Not sure what to make of this…

Thoughts?

£40 for one ride 😯

£40

For 1 uplift

Down what looks to be a fireroad

And how come the hire seems to incude everything including shin pads, but gloves are extra?

No wonder Innerliethen can make the sums work if people are prepared* to pay £40 a go in Scotland, must be something in the water**.

* we’ll see
** best post this up on the bikepacking threads where people say they dont need a filter for scottish water

From the Website in the link

**Visitors are free to explore the mountain from car park level using the footpath network. Visitors can not use the train as a means of access to the high mountain area unless they are on a guided walk (see Walks & Hiking). There is no access onto the mountain outwith the skiing season for those who take the train to the top. Visitors must remain within the building or weather watching terrace. Walkers who walk up to the top from the car park can enter the Top Station during opening hours via the Walker’s Entrance and return to the bottom by train. (Tickets can be purchased in the Shop at the Top).

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What happened to roaming / access rights in Scotland?

What happened to roaming / access rights in Scotland?

Restrictions only apply if you use the funicular for uplift. In theory there is nothing to stop you cycling/pushing up but that’s probably best left for another discussion..

£40 for one ride

I wonder what sort of BSO you will be expected to use?

What happened to roaming / access rights in Scotland?

Full access rights so long as you get there under your own steam BUT if you go up on the train you are limited to the viewing areas.

Suppose it works on 2 levels: reduces the risk of people who are not ‘mountain savvy’ from wandering off into some pretty remote country after the hard work of the climb is dispensed with; and reduces the total number of people in a quite sensitive habitat.

“It’s biking, but not as we know it.”

What happened to roaming / access rights in Scotland?

there are restrictions to stop daytrippers walking/pooing all over the fragile cairngorm plateau ecosystem.

This was bound to happen eventually. The mistake was to let the funicular get built in the first place.

Admittedly it was the usual farce, but I’ll take the funicular over two of these any day

It’s quite an interesting idea, this. Like a guided walk on bikes. It’s barely mountain biking from the looks of it but sometimes it’s nice to just get out and do an easy ride, and if it involves no climbing then so much the better.

Don’t see me doing it mind but that’s OK.

Great idea to bring in more revenue during the summer months. Cycling down the fire road then on to Loch Morlich wouldn’t be a great deal of fun for us experienced mountain bikers, but for less esperienced people it could be a big buzz.

I don’t reckon £40 is too bad for effectively half a day that includes the gondola uplift, bike and equipment hire plus a guide

Possibly a big sign that says “PS, Nevis Range and Glencoe offer services that look superficially like this. They are quite different” would be a good idea though

Wouldn’t suit me, but it doesn’t look overpriced.

Far more interested in the potential mtb development over in Coire na Ciste. That has the joint potential to resurrect skiing uplift from the mothballed chairs.