Mountain Bike Rider

STELLAR SINGLE TRACK

BALLATER, SCOTLAND

2 1.6km (13.4 miles)

The Cairngorms are the place to go for out-there epics. But it’s not all wild, wooly and worthy riding. Ballater on the east of the National Park is the starting point for some truly amazing singletrack, of which Heartbreak Ridge is the centrepiece. A tight heather-lined sliver of singletrack punctuated with

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