Lairig Ghru | A Cairngorms MTB Route in the Highlands of Scotland

[@fionamckenzie1754]

Looks absolutely great!!😊

[@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB]

I really enjoyed it! Great wee adventure route

[@charlottecunninghammtb]

That looks brilliant fun! Great video.

[@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB]

Thanks! It was a great adventure loop, really enjoyed it!

[@bgr1978]

I did this in 1995 on a hardtail GT Tequesta. It was a brilliant trail. Fab memories.

[@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB]

Nice one! It’s a great bit of singletrack isn’t it👌

[@bgr1978]

@@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB lush

[@edinburghwalks9137]

lovely mate keep going

[@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB]

Cheers

[@mikejones420]

loved the trail, cracking good time, wish to ride there some day

[@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB]

Thanks. It’s a good route with the scenery and easy to access :)

[@glasgowsports]

Nice one, thought it was one I wanted to do and now it's definately on the bucket list :-) Great vid

[@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB]

Cheers yeah it's a fast fun one - nothing too technical but awesome cairngorms views and good wee day out!

[@5492sparky]

Looks a great place to ride! Great vid! 👍🤜

[@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB]

It is - I had wanted to do this one for a while and was the perfect loop to add onto some trails and finish the day :) thanks!

[@MTBJACK40]

Super riding 🤙Best trail

[@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB]

Thanks!

[@streetpigeonmtb]

This is defo on the to do list. Great vid as always 🤙

[@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB]

It’s a good one and nice that you get an adventure without it needing to be a full day out. I enjoyed linking it with some shorter trails for a good mixture. Worth doing :) thanks!

[@davidbermudez5387]

Yeew! Awesome trails and ride keep it safe 🤙🔝

[@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB]

Thanks! 👍

[@Trailsy]

Really good, isn't it? We had a blast bombing down, you can see why it's so popular 🙂

[@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB]

Yeah! I had heard so much about it for years and have been in Aviemore loads but never rode it until this summer. Feels like a wee adventure yet not too far from everything else there :) totally!!

[@MTBScotland]

been wanting to do this trail for ages

[@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB]

Same! Wanted to do it for years and finally made it happen. It’s a nice one worth doing when up there

[@greencroft]

Always a must do trail on any visit to that area. It can be made into a good loop if you hike a bike up through the Chalamain Gap then a stupid steep tech descent down into the Lairig Ghru then down the the descent in this clip.

[@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB]

Oh that’s great to know thanks. Might try that next time as my other half is keen to do it since he missed it this time round 👍

[@boringuserhandle]

I was totally underwhelmed when I did it. Maybe I was expecting too much..? Was pretty greasy also. Night be one to try again another time.

[@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB]

I know what you mean - when I first heard about it I thought it would be a really rocky techy descent all the way down but then I saw a video of it and realised it was a bit more mellow so that helped with my expectations going in. I really enjoyed it as a fast trail to add on to some of the natural techier stuff around aviemore :)

[@boringuserhandle]

@@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB yeah that's very similar to how I felt I think. Plus, we ended up trying to do more of the route which was only semi rideable and ended up with me exploding a chain. So maybe I wasn't in the best mood! 🤣

[@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB]

Ouch 😂 mechanicals can definitely have an impact haha. Yeah I’d heard the bit further up was unrideable in a lot of places so just stuck to this lower bit. Well enjoy if you do head up another time to try it but def worth doing some other techy stuff too with it :)

[@GarysCam626_mtb]

Great video,looks so good.how long roughly was it all in? looking for an alternative to high Burnside when im up that way soon

[@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB]

Thanks! It was fun. Ah I can’t remember too well but I reckon I was about 4 hours for the full route with the trails at glenmore too. That was a chilled pace with stops though. Not too long for the lairg ghru part on its own, maybe a couple 👍

[@kevinwood1946]

It's been a while but mint trail👊

[@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB]

It’s a good one isn’t it! Nice and quick and a good wee adventure so close to Aviemore :)

[@googlemcshoogle1376]

Nice Electric moped

[@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB]

🤣 was I that fast?! This is a regular pedal bike, not electric. Wouldn’t care if it was though as I support them. Assuming you are meaning the bike of course

[@Itsthejourneynotthedestination]

I do admire your balls girl, thumbs up and a subscribe from me 👍

[@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB]

hehe thanks! Awesome, welcome to the channel :)

[@PentlandYeti]

Nice vid Laura. I did that descent in September and got lucky with the weather. Beautiful scenery around there. Check out the vid on my channel. Keep up the good work.

[@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB]

Thanks. Oh that’s good - I wish I’d had the weather to enjoy the scenery a bit more! I’ll definitely head over and check it out!