I was up dumyat last night and the photos don’t really show the horrific scale of the issue. They are using hundreds of tonnes of material for that path and it is at least 4 metres wide in places.
The new path/road is straight lining directly though natural crags and I can’t quite see how one of the lower steep sections will last more than a winter because it is nearly 16% grade and being covered in loose gravel. It *looks* like the road is going to divert to the north around the natural spring/bog in the middle and it will be interesting to see how it gets to the top.
Also note that they are building paths around Cocksburn reservoir to the west of Dumyat.
Someone was talking about the various trailbuilding efforts at the boggy section (was not me). It is a natural spring, it is also a peat bog so it can only be ridden over in the summer. I’d ask all riders to follow the trail that snakes to the right (coming down) contouring round the hill before rejoining the main path.
There is some 2 key positives though;
1: the new path will help walkers and less able riders stay in one place rather than widening the existing trails because they can’t ride it.
2: now they’ve provided loads of material, any loose material that erodes off the trail could be useful for improving other trails on dumyat.