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BALQUHIDDER

MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAILS

WELCOME

to the pure natural magic of the Balquhidder Mountain Bike Trails.

Here, we list

TRAILS TO RIDE: Our selection of the best wild and natural singletrack trails and MTB routes in and around the area.
STUFF YOU NEED: Tips on parking, 5G, food stops and the nearest local bike repair shops.
TRAIL BUILDING: Info on how to join our local Trail Crew and get involved with the trail building and maintenance work of our local Trails Association.

WHAT TO EXPECT...

Balquhidder is not a trail centre. It's a small village and community with a few keen mountain bikers who, since 2014, have been tirelessly grafting to develop old deer, sheep or walking paths into drier, safer and more durable trails, for locals and visitors to enjoy.

Come expecting wild and natural, rooty and rocky hill trails - and you'll not be disappointed.

Officially, all trails are "unmanaged" and therefore ridden under the Scottish Outdoor Access Code, entirely at your own risk. Conditions change quickly, and hazards can appear at any time - ride accordingly, with care and respect other users.

RESPECT

If you're not local and coming from further afield, please respect our small rural community, beautiful landscape and hard earned trails. The riding is free so you won’t be paying for your fun, but please do us a favour, don't tear up the trails with your back brake constantly locked (!) and go and spend a few quid while you're here. Every penny helps our small rural community.

STUFF YOU NEED

It helps to be in the know, so here are our handy tips that we think will make for a better visit.

PARKING: Free parking is available around the back of Balquhidder church and at Rob Roy's Grave.

Just 100metres further along the road there's parking at Balquhidder village hall. (with a 1Gb free wifi hotspot).

Whilst this too is free, if you can make a small donation, and bang something into the donations box in the village hall door (or pay by the displayed QR code) that always puts visiting bikers into the good books :-)

FOOD + TOILETS: There's great food at Mhor 84, The Broch in Strathyre and also at the Golden Larches on the NAT7 cycle route, just north of Mhor 84.

They all have toilet facilities and do coffee to go...

HOTSPOT: Unbelievable I know, but we have a 1Gb open hotspot at the Balquhidder village hall carpark! So ping all your messages from here as the 4G and 5G signals soon deteriorate as you venture up Kirkton Glen.

MOBILE: At road level you should get reception on EE. O2 and Vodafone have voice but virtually poor data. Reception from others providers is pretty sketchy.

NOTE: Once you start heading up the hill signal deteriorates quickly so don't be daft, tell at least one person where you're going.

NEAREST BIKE REPAIR + HIRE:

Roll Outdoors and Wheels can, between them, fix anything! They are 14miles away in Callander, do sales, hire and repairs, and hold a decent stock of parts.

Comrie Croft Bikes is 19miles away just beyond Comrie. They also do sales, hire and repairs and hold a good stock of parts, and you can always hire a bike and ride their trails while they fix yours!

SO WHERE IS BALQUHIDDER

Balquhidder is nestled in the glens of the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park (map) just over an hour and quarter from Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee and Oban. The scenery is pretty stunning but it's probably most famous as the historic home of Rob Roy MacGregor.

GETTING HERE

Pretty straightforward! Get onto the A84 between Stirling and Lochearnhead and turn off at the Mhor84 motel. Then drive just 2 miles up a small single track road until you see the sign indicating the start of the village of Balquhidder. 100metres further on you can park up on the right at Rob Roy's Grave (in front of the church) or go on a further 100m to the village hall car park. Postcode FK19 8PA

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