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Has anyone linked Balqhuidder -> Finglas via Allt Gleann nam Meann ?
Anyone done Callander -> Arivurichardich -> Gleann an Dubh Choireinn -> Glen Vorlich ?
Are they rideable or am I about to spend a week on Tuesday pushing and carrying?
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Druidh knows more about Arivurichardich, I wussed out of detouring to see it. from the ruin of Dubh choirein you'll alost certainly be pushing until the top of the Bealach, and maybe a little bit of the way down.
Once you find the descent though its a stormer, fast, relatively continuous with lots to play on.
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Finglas should be fantastic at the moment - tho it can be 1st gear downhill when its wet 😕 There is a short push from the track to the col - and maybe some pushing on the track itself tho it is rideable.
Arivurichardich is as 13thfloormonk describes - tho the road climb from Callander is not a joy if you have weary legs. Used to be greeted by a no bikes sign at the farm but I believe that is long gone.
For a real cicuit from Balquihidder you can go over Kirkton Glen and return by G Dubh/Kirkton 😉
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Want to go back and (re)explore some of the great woodland singletrack on the lower eastern side of Ben Ledi...
Did the route from Callander > Arivurichardich > Ardvorlich last year, and it was a bit of a slog... honestly don't know whether N to S or S to N is preferable. Maybe we lost the track, but it was very peaty/boggy in places! A cracking descent further down, admittedly, so probably S to N would be my preference.
hmmm, I really need to do all these this year...
Rethinking this the OP asked about Balqhuidder -> Finglas ie N - S
The photo I have posted is S -N and that is def the way to do it - I think the S/T towards G Buckie would be extremely difficult to ride climbing (tho maybe that is your challenge!)
I have done N-S once - it was more rideable than I expected but the ground was frozen - if it is at all wet you will be pushing most/all of the ascent going south. The last 1k to the col will be a push in any case (for most folk anyway)
the descent to arivurichardich N-S is supposed to be good - I havent done it - tho there is no actual path on the N side of the G Vorlich col - and whilst you can kind of ride down through most of the rough heather I doubt you will be able to ride up