http://video.mpora.com/watch/hJKQxFJxe/
A new blue-graded mountainbike track has recently been opened at the Glenshee Ski Centre, Scotland. Access to the track is by chairlift, and costs £15/day for adults and £12/day for juniors or an adult single run is £5 and £4 for juniors. The track is open from 8:30 am until 4:30 pm, 7 days a week. Glenshee is the closest lift-assisted track to all the major Scottish cities, is midge free, has stunning scenery and has a large cafe. They have plans to develop new tracks in the future, so head up and support what has the potential to be an amazing mountain bike destination. The area offers a wealth of big-mountain riding in the Southern Cairngorms. www.ski-glenshee.co.uk for info and type Glenshee into multimap for location.
The more the ski centres diversify into Mountain biking, the better. No disrespect, all biking is good, but it'll need to be a bit better than that to attract folks, That looks like a bit of a cart track.
OK its a blue graded run, but like Nobeer said i think it needs to be a little more interesting to attract people to come and ride it all day. Looks like a fast piece of fire road so expect some fass related out of control crashes! What about a red / black grade single track decent with some nice natural rock sections to help with erosion etc? I'm thinking something like Golspie wild cat trail with an up-lift! Maybe im just lazy:)
That looks very technical for a blue run to me?
That looks like something my GF might enjoy riding with me - she hates cycling uphill and needs fairly smooth trails. Is there bike hire nearby? Are there some variations or alternative routes down?
They have plans for a black-graded DH race track in the next year or two. There is bike hire at the Spittal of Glenshee and might be some in Braemar. Only one route down at the moment, but if they have more innterest, they will develop more tracks.
meh. looks pretty darn blue really. if there going to be folk coming all that way its got to be more than that. if you build it they will come.
I think they have approached the wrong end of the market.
The Black DH run will do really well and attract numbers, but a single blue run will not attract many mtb'ers.
Something like a decent red/black would have attracted far better numbers than a blue. Also, the standard of the blue doesn't look comparable with GT, Laggan, Kirroughtree etc. Blue should not mean mostly fireroad.
Has great potential for the future though.