Name: Hippy - Upper
Rating: 4.6

Mountain Bike

841 ft

Distance

-117 ft

Descent

00:03:12

Avg time

Trail Supporters, Builders & Maintainers of Hippy - Upper Trail

past supporters

Balquhidder Trail Maintenance Group
2014 - 2019
Maintainer
Iain Ramsay-Clapham
2014 - 2019
Maintainer

Hippy - Upper Details

Activities
- Mountain Bike
- E-Bike
Riding Area

Balquhidder
Strathyre
Difficulty Rating

Red rate
Trail Type

Singletrack
Bike Type

AM, XC, DJ, Fat
Trail Usage

Biking Only
Direction

Downhill Primary
Popular direction shown
Climb Difficulty

Blue
Physical Rating

Moderate
Trail Visibility

Always easy to follow
Season

Jan-Dec
Dogs Allowed

Yes
eBike Allowed

Yes
TTFs on Trail

Berm, Bridge, Drop, Rock Face
Ride in Rain

Yes
Global Ranking

#15800 in Mountain Biking
Local Popularity
95 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 95 in E-Biking

The "Hippy - Upper" is the top of the full "3 Hippies" Strava trail which also includes the "Hippy - Mid" and "Hippy - Lower" sections. The "Upper" incorporates a large 200m rock section in a quarry taking riders across three large well spread rocks - A challenging section that verges on a black grading, particularly the drop off the first rock. Recce the quarry section before riding it

Access Info

Park at Balquhidder Hall or Kirk and access Kirkton Glen using forestry roads. Turn right (eastwards) up the forestry track after you pass the bridge across Kirkton burn. Keep heading past the quarry (on your left) where you cross the start of the Mid Hippy, and ride a further 500m round the long uphill left bend. The start fo the Upper Hippy is then on your left.

More Stats for Hippy - Upper mountain bike trail trail

Altitude change

-117 ft
Altitude min

942 ft
Altitude max

1,059 ft
Altitude start

1,059 ft
Altitude end

942 ft
Grade

-13.906%
Grade max

-17.653%
Grade min

-8.512%
Distance down

841 ft
Avg time

00:03:12
Avg reverse time

00:22:12
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Status:

on Jul 6, 2020

Ideal

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Trail Difficulties

Access Road/Trail
White
Green
Blue
Black
Double Black Diamond

Trail Report Status

Clear / Green
Minor Issue / Yellow
Significant Issue / Amber
Closed

Land Owner Overlay
Wilderness (typically no bikes in USA)
BLM (public)
USFS (Wildlife sanctuaries darker than usfs)
State land
Indigenous
Military

Trail Conditions

Unknown
Snow Groomed
Snow Packed
Snow Covered
Freeze/thaw Cycle
Icy
Prevalent Mud
Wet
Variable
Ideal
Dry
Very Dry

Past Week

3 rides
7 miles avg distance

6 Months

28 rides
10 miles avg distance

Photos

8 |

Feb 5, 2021 @ 5:45am

Feb 5, 2021

29 |

May 30, 2019 @ 12:17pm

May 30, 2019

2 Reviews & Comments

Score Time

vicki-a

(Apr 19, 2018 at 21:46)

Great wee section on a great trail.

[Reply]

Iainrc

(Mar 26, 2020 at 6:22)

Some new features with optional harder lines added in the quarry section... Enjoy

[Reply]

Videos

Hippy - Mid 961 ft
Hippy - Lower 1,926 ft
Walkers Path 1,978 ft
Forest Road 2,566 ft
Goblin 2,677 ft

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status	date	description
	Jul 6, 2020 @ 2:33am Jul 6, 2020
	Jan 4, 2020 @ 3:40am Jan 4, 2020
	Jul 23, 2019 @ 3:16pm Jul 23, 2019	Rock bridge now under repair. A bit overgrown so about to sort a monster strimming session to cut back over growing bracken...
	May 30, 2019 @ 12:17pm May 30, 2019	One of the rock "bridges" has crumbled in the rain after the first rock roll. Not ridable safely. Rest of trail was great
	May 27, 2019 @ 2:36am May 27, 2019	Rock bridge has collapsed

Hippy - Upper