and then contour round to eventually drop down through the bogs to the stream at SN 802 197.The vague bit is between Carreg yr Ogof and the Twrch. After that it is all smiles, huge ones
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Alwinton - Cheviot hills, the route from Fairhaugh to Shillmoor for me is one of my favourites, otherwise Bowderdale gets my other vote.
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can you tell me a good circular route from Fort Bill that is doable by mortals in a day
If you start a few miles north of Fort William at Spean Bridge, you can ride up the Great Glen track to Fort Augustus, head south over the Corrieyairack, hang a right at Melgarve and ride out via Glen Roy back to Spean Bridge.
Big day out, but do-able. If you wanted a really big day out, I guess you could start on the Great Glen route from FW instead and finish via the Leanachan Forest trails!Posted 2 years ago # -
Bowderdale is over rated in my book.
If we are sticking to strictly "singletrack" then its a tricky one.
Nan Bield ?Posted 2 years ago # -
stilltortoise - Member
For all those people who rave about how ace Scotland is, can you tell me a good circular route from Fort Bill that is doable by mortals in a day.http://www.nofussevents.co.uk/event/Tour-de-Ben-Nevis/1049/#course
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Bland, think I got the route up wormstones but when you get up burnt hill I presume the moor track goes straight on and you need to swing a left to harry hut trig point? At what point do you need to keep right?
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Jock's road looks good
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TandemJeremy - another vote for Carn ban Mor.....
Also - Beinn a Bhuird which is mostly single track
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personally, a 2 mile (roughly) stretch of single track in Brechfa. It is not on the signposted trails, it is a section we started riding before the trails in Brechfa were done. Great descent
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Don't like the climb up afterwards though
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Dothie valley get's my vote
It's in the middle of nowhere
It has a bitch of a climb to get to it
It has a sod of a climb out.on a sunny day in November though... 20 minutes of the best singletrack ever
in a stunning secluded valley. I never tire of doing it.Posted 2 years ago # -
Ambrose - thanks for the info; I'll give it a shot when I get a free weekend and some nice weather.
In the spirit of contributing something other than questions my favourite singletrack in the UK is probably this:
Closer to home, Crug Mawr never fails to make me smile; especially if you start all the way from the top of Waun FachPosted 2 years ago # -
In the spirit of contributing something other than questions my favourite singletrack in the UK is probably this:
That being where ?
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funkyhooda- spill da beanz, where is this track of which you speak?
Far- your pic tempts me lots, give us all a clue please!
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Sidewinder @ Afan
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The picture that Far posted is up near Glen Affric. He's right as well. It is the best bit of singletrack in the UK...
It's properly lovely...
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Wrexham.
CBM gets honourable mention. There's also an 840m hill that I can see from my window. The walkers built a path on it just before the access laws changed and inadvertently built a magic long downhill. It is singletrack but it's tougher than CBM or Laggan black in places and at the wrong time is littered with redsox. Nuff said already.Posted 2 years ago # -
[quote]That being where ?
Sorry - descent from Bealach an Sgairne to Morvich near Shiel Bridge.
We did it as a 2 day ride from Morvich up Alt Granada to the Glen Affric youth hostel then back out again over Bealach an Sgairne.
Whether you would see it as an amazing 2 day adventure in some of the UK's most incredible scenery and culminating in the UK's best singletrack descent or 2 days carrying your bikes up rocks and through bogs for 50 mins of good trail would probably vary from person to person.
I was definitely in the first category but I don't supposed the weather hurt!
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Ambrose - bit hard to describe, all i know is the trail sends you in the opposite direction to the way we normally go and there is an off shoot over the top, then it starts. you have to cross a fire road, twisty section through the trees out the other side follow the fireroad down about 50 yards and the hidden entrance is there off the bend. pretty over grown entrance but the track is fine. like i said, there is a monster climb up a fireroad the other side and it eventually joins the marked trails again but the climb is well worht what preceeds it
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Some great ideas and pics, thanks.
Gotta feel sorry for folk who can only come up with trail centre descents on this thread. Need to get out more I reckon.
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agentdagnamit
Gotta feel sorry for folk who can only come up with trail centre descents on this thread. Need to get out more I reckon.
Yep I agree
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not entirely sure about the anti-trail centre sentiment - a far few of these trail centre tracks started as unofficial tracks cut by the locals, or animal tracks. i remember riding aston hill before it was official - the track was permanently covered in needles, it was so rarely used!
though personally i +1 for gordimhor - the best one is the next one!
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How cheeky can we be?!
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I'm dying to do the Loch Muick route............it is my nemesis.......this was our last attempt!!
Should have got the hint and stopped here but it was such a stunning day!
Still going.......
............and for that reason, I'm out!!
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I'm dying to do the Loch Muick route............it is my nemesis.......this was our last attempt!!
This looks like the one starting in Glen Clova? I did it last summer and it was really good. The Capel Mounth descent back into Glen Clova was particularly fun but very muddy through the woods at the bottom. I expect it will be in good condition now after this dry spell.
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Lower half of capel mounth has been armoured slightly .....not sure who by but they have been building natural board walk over the bogtrotting sections . The top is getting cut up badly in the grassy section though .... The highlight on that ride is getting a clear run at the walkers path and continuing down the right side of loch muick
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