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Are the downhills and the gondola still open to bikes at the beginning of November?
gondola closes in september I think
Already closed for bikes for the year.
Yup, closed for the season last month
bugger, is the track still open though?
double bugger! 😀
Nevis car park isn't much above sea level so the snow takes a while to get down to the lowest points of the DH... So you could push/ride up to the wallride, I suppose, that gives you the bottom half (lumpy half) of the forest, and the motorway. After that things get a bit steep and there's a long section of pretty dull descending that's more or less like riding down a steep fireroad.
Wouldn't bother myself though, and tbh it'd feel a bit rude. (You could turn off just before or after the last steep bit (the Wall?), and rejoin the fireroads there though if you wanted to stay more out of sight). Go somewhere that the uplift's open all year, then go back to Nevis next year.
Bool yerself an uplift at Innerleithen. Quality DH and 32quid. Go to upliftscotland.com
Hi - as a few have said - closed now - specifically the weekend before the Tour de Ben Nevis - so must've been about the 15th Sept.
I guess they close it due to weather and erosion etc. Both the DH and Red will start geting hit pretty hard by the weather by then.
Me - I thought might've made for a good proposition to keep it open until after the Tour de ben Nevis with hundreds of Tour MTB'ers kicking about Fort Bill, some of whom may not be fancy'ing any climbing, but some Sunday MTB fun with a provided uplift ... now that might have been good.
I certainly had that on the list when I booked the Tour .... first time on the Red 'downhill' I'd hoped .... maybe next year 🙂