Moray monster and Glenlivet trails....,

altern_8

Heading up in just over a weeks time and looking at fitting in both trails,any tips on the trails/where to park/drop off the other half to keep her occupied and eat.

UH DH

Moray monster, do some research first. I believe there's 3 different sets of trails, each away from the rest, so look out where you want to ride first.

Glenlivet, I rode it the day after it opened. Red is long, very exposed in places, and the whole trail is a long way from any rescue if things go wrong. I know most people take spare tubes or whatever, but if you ever leave those things out, take them to Glenlivet.

If you are doing the red, you'll have the climb up along the ridge to the start of the Glenlivet Descent. Keep going up the fireroad. About another 50 meters is the big viewpoint that'll let you see a lot of scenery, and makes you wonder why they didn't take the trail up to it for the view.

If it's wet, the upper trails will be very cold. Don't worry about grip on rocky sections, it all has a ton of grip.

And just in case it's of any use, my site should have the full GPS track for glenlivet, as well as videos for all the sections of trail.

http://trail-dog.co.uk/tcglenlivet.php

altern_8

Cheers for the info,by the looks of the weather next week ill only be doing Glenlivet due to it having a cafe for the other half to keep dry in.

UH DH

Moray Monster is right next door to Fochabers though, so there should be plenty of things to do for people not on the bike.

altern_8

Fochabers has shops as well tho which gives the other half more excuses to spend my money

UH DH

Oh, top tip. If you're going to Glenlivet, take cash.

It's a bit of a pain to get to, and is quite literally in the middle of nowhere. And you have to make sure you get the right one. Glenlivet Estate has a bunch of trails, but the Glenlivet MTB trails are in a different place, just north of Tomintoul.

But because they're pretty remote, they may not have card facilities. I can't remember if they do have a card machine, but when I went there it wasn't available. Dunno if that means they don't have a machine, or it wasn't connected that weekend...