I stay in Aberdeen and work at the uni (medical school) so feel free to fire me any questions if needed. Like most of the posts from people who actually stay here, I enjoy running/mtb on trail both within town and right into the depths of the mountains, I've stayed in plenty other larger cities that don't facilitate anywhere near as good an outdoor lifestyle. e.g Last weekend, couple of days spent wandering in the Cairngorms
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Looks like some bike magazine has an article on Aberdeenshire riding in the next issue. Bennachie article should be good 🙂
Bennachie
The one place I avoid, due to the amount of walkers there, and the numerous drainage bars.
What a great photo of Creag an Dubhloch a few posts back. Was never a winter climber (though must have made 25 summer climbing trips there from Auld Reekie) but I appreciate that there's a lot of ice on show here; Labyrinth Direct, White Elephant etc look complete. All this despite it being such a crap winter.
Bennachie
The one place I avoid, due to the amount of walkers there, and the numerous drainage bars.
May be worth a revisit. Main paths are better at night (when there are no walkers) but there are more trails springing up all the time that the walkers don’t frequent
