OTHER CYCLING ROUTES

Clash Wood Circuit (Walk 9)
This is an interesting 2 mile circuit along hard forest roads in Clash Wood near Tomnavoulin, with some excellent views onto the surrounding countryside. Park at the Clash Wood Car Park (GR 208 265). Follow Walk 9 waymarkers.

Tom Dubh Circuit (Walk 7)
A short 1.5 mile circuit on grassy but generally hard forest roads in this woodland near Auchbreck in Glenlivet, with some expansive views. Bikes may need to be walked up the steep grassy track at the start of the route.. Follow Walk 7 waymarkers.

LONG DISTANCE ROUTES
The Speyside Way: Tomintoul Spur

This extension to one of Scotland’s most attractive Long Distance Footpaths runs from Ballindalloch Station to Tomintoul. Most of the Spur is unsuitable for bikes and the going can be very difficult, as it crosses open moorland and farmland where the track can be boggy, wet and easily damaged, or passes through fields containing livestock where gates and stiles make progress difficult. In particular, several sections of the route from Croughly to Blairfindy and Deskie Farm to Auldich are unsuitable for bikes. Cyclists wishing to follow the spur are recommended to use detours around the marked route using a combination of forest roads, public roads and the estate waymarked trails (see map) to avoid the more difficult sections. From Tomintoul to Ballindalloch cyclists will find it easier to follow the unclassified public road past Croughly Farm to Glenconglass then continue along cycle route 3 (white trail) to Carn Daimh summit, Tomnavoulin and Drumin. Leave route 3 at Drumin following the unclassified link road below Drumin Castle to join the B9008 which can be followed northwards to rejoin the Speyside Way at Auldich and Ballindalloch. Further information about cycling on the Speyside Way is available from the Moray Council Countryside Ranger Service. Tel: 01340 881266 or from the Speyside Way website: www.speysideway.org

Other Rights of Way and Hill Tracks

Several old routes and rights-of-way radiate across the hills from Glenlivet. Some of these routes provide lengthy and challenging cycle trails providing access to other trail networks within the National Park. These include: the route up the River Avon by Inchrory and Glengairn to Deeside, (starting as the Tomintoul Country Walk); the Ladder Path from the Braes of Glenlivet to Donside; the track from Scalan to the Lecht mine; the ‘Steplar Road’ from upper Glenlivet to Cabrach; the old ‘Peat Track’ over the Cromdales and the route from Tomintoul to Dorback Lodge (see Speyside Way above). Whisky smugglers and ‘reivers’ (cattle thieves) formally used many of these routes during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. All these routes are marked by fingerpost signs at the principal access points/car parks but they are not waymarked along their length. Some pass through high and very exposed hill areas, where the route may be indistinct in places. Walkers and cyclists are advised to ensure they are properly equipped and are able to use a map and compass when following these paths. Additional details of these routes can be obtained from the Estate Ranger or in the Scottish Rights of Way Society guide to Hill Tracks (available in most bookshops). The hill routes that traverse the Ladder and Cromdale Hills are NOT suitable for bikes.

Glenlivet welcomes you to explore its tracks and byways.