2,382 ft
Distance
20 ft
Climb
-125 ft
Descent
00:05:03
Avg time

Bracken Bashing Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • E-Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    High Burnside
    Aviemore
  • Difficulty Rating
    Red rate
  • Hiking SAC Scale
    T2 Mountain Hiking
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC
  • Direction
    One Direction
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  • Climb Difficulty
    Blue
  • Physical Rating
    Moderate
  • Trail Visibility
    Always easy to follow
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes up to Class 1
  • Global Ranking
    #81466 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #4582 in E-Biking
    • #68098 in Trail Running
  • Local Popularity
    100 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 95 in E-Biking
    • 70 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking
  • Land Owner
    Forestry And Land Scotland

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Bracken Bashing is a 726 m popular red singletrack trail located near Aviemore. This mountain bike primary trail can be used one direction and has a moderate overall physical rating with a 6 m blue climb. On average it takes 5 minutes to complete this trail.

This trail is unsanctioned.

More Stats for Bracken Bashing mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -108 ft
  • Altitude min
    868 ft
  • Altitude max
    975 ft
  • Altitude start
    975 ft
  • Altitude end
    869 ft
  • Grade
    -4.5%
  • Grade max
    -25.7%
  • Grade min
    15.1%
  • Distance climb
    522 ft
  • Distance down
    1,667 ft
  • Distance flat
    190 ft
  • Avg time
    00:05:03
  • Avg reverse time
    00:11:34
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on Sep 11, 2024
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      Bracken Bashing Trail Reports

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      Sep 11, 2024 @ 10:40am
      Sep 11, 2024
      Aug 18, 2024 @ 1:10pm
      Aug 18, 2024
      Aug 16, 2024 @ 10:09am
      Aug 16, 2024
      Feb 15, 2024 @ 2:07am
      Feb 15, 2024
      Nov 18, 2023 @ 5:49am
      Nov 18, 2023
      		 Trail running nicely, bit sliddy on some corners but nothing of concern.
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 1 rides
      • 7 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 18 rides
      • 11 miles avg distance
      All
      • 102 rides
      • Last: Dec 8, 2024

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      Apr 20, 2023 @ 11:52am
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      Aug 29, 2022 @ 4:17am
      Aug 29, 2022

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