How hard is BLUE DOON for the AVERAGE rider? FORT WILLIAM, NEVIS RANGE!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ม.ค. 2024
- I visit Nevis Range, Fort William and take the Gondola uplift to ride Blue Doon, 8km of alpine style flow trail. I wanted to know as an average rider, how hard it is and is it worth the £46 uplift fee!
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Looking forward to trying this next month!
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Great video, and I'm delighted that they've put an easier trail in from the cabin. I'll be up in the spring to try that out for sure. It did look as though they are still working on the surface from the bags of material by the side of the trail, but maybe they want a more cross country feel than a groomed flow trail.
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The trail has made it a lot more accessible for more people to ride and enjoy the uplift 👍
Have a great session in the spring 🤙
I think they have plans to upgrade it and keep on top of the maintenance too🙂
Wow! I watch a LOT of MTB vídeos and this trail ranks up there.
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I'm glad you enjoyed it 🤙
They are improving as they go. 1st time I went there were no berms! Next visit they had added them. Helicopters are expensive to move material and they took advantage of WC improvements to put material on the hill. Build team is pretty small. Expert bikers are few in number so it makes sense to make cash from average folk. I took my Nephew and he loved it. Still enough for me to enjoy. You can get in 9 runs and lunch and afternoon tea if you don't hang about. If you have never been to Alps then it would be good Training.
I definitely agree I'm glad you have seen improvements every time you have been 👍 I think there is a lot of potential!
I really enjoyed my day there and will definitely be back 😁
I'm glad your Nephew had a great session too👍
The berms do look pretty shallow. Nice long ride though. Thanks for sharing.
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The burms aren't that great for keeping speed but they aren't to bad when you get used to them...
It's no Burm baby Burm but it's 8 km🙂
You made those top corners look easy, I found them really tight
Plus if you are not fit enough for multiple runs you can pay less for one run.
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I found leaning the bike over really helps with grip🙂
I didn't realise you can pay per uplift, do you know how much it is for 1 uplift?
Looks like a green trail to me. A narrow fire road.
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I agree , I would grade it as a green until the fences appear then it turns into a blue. 🙂👍
@@SearchMTB You can also just go faster and it becomes Blue again. I like a loose surface for variety!
It definitely keeps it interesting 🙂😉
I do miss my mountain biking - unfortunately I've worn my knees out doing so am stuck with grave land touring now. I also miss The Nevis Range trails and haven't been there for a good few years. I did the World cup circuit last time I was there and only fell off three times! Not at the pace of the professionals I hasten to add. I am tempted to have another go but I gues I am better just watching the videos!
Enjoy the gravel riding👍 have you tried an ebike?
Donny , get an E MTB . i had to stop riding at 69 due to injuries and inability to get uphills . my wife borrowed an e bike for me and it was like i was 15 years younger . i'm 78 now and still riding off road . i don't do kamakazi downhills, just cruising in the forest .
@@siriosstar4789 Good on you brother. that's an amazing age to still be riding. The introduction of ebikes made riding so much more accessible. I will get one when my body tells me to.
Try doing this in Norfolk!
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I know!!! I'm originally from Lincolnshire I would have loved to have anything like this near me .....
Scotland is spoilt for choice for amazing mountain bike trail's!!
I have ridden Disney the String Road on Isle of Arran at 46 mph but bike started to shimmy. Enough excitement for me.
down not Disney. Unless my bike goes down hills but Disney go up them
Good video pal despite the naysayers, give you a good indication of what it’s like and if the 7 hour drive would be worth it. Incidentally what drone did you use and where did you have the controller when following you?
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I appreciate your positive comments 🙂
I use the Skydio 2 drone, it has a small controller about the size of a phone that fit in my phone pocket on mt back pack strap.....
I'm not sure you can buy them new anymore 😕
It's way better than anything DJI have at the moment, however the latest update on the mini 4 is getting closer.
It's not worth a 7 hour drive, go the other way and go to the Alps, loads of beginner friendly flow trails in most resorts.
@@flippy66 I'm heading to Germany and France later in the year to check out some new bike parks👍
@@SearchMTBcheers for that, I’ve got the DJI Mavic air.
That's a great drone👍 I have a mini 2 for making travel videos on our channel 🙂👍
It seems more like theyve purposely designed it badly so that in the future it can be reworked into a jump line. Some of those berms, turns , flat corners and flow of it is not really existent to where its more so a trail there for the sake of it. The forrest at bottoms offers better for variety of skill and saves you on uplift.
I think they have designed it so an average rider on a trail bike can ride it. Let's be honest that is the majority of mountain bikers.....
Then when they get the revenue from all the new riders hopefully they will reinvest in either putting some red lines off the blue or cutting in a new red line 🤞
@SearchMTB see I'd be more I lined to say it doesn't really know what it is as It feels very far from a finished product more like the foundation is now laid to put XYZ over. For average or newer riders it's rather exposed , awkward terrain as in the corners, weird none flow and connecting onto a Red I believe ? And how certain sections have almost no trail guidance for upcoming turns , twists etc but are stacked very oddly on hair pins with no berm or fencing yet in one or two spots have fencing in fairly "Safe" run off places.
For more advanced riders who can find a bit more flow / speed on it again similar issues a rise in the terrain that can cause some issues and concerns.
I'd say I'm an above average rider and have friends / family as many in all skill levels but genuinely could never recommend this trail. I'd recommend the board walk well before this. Even with ot opening near the First Fort will MacAvalanche it was very awkward and disliked section for how it's laid out and I think there's very good reason the general consensus off a majority I've personally spoke to regarding it is negative yet once your on the bit where the board walk ends it becomes a lot more positive.
That being said I understand it must be hard to build up there and appreciate there is provably a greater plan for it. But until there's been a lot of trail maturing on it even with it being a few years old now I doubt many minds will change. The lower sections offer far better experiences for what Blue Doons efforts and cost entail.
Good for kids I think.
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Yes I think it would be good for experienced kids 👍
its a great trail for having the kids on to build there confidence its just a shame most weekends is ruined by nob end chavs on downhill bikes that think there good riders
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Unfortunately it's always the few that ruin it for everyone 😕
It only takes a bit of consideration for others to make a great Vibe.....
That's a long down hill.
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Yep, it's a very long trial!!🙂
Please don’t take this the wrong way…. Are your handlebars correct….?
They look backwards in this video!
Maybe it's the go pro angle but I know what u mean. They look inside out and back to front. 😂
They were the right way round the last time I checked 😁
No problem... They just looked a bit weird.
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Hard? It looks kid friendly me very tame. Surely this is an easy easy trail?
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Yes it's a blue trail, I'm glad you think it is suitable for your kids