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| Aberdeen - Banchory - Alford - Aberdeen This is a nice early season tour with moderate climbs and OK landscape. This cycle trip main character is the slow, but quite hard climbs from Banchory over to Alford and back to Aberdeen again. This tour can therefore be a different experience for a well trained cyclist than for myself when I was quite rusty when I did this trip in April 2001. Anyway, this is a tour I highly recommend |
| Elgin- Banff - Aberdeen A long cycle tour on the Banffshire coast and through the heart of Aberdeenshire. This trip can be divided into two very different parts: Elgin - Banff (60 km.) and Banff - Aberdeen (90. km.). The tour is exposed to wind and weather. Do not do this tour in strong wind from South or East. The road from Banff to Aberdeen is very exposed to wind. This tour is recommended for it's diversity and it's length. It is simply a nice tour out in the countryside |
| Aberdeen - Inverness (via The Lecht) This is probably the hardest daytrip in Scotland under 250 km. The road between Ballatar and Grantown On Spey contains no less than four considerable hard mountain climbs. He second one, The Lecht, is probably the steepest mountain climb in Scotland. The road from Grantown On Spey to Inverness is very exposed to the weather. |
| Glen Tanar - Mount Keen - Glen Esk Probably the highest place you can ride a bike in Scotland. Not a circular route Mount Keen is the most easterly of all the Scottish Munros (hills over 3000 feet), and one of the most solitary. This is a hard ride with a lot of climb. Warm waterproof clothing, a 1:50,000 O.S. map and a compass is essential |
| Black Moss - Glen Tanar (return by B976) A moderately difficult mountain bike route with some great scenery (circular). 9 miles (or 16 miles circular on B976) Start at Tombae on the B976, this is opposite the junction of the A97 and A93 on the other side of the River Dee. The track passes a farm, and climbs south-west, rising steeply at times. The ascent is continuous at first with a fairly bumpy surface. There are good views behind you of Loch Kinord across the Dee. |
| Kirriemuir - Edzell - Fettercairn - Glenbervie - Stonehaven Between the Grampian Mountains and the sea - a lovely area with quiet roads This is the final part the Mountains and Lochs long distance route but it includes an interesting circular section which is well worth doing on its own. Here the eastern edge of the Grampian Mountains approach the sea. The route runs past steep sided glens and through rolling country with woods and farms. This is a low rainfall area but easterly winds can bring a sea mist called haar in springtime. The route is described starting from Kirriemuir |
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| Tough 16 miler in the Cairngorms - start near Braemar Ridden and written by ,Michael Wright This route is a great one for those willing to ford rivers and carry their bikes for certain sections. Taking in some fantastic scenery around Scotland�s second highest mountain, it�s not to be undertaken light heartedly |
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| Kirriemuir - Edzell - Fettercairn - Glenbervie - Stonehaven Between the Grampian Mountains and the sea - a lovely area with quiet roads. This is the final part the Mountains and Lochs long distance route but it includes an interesting circular section which is well worth doing on its own. Here the eastern edge of the Grampian Mountains approach the sea. The route runs past steep sided glens and through rolling country with woods and farms. This is a low rainfall area but easterly winds can bring a sea mist called haar in springtime. The route is described starting from Kirriemuir. For historical information see About the Route. |