Scottish Cycling Routes Cycle in The Trossachs, Scotland
Cycling Routes and Mountain Biking in Loch Lomond National Park
Loch Lomond and Trossachs Cycling and mountain biking in Scotland
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National Park Cycling ............ List of Example Cycle Routes
Wherever you go in Scotland , mountain biking and cycling on forest trails or cycle routes is a great way of seeing the best of the scenery. In The Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park you can find excellent routes all over the park on purpose built cycleways and forest trails. If you're fit enough you can even bike to the top of some serious mountains. Cycling from Callander in the Trossachs will suit all tastes and all levels of fitness.
Bikes can be hired on an hourly or daily basis from several cycling centres, two of which are in Callander, and one at Loch Katrine in the heart of the Trossachs.
Although the bike hire centres / shops will be able to help out if you have 'broken' your bike it's worth remembering that many of the cycle routes reach places which are fairly inaccessible by car and often miles from the nearest road.
For this reason you should make sure you have at least a basic repair kit with you in order to avoid a long walk to the nearest road for help.
Kit to consider - perhaps not essential, but nice to have:
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Mounter Bikes |
Wheels Cycling Centre Backpacker's Hostel Invertrossachs Road Callander |
(See 'wobbly video' of C7 Cycleway at Leny Pass )Passing Tyndrum? try the 'Real Food Cafe' MAP showing main routes, |
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The national park has options for all kinds of cycling; from short hour-long rides to full scale long distance touring; on-road, off-road or on dedicated cycle track.
Waymarked Cycle Routes
Forest Enterprise has way-marked cycle routes in many of it’s woodlands within the park boundary.
- Loch Ard Forest Cycling Queen Elizabeth Forest Park Tel: 01877 382383
- Achray Forest Queen Elizabeth Forest Park Tel: 01877382383
- Ardgartan Visitor Centre , near Arrochar, Argyll Forest Park. Tel: 01877382383
- The Lowland Highland Trail, part of National Cycle Network Route 7, passes through the park. It runs between Killin in the northeast and Drymen in the south, via Glen Ogle, Lochearnhead, Strathyre, Callander, Aberfoyle and Gartmore. The route uses forest tracks, traffic-free trails and minor roads and is regarded as one of the highlights of the National Cycle Network.
Here are some fine examples of the varied rides available:
- Callander, Loch Venachar, Loch Achray:
(Medium easy and undulating) - Callander to Strathyre by the old railway track:
(Easy and level - SUSTRANS7) - Ben Ledi forest roads -
Timber roads leading well up Ben Ledi with great views. Mostly loose surfaces. - Loch Katrine.
Option of Loch Lomond: (Tarmac private road - hilly for first 5 miles.) - Glen Finglas.
About 15 miles round trip from Brig o Turk - Challenging! (Landrover track - mountain bikes only) Some loose surfaces. - The Queen Elizabeth Forest Park -
Duke's Pass forest trail to Loch Drunkie. Mostly loose surfaces. - Aberfoyle and Lochard Forest -
A great choice of tracks in the forests by lochans, lochs and hills. Mostly for all abilities. Some loose surfaces. - Callander to Comrie via Glenartney -
Difficult 30 mile by return route. Tarmac, Gravel and ruts! - The Cycleway to Killin -
21 miles of outstanding views - and most of it flat! - Ben Lomond -
Not your everyday 'easy' ride, some 'portage' on the way up and some 'croppers' on the way down, but great on a fine day if you're up to it. Start at Rowardennan on Loch Lomond. (Sorry I haven't got round to writing it up yet!)
Cycle hire from Wheels Cycling Centre just outside town or Mounter's Bikes in Callander
Trossachs Cycle Centre, Aberfoyle 44(0) 1877 382614.
Trossachs Cycles provide a Cycle Hire service based at the Trossachs Holiday Park near Aberfoyle.
Homepage The Trossachs and things to see and do
The Trossachs - the place to be! Callander - the place to be in The Trossachs.
Callander in the Trossachs - the place to be in the Loch Lomond National Park