This Ride Goes Straight Into The Top 5

This Ride Goes Straight Into The Top 5 - Sgor Gaoith

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This Ride Goes Straight Into The Top 5 - Sgor Gaoith
After looking into places to ride in the Aviemore area and speaking to Ross from MTB Scotland, I decided to give Sgor Gaoith a go. Ross told me that it was the best route that he had ever done so I had high expectations.
Nothing could have prepared me for the joy that was to follow on this amazing run 😊
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@GazzaView123 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome. Three of us did a ride up there a few years ago. We started at Cairngorm Lodge SYHA, went through Rothiemurchas forest into Glen Feshie, ascended Mullach Clach a Blair, then across the plateau to Carn Ban Mor, then onwards up to Sgor Gaoith. We then returned across Carn Ban Mor & onto the same descent that you've just enjoyed & then onwards back to the hostel. A great 72km ride!

@andrewlorimer5189 Жыл бұрын

Just the best 👌 it's why I bought my ebike to do exactly this, so so good, special.

@streetpigeonmtb 3 жыл бұрын

Love catching up and rewatching your older vids 🙌

@McTrailRider 3 жыл бұрын

Looking forward to your one from here mate 👍

@streetpigeonmtb 3 жыл бұрын

@@McTrailRider thanks bud! 😊

@greencroft 4 жыл бұрын

I finally made it up here yesterday evening. The views did not disappoint nor did the descent. An awesome place to forget the woes of this world!

@McTrailRider 4 жыл бұрын

Truly a view that needs to be seen in real life to be fully appreciated 😮😍😍

@steviedsolve 3 жыл бұрын

I just watched this one again whilst researching Cairngorms routes. To hear you chuckle and howl on the decent I was like - "Yeah Brother! That's why we ride" - Next year's gonna be good Andrew!

@McTrailRider 3 жыл бұрын

I was just a little giddy on this one 😁

@scotlandmyhome7484 3 жыл бұрын

Cracking video👍 been up that hill a few times on foot and bike and well worth the climb for the views and decent.

@McTrailRider 3 жыл бұрын

It’s a classic 👍

@jameschen3797 Жыл бұрын

Hi Andrew im thinking of doing this in August people say about the the ride up or hikeabike and the decent back down is awesome did you go down a different way to going up, by the way all of your videos are quality some fantastic drone footage 🙂

@barrycorney3665 Жыл бұрын

Best route up on an E-MTB is from Carnachuin (just before the bothy) on to Carn Ban Mor. I live just a few miles away and it's a classic for the blue sky days or an after work blast....I noted the lack of footage from off the bealach it's pretty messy and techy for the first quarter and can be really boggy and massive ditches to just before where the track becomes "normal" and the Allt Ruadh stream crosses.... few sneaky wee drops on that mid section too but it's a classic alright and not too many anti-bike water bars!!!

@McTrailRider Жыл бұрын

I’ve done the route you mentioned as well, great for an ebike 👌 I generally only put the most interesting bits into a video and quite a lot of the top isn’t all that interesting tbh. Such a great mountain with so many options 👌

@barrycorney3665 Жыл бұрын

@@McTrailRider You've some backlog of vids I need to catch up on, a mate of mine put me on to your channel- he recently did the Linn to Ben Macdui (in/out via Etchachan) was an "interesting" day(!) lol.... I was done with MTB and was mainly road biking(too much pushing and walking lol) until I turned 50 and got a KTM e-bike....total and absolute game changer, had some big days out on the Cairngorms with the second battery too, it's opened up the whole place though requires decent planning as H-A-B and carrying are a nightmare!!! Keep up the good work, subscribed..!

@PACEUK22 Жыл бұрын

So what are your top 5 mtb routes?

@malcoms.3272 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you didn't touch the pedals that close to the edge as I hear that they're a bit sensitive.

@McTrailRider 3 жыл бұрын

😂 only in turbo 😜

@synkuk 3 жыл бұрын

Excuse the beard :D:D:D:D

@McTrailRider 3 жыл бұрын

It was a bit scruffy on this one 😜

@synkuk 3 жыл бұрын

@@McTrailRider made me laugh :) thx

@thescotsmandan4571 5 жыл бұрын

Hey man, I absolutely love your videos. I used to live just outside Glasgow, and moved to Australia nearly 2 years ago. I now live on the Gold Coast. So I keep watching your videos for the beautiful Scottish places you ride, p.s I’m also a mtb fan as well. Also it’s great to hear some Scottish banter as well since no one gets it over here. Keep up the great videos and I’ll be there watching them every post.

@stevecrump1375 5 жыл бұрын

Im at work to much and miss riding my bike , Thankyou for taking me along on your ride...Cheers my friend 🙋

@angelaforrest2257 5 жыл бұрын

Once the trail started to flow,your excitement was so infectious,great trail,thank you for showing yet another stunning area.x

@Soulfirer 5 жыл бұрын

Great vid as always, thanks for sharing. That VIEW from the crags!😲

@Uncle_Haggy 5 жыл бұрын

Yet again Andrew, another cracking video showing the side of Scotland that people rarely get to see. Will be adding this to my list dude - Looked awesome!

@RoamingWanders 5 жыл бұрын

This is one of my favourite videos now, this and the one where you went up torridon in the snow. I like the whole journey aspect, so excited to see more torridon vids now. Intense riding in this one, keep it up!

@footloose9618 5 жыл бұрын

One of your best Videos by far. I was scared! I have walked most of that, brings back fond memories.

@martineaston2501 5 жыл бұрын

Brilliant video Andrew the excitement in your voice just got better and better the views are awesome as is the trails 👍👍

@adventuresofmtb8870 5 жыл бұрын

Bloody hell you were fair sending it at the end. Awesome stuff.

@stevestowe1110 4 жыл бұрын

That is one sweet trail.......I was buzzing just watching your ride.....AWESOME !!!!🤜🏻👍🏻

@kevinwilleford7876 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome trail and that view, damn! I'm amazed you didn't slice a tire open on that bomb of a descent! Well done as usual!

@103703878 5 жыл бұрын

Love your channel! Great content! :)

@alistairwilson5344 4 жыл бұрын

That was PUNK ROCK! Thanks for the adrenaline rush,was right there with you. Cheers from The Borders. Subscribed!

@scotti_wan_kenobi 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, more stunning scenery. 👍🤘😎

@adrianoaraujo6299 4 жыл бұрын

Another great video. No doubt, top ride! Chears!

@javanmaidment2094 5 жыл бұрын

i love this mountain, its one of my faves!

@richardeljay 5 жыл бұрын

Fabulous, inspirational stuff... and views...was wincing slightly at the speed and bumps around the 8 minute mark. Thanks.

@anthonydorney254 5 жыл бұрын

Another cracking edit ! Loved that , aptly named spot too , gaoith is the Gaelic word for wind lol

@andrei3720 5 жыл бұрын

Man...cant wait to start riding again next week

@taffycymroukmtb9073 5 жыл бұрын

Great stuff buddy 😜 love them kind trails fast 👌 went on spin on my Ebike today Can't beat the Views at the top the Mountain buddy spot on 👌👍

@givemeakidney 5 жыл бұрын

More of the "ride all the way to the top" please. Health forced me to get an e bike (which are obviously awsome) but picking it up over fences and hike-a-bike is killing me. Loved the vid.

@leerubenstein2446 4 жыл бұрын

oh man amazing! Dream ride for me.

@jameshepburn81 5 жыл бұрын

Great video and good ride I done the West Highland way at the end of June with my brother and nephew on our bikes which was really good.

@jameshepburn81 5 жыл бұрын

@@McTrailRider Took us three days.

@streetpigeonmtb 5 жыл бұрын

Wow. I've been up a lot of hills in my time hiking and biking. Can't ever recall seeing such a variation though. You had open, trees, rock, mud. Looks great. Looking forward to your Torridon stuff. We've had some total epics up there 🤙

@greencroft 5 жыл бұрын

I have been up that peak a few times hiking, first time I was only 14 then I took my elder boy there in a snowstorm when he was 10 and it was his first ever Munro, then most recently a few days before my 50th birthday. It is one of my favourite places in the world. Always blowing a gale but views to die for. I would love to try it on my bike sometime, the descent looks awesome. Thanks for posting your video.

@Mile-long-list 4 жыл бұрын

Man that makes me want to see that what a view to ride to !

@NathanMorgan1976 5 жыл бұрын

Looks an amazing ride

@AndrewJMatthews 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome trails!

@dalem1140 5 жыл бұрын

That is Awesome. Planning a few like this on my ebike👊Starting with the Gap at brecon 🤘

@5492sparky 5 жыл бұрын

The best type of riding for sure.

@trailtrackermtb 4 жыл бұрын

That was mint Andrew my kind of trail 😎👍

@FiretrailMtb 5 жыл бұрын

That looks awsome man

@TuckRob 5 жыл бұрын

Nice one.And it's not the only great descent off that summit.

@peterbeer4746 4 жыл бұрын

Another great vid Andy and like you say pictures never do justice, ive just come back from riding in la massana Andorra next to Vallnord bike park, scenery is breath taking and riding is some of the best I have ever done. Rode with singltrack safari check them out sometime

@mtbfree4914 5 жыл бұрын

Did this ride a few years ago in early summer. Got to plateau to find deep slushy snow :o( totally un-rideable and almost impossible to push the bikes due to slush jamming between the frame and rear tyre! Must try this again in late summer :o)

@trailscotland4165 5 жыл бұрын

Everyone should experience the view from the top of Sgor Gaoith, It's absolutely unreal!

@craige2877 5 жыл бұрын

Did this in the summer in baking near, what a ride. 🙌 If you ascend from Glen Feshie you can take in 3/4 Munros on route to Sgor. Wasn't brave enough to take my bike right to the edge like you did though! 🤣

@mauort6870 5 жыл бұрын

These solo adventure rides put the fear of god into me. Missing a turn, bike breaking,injury etc. I force myself to do it..because life is on the other side of fear.. but the inspiration is always welcome

@goodygumdrops2105 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant

@MrAddison 4 жыл бұрын

Cool trail

@justincase7535 5 жыл бұрын

The road up is down the Glen a bit (on OS map)......up n round on to Carn ban Mor then across Great riding mate

@adrianojunior4997 4 жыл бұрын

Quite a view.

@klrecords 4 жыл бұрын

One for next year 🤘

@RotlochStudio 4 жыл бұрын

I'm going to Scotland in 5 days. So excited! I will do a journey around it, if there is something I should see, please tell me a couple of names and I will do my best to check them out in my 8 day visit. Amazing journey, I could almost smell the nice cool breeze!

@br2973 5 жыл бұрын

Trail around 6:40 looks soooo good!

@PsilocinThistle 4 жыл бұрын

A cycled up it on a ht and ripped it back down, copped a pinch flat jst a few seconds into the woods ... but aye some sections are sweet as an some are hardcore not complaining cos thats when the hcht feels at home... fingers of the brakes an ride like a bat outta hell..... yaaaaaaaaasssss

@davidlittle7182 4 жыл бұрын

After doing Ruthiemurcus many years ago, that looks brilliant. Did you come from Aviemore for your ascent too?

@davidlittle7182 4 жыл бұрын

@@McTrailRider ah cheers!

@CelticFan 5 жыл бұрын

OMG That was awesome, mate. Query; I am one of those intermediate riders you pay homage to, thank you😁 this ride goes straight into my bucket! Tell me, I have a Haibike sduro 6.0 cross; hardtail. Would this trail be achievable on the HT, or is it, FS all the way?

@CelticFan 5 жыл бұрын

Oooft,. Additional erse comfy wear, the requisite, sounds of things lol

@SF-wr4zn 5 жыл бұрын

Did this blind too just after your Stava ride - breathtaking views 🤩 Missed that decent though and came down the climb instead 🙈 the itch I have to do that again as a loop is driving me crazy 🤪 Thanks Andrew - inspirational & motivational as ever 💪🏻

@Mr.P.Griffith 5 жыл бұрын

Again, that terrain is unreal. You have to explain the area and geography on one of these rides.

@Mr.P.Griffith 5 жыл бұрын

@@McTrailRider I watched that one too. You just touched on one topic tho.. Every one of your vids I just can't believe the scenery. I can't wait to travel out that way. I just need the right bike and enough cash to carry me a few weeks.

@HD-dz4uk 5 жыл бұрын

That was stretching the definition of a path in places, but the later sandy looking track looked good. I know the sand in places looked like rocks.

@Tj-vf3ll 4 жыл бұрын

KeeP the beard ,great beard

@bhislop3297 5 жыл бұрын

For future reference walk the highlands has a play button to hear pronunciation 😉

@timothymelvin3824 4 жыл бұрын

That's a hell of a mic.

@kriscarroll100 5 жыл бұрын

what tyres do you use on those rails they sound fairly loose???

@kriscarroll100 5 жыл бұрын

thanks

@AhilMohan 5 жыл бұрын

Would not want the ebike accidentally kicking in a bit of power at 2:50 lol

@CelticFan 5 жыл бұрын

McTrail Rider when you initially took off on the decent, was like, “nawww, too close to that edge, fella” I’m yellin, 😕😟😂😂

@lakedistrictmatt1641 4 жыл бұрын

What is your top 5 out of interest then?

@lakedistrictmatt1641 4 жыл бұрын

McTrail Rider nice thanks, done Ben Lomond myself and thought it was great. Golfie always a winner. Some amazing trails in the lakes if your ever down this way. Plenty lads/lasses to show you them aswell.