Bike Access Braemar

KRO said:

Inverey to Altanour Lodge.

15 years since I did this one but I seem to recall a good track. There
is a picture on page 102 of the original "The munros"

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Linn of Dee to Geldie Lodge

Good wide track although rough in places and some loose gravel

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Linn of Dee via Marble Lodge to Glen Dee (for Monadh Mor/Beinn Bhrotain).

I presume you mean via Whitebridge - if so as above to Whitebridge -
after that there is a short section where some work has been done to
return the road to a path then a section of reasonable road again (as of
2002)

All worthwhile taking the bike for IMHO.

JP

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Anyone advise on condition of paths/tracks for cycling in to the hills
around
Braemar, ideally I'd freewheel all the way there and back (!) but am
prepared
to pedal, I'm no bike fanatic so if the going gets rough I'd rather walk.

Routes I'm interested in are :

Inverey to Altanour Lodge.

No problem when I did it in March 2003. Track runs out at the lodge -
relatively flat all the way..
And I remember talking to the landowner at the start of the track who
showed no opposition to cycling - and indeed agreed to keep an eye on my
car whilst I was away for a few days.

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Linn of Dee to Geldie Lodge

Also did this track in same month - there was quite a bit of snow in
Glen Geldie that meant I had to dismount at times. One of the bridges
was cordoned off as unsafe - however I just lifted my bike over the
barrier. There is no bridge across the Geldie near the lodge. I had fun
wading here - in the morning the water was none too dep - however, by
evening after a day of snow and rain the water was at thigh level - and
because it was dark I could not pick out the crossing stones. And I made
the mistake of pushing the bike across downstream of me and losing hold
of it.

It was possible to cycle way past the lodge.

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Linn of Dee via Marble Lodge to Glen Dee (for Monadh Mor/Beinn Bhrotain).

Mostly virgin territory for me (due to have a go next March) - although
I have looked at where the track crosses the Geldie and thought that it
looked wet.

HTH

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Martin Richardson
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42/89 Donalds - 53% to go 0/? Himalayans - 100% to go
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Anyone advise on condition of paths/tracks for cycling in to the hills
around
Braemar, ideally I'd freewheel all the way there and back (!) but am
prepared
to pedal, I'm no bike fanatic so if the going gets rough I'd rather walk.

Routes I'm interested in are :

Inverey to Altanour Lodge.

No problem when I did it in March 2003. Track runs out at the lodge -
relatively flat all the way..
And I remember talking to the landowner at the start of the track who
showed no opposition to cycling - and indeed agreed to keep an eye on my
car whilst I was away for a few days.

It was fine when I biked it last summer and I also ended up talking to the
landowner at the start of the track. He was about to head out stalking and
was very helpful - purely told me which hills they would be covering when in
the day and asked me if I could plan my route around that.

Fraid I don't know the other routes you asked about but just in case you
didn't know the track to Derry Lodge is also easy to cycle.

Dave

KRO said:

Linn of Dee via Marble Lodge to Glen Dee (for Monadh Mor/Beinn Bhrotain).

We did this one (via White Bridge?) last year. It's easily cyclable
(I was on a road touring bike) to the bridge and about a mile further
on, after which you need to resort to walking.

There's a picture of part of the approach here:
http://www.yorkalpineclub.org.uk/tripreports/2003/braemar/001.htm

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Inverey to Altanour Lodge.

No problem when I did it in March 2003. Track runs out at the lodge -
relatively flat all the way..
And I remember talking to the landowner at the start of the track who
showed no opposition to cycling - and indeed agreed to keep an eye on my
car whilst I was away for a few days.

It was fine when I biked it last summer and I also ended up talking to the
landowner at the start of the track. He was about to head out stalking and
was very helpful - purely told me which hills they would be covering when

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the day and asked me if I could plan my route around that.

Fraid I don't know the other routes you asked about but just in case you
didn't know the track to Derry Lodge is also easy to cycle.

Dave

Thanks Dave and to the others for replies, looks like the bike is heading
north!
I've walked in to Derry Lodge so know that track and if the others are
similar to that I'd be more than happy to take a bike. As it's turning out,
it
now looks like I'm staying in Inverness with the family, so a return to the
Fannichs or I'll do the 2 Munros I missed in Letterewe last week.....
Thanks again.

KRO

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Linn of Dee via Marble Lodge to Glen Dee (for Monadh Mor/Beinn Bhrotain).

I have no idea how I managed to put Marble Lodge in there! I certainly don't
want to cycle down Glen Tilt and back again :-) Good job the replies
figured out White Bridge.

KRO

KRO said:

I have no idea how I managed to put Marble Lodge in there! I certainly don't
want to cycle down Glen Tilt and back again :-) Good job the replies
figured out White Bridge.

BTW if you did fancy a cycle down to Marble Lodge then it's feasible
(some of our club did it on mountain bikes) but not trivial. And then
there's the small matter of how to get back again ;-)