 Cycling The Trossachs - Glen Finglas Loop.
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Glen Finglas loop.
About 15 miles round trip from Brig o Turk - Challenging! (Landrover track - mountain
bikes only)
Start: Glenfinglas car park
From Brig o' Turk on the A821 turn up the lane by the tea room to find the car park a
little way after the school.
Distance: 15 miles (or 17 miles if extended route used)
Get the bike out and take the steepening road up the hill from the car park (not the
road marked private Scottish water) then get off and push for 10 minutes!
At the top, (**) look forward to a long downhill with
great views of the dam and the Loch on the left.
After about a mile the bike track becomes gravelly and drops right down to the Loch.
Keep to the left at every fork in the road and eventually the track becomes very rough
and a left fork takes you down to the northern end of the loch..
A long climb steepens for a while, then very steep before easing a little to reach the
high point of about 1900 feet. Views here are extensive and its worth stopping for a
breather and to enjoy the vast panoramas.
You now experience a bit of challenging descent through some rough downgrades before
rejoining the original track at the lochside for the return trip.
On the descent you may notice a narrow footpath leading off to the left - this leads to
Balquhidder via Glenbuckie but there are some very wet boggy sections which make the
Glenbuckie track unattractive to the cyclist.
 
 
 
Alternative start point
For a longer and more energetic route, start your ride east of Brig o' Turk at the new
Glenfinglas car park near Lendrick.
Cross the bridge and within a few yards of passing through a gate, turn right and get
off to push your bike up a steep gravel track. After a hard shove the track becomes
rideable with one or two sharp hills to keep you on your toes. Views are extensive over
Loch Achray to Ben Venue and back over Loch Venachar to the Menteith Hills.
Levelling out now the ride becomes easy before descending via a gate to join the main
Glenfinglas road just above the dam. Continue at (**)
above.
After completing the ride and reaching the car park below the dam, continue down the
public road to the A821 and turn left. A half mile ride returns you to the alternative
start point
Cycle hire from Wheels Cycling Centre
just outside town or Mounter's Bikes in
Callander
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