Mtb Trail Riding "Dalwhinnie to Ben Alder path", Dalwhinnie, Scotland.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.พ. 2025
- Off on another trip up North this time heading from Dalwhinnie following the forest road up the side of Ben Alder. Had planned to go to Ben Alder Bothy but ran out of time. Great trail none the less beautiful scenery and very enjoyable ride.
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The drone shots at the end were amazing- fantastic light too 🌧️ ☀️. Did a similar ride many years ago. Biked from rannoch station in to Ben alder cottage and pitched our bivi tent there. We then did a loop up to the pass above the cottage then round to culra bothy and back up and round to Ben alder cottage. Fantastic scenery there. Happy riding!
Thank you! Weather was too rough at top to fly drone but glad got some great shots, Rannoch to Ben Alder cottage sounds like a great challenge have passed Rannoch station as many times on route to Spean Bridge for Fort William and thought about places you could ride from Rannoch. Have a great weekend! 😁🤙
Just watched this again. Brilliant. 👍🏻
@@bigstoozeradventures Thanks Stoozer! 👍well worth it, great thing about TH-cam and having GoPro and drone great for sharing excellent memories and good times, looking forward to doing full route I had planned at some point 😁
A great video Gary, what a ride along the valley and that scenery was a dream as always. Great riding and super shots. The drone shots at the end and the beautiful house / castle by the lake were truly breathtaking. Thanks for sharing and have a great Sunday mate✌🙌
@@ckMTB Thank you Christoph, it’s been one I’ve been wanting to do for a while now, wanted to try getting to Ben Alder bothy but would probably need double time to do this comfortably and get back again but despite that some really beautiful scenery, waterfalls, Loch Ericht and impressive lodge houses, glad the drone shots turned out well couldn’t fly it from top of trail due to weather but still managed at bottom. I was the only person out there enjoyed ride there and back despite pinch flat and having to cross a few streams but all part of the fun! Have a good weekend too! 😁🤙
@@emtb-explorer 🙏🙌
OMG, I have this on my 'Bucket List' so gutted that I could not join you on this one pal. Hopefully you will want to do it again and join me when I plan to do it. Cracking drone footage pal. Wonderful misty footage through the Glen. Top video pal. Cheers. Stoozer. 👍🏻
@@bigstoozeradventures Thank you Stoozer, due to time of year, catching trains and weather only managed to get about half the way I wanted to spent about six hours including riding time, was a great trail but reckon it would take about 10 to 13 hours to do this comfortably getting to Ben Alder cottage and back so one for the summer and probably an overnight stay somewhere for me. Some spectacular scenery on the way there and back, no one else around. Misty footage added to great atmosphere. Would definitely go there with you, quite a few streams to cross but worth it. Will see what we can arrange in the longer nights, all the best Gary 😁🤙
Wild nature is good.👌
It certainly is Olaf, great fun and one of my favourite places to be, thank you for comment! 😁🤙
Great video Gary, some fantastic scenery there 👍🏼
@@IanCran76 Thanks Ian had a great time up in Dalwhinnie it is a stunning place to visit, scenery was amazing would have liked to have stayed longer but was there for day and relying on trains to get back home, recommended! 😁🤙
@ Looks absolutely stunning mate! I’d deffo love to head that way for sure 👍🏼
@@IanCran76 Definetely will head back at some point determined to get to Ben Alder cottage, probably need overnight stay somewhere for me 👍
@ Awesome mate sounds brill 👍🏼
Magic mate - some cracking single track up there!
@@brianbathgate4944 It is that Brain, goes for miles would have liked to have gone further on to Ben Alder bothy have seen others on TH-cam doing this looks great, fantastic scenery to boot, thanks! 😁🤙
@@emtb-explorer I did it back in March and it was awesome, I got to the 2nd Bothy and the snow wasn't too bad, but the hike-a-bike up was brutal, the snow got deeper and deeper, and I had a 23kgs ebike to get up it. Absolutely amazing day, but I'd love to go back in the summer and do it when the hike wasn't so hard. Least there's no midgies when it's baltic :)
@ Doing this in summer is also something I’d love to do as well more daylight definitely a dealbreaker heard the hike a bike up from the 2nd bothy was rough, how long did it take you?
@ Just checked my Strava, I was 5hrs moving time, 4k ft of climbing and just under 40 miles, it was all plain sailing until that feckin hike-a-bike - ha ha. Ill never forget getting back to the van, bike was on 3% battery, my watch said my body battery was 5% and rest was advised - ha ha - got the diesel heater on and had some cake. Perfect. 🤩
Is this a loop or there and back? How long did it take you?
There's a strava link in the description with the exact route I took, was planning to go further but was relying on trains so was limited but took around 6 hours including breaks, crossing streams and fixing a puncture basically went as far as I could up the path on Ben Alder and turned back.
Much prefer the route alongside Loch Ericht starting at the chapel and heading up to the Bealach Dubh from Ben Alder cottage to finish with the Culra descent.
That looked great,my kind of trail!
@@camperp195 Thanks! It’s was great fun to ride one I’d been wanting to do for a while will come back to explore further 😁