Morvich Loop Mountain biking

An exploration into Glen Affric from Morvich.

Upper Glen Affric © Dan Bailey  © Dan Bailey
Upper Glen Affric © Dan Bailey
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NG9583621062 Starting from Morvich, follow the road then singletrack path round towards the waterfall at waypoint 2. The majority can be ridden, but there are some techy bits for interesting challenges too.

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NH0030221500 Crossing the river here can present problems in the wet, as it is too strong for wading. We ended up chucking the bikes then jumping. The path is still ridable, but narrow. Once over the Bealach an Sgairne, the downhill is tight and fun to Loch a Bhealaich.

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NH0298420579 From here the fun (type 3,) begins. The next few km are bog trotting to get to a land rover track that goes to the youth hostel. It may be better in the dry, but in the wet it best described as character building, as you follow a boggy path through boggy areas while surrounded by bog. Baldrick would like it. The landrover track allows cycling to the hostel.

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NH0731419816 From the hostel head towards Camban bothy (very good nick, no stove, firewood or sleeping bags,) then down to the Edinburgh Uni hut at Glenlicht House. Initially on landrover tracks, the ford is a great challenge (10 metres wide!) after a few km, the path becomes solid singletrack, with occasional drainage ditches and rocky sections. I think it's an awesome section of uphillish tech singletrack, but can imagine those that can't ride it getting easily frustrated. Once the path goes over the bealach on the way down to Glenlicht House it becomes a great descent, steep with spectacular views of the waterfall to the left. To ride it clean would probably mean that it is black, as some of the rocky bits give steep drops. Red riders will be able to get down most of it. (A fair bit of walking is needed to get up it.)

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NH0058617261 Arriving with a grin at Glenlicht Hut leaves you with a few km of a straight forward landrover track to take you back to Morvich.

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