Ben Nevis mountain bike track

[harvey b davison]

Whilst holidaying in Scotland last year, I noticed that you can take a cable car to the top of Nevis then bike it down. Has anyone done this? What are the trails like ?

Both me and my wife (both late 40's) would like to do it on our return to Scotland in October.

Any information much appreciated.

Cheers

H.

[Stephen Blair]

It’s a world championship course!  You can go on utube and watch the riders view.  

  Not for the faint hearted or amateur.  There may be a gentler way down but I don’t think so.

[harvey b davison]

Cheers Stephen, we are holidaying at fort Augustus back end of October/November and would like to get off the beaten track if you know of anywhere suitable.
Cheers.

[jfc]

Hi, nevis range cable car goes up aonach mor not Ben nevis. I havent been up but I don't think it takes bikes to the summit. I was there a couple of weeks ago hoping to ski but the lack of snow meant you couldn't access the summit (via drag lifts I assume). If you look on nevis range website it should give you a bike route map. The grades work like skiing blue =easy black=hardest. Wolf tracks at Laggan is worth checking out. Jan.

[green horn]

Loch arkaig worth visit always a chance of seeing a white tailed sea eagle in the area

[Simia]

Morning, I lived in Fort William for 4 years while studying Adventure Tourism Management and rode up there as much as I could. It’s a challenging downhill course and would not be advised unless keen riders.
If you are looking for somewhere to ride or walk with views and in the middle of know where have a look at the West Highland Way. You can do a section of that and get great views. Fort William to Kinlochleven is great or even better is Kinklochleven to Glencoe. Kinlochleven also has the largest indoor ice climbing wall which might be of some interest for half a day. Great guys to teach you for a session there.
Cow hill up the back of the town is a short walk. Once at the top there are great views of Fort William, Loch Leven and Ben Nevis.

I hope this helps and if you want to know anything else feel free to answer. It would take hours to explain all.

Al