Heading up that way for a weekend.
Anyone have descriptions / gpx files for the burma road route, the good bits of Feshie, and the best bits in Rothimurcus and inschraic forrests?????
thanks in advance
I have a few bits. Bothy bikes have routemaps as well. email me and I'll give you what I have
I have gpx for Burma road route. Email in profile
TJ & DB - mails sent, thanks
Email me if you need the GPX for this route - Carn Ban Mor Xtra 😉 It's easy enough to follow on a map though.
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I've emailed you the Burma Road route. I did not get one from you?
Carn Ban Mor is a must
I did Loch Morlich to Cairngorm and back last year - one of the best. Various routes to the top. Then down to the Ptarmigan, bit of the service road, over into Coire an Sneachda, ski centre, path from lower car park back to Loch Morlich
Ben MacDui also pretty special but a lot of pushing/carrying. Ski centre then follow the very obvious path heading SW up the ridge to the west of Coire an Lochan
As TJ said the Bothy Bikes guys know the routes so can help, but don't expect to be able to chat with them late Friday or early Saturday as they are madly busy with all the rental bikes going out
Kit - I've got a GPX of that from TJ
DavidB - sorry - I thought I'd sent one.
CptM - ta.
I think I've got plenty of routes now.
Prob camping at Rothemurcus, doing burma road via loch Garten. The singletrack off the top then down to Kincraig and back via the forest (maybe the last bit of Lairig Ghru descent). Sunday will be CBM and feshie.
We'll be arriving late Fri and probably riding before bothy bikes opens so no chance of getting some local knowlege there.
DavidB - sent you another email, if you don't get it mail me.
I don't do GPX things but with a map you should be able follow the following description of a wicked variation to the usual Burma road and Kincraig route.
Burma road has some interesting singletrack off it. Smooth climb up to the cairn before the saddle and descend to Ballinluig on a not that clearly defined path... with some good sized drops and boggy bits to catch you out. A few ways to do the next bit but you want to get along to Alt Chriochaid and up to the phone masts at Creag a' Mhuilinn (we tend to go across the heather and through the woods - no path). Techy landy climb up to the masts (rideable... just... but what kind of 4x4 can get up here?). Once at the masts go round the back and pick up the path down to Delfour/Alvie - there is a 10ft deer fence to climb. This takes you to the old Alvie DH track and is great fun - follow down beside the trees and watch out as it gets looser and rockier towards the bottom (ace fun, go up to the left to avoid the gully if getting scared)! At the bottom head to Alvie Lodge and cross the A9 to pick up the Speybank spingletrack to Kincraig (which is lovely). Cross the Spey at Kincraig and go through the Sculpture park at Inshriach forest through to Feshie bridge. Then fireroad through to pick up the bothy bikes descent to Loch an Eilein.
Very difficult to give better descriptions as it's a jumble of local knowledge stuff linked together but hopefully clear enough to follow. Plenty of easy bail-outs to the road if running short of time.