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5.9 miles
Distance
1,856 ft
Climb
-223 ft
Descent
02:05:22
Avg time
1,633 ft
Altitude change
1,410 ft
Altitude min
3,058 ft
Altitude max
1,410 ft
Altitude start
3,043 ft
Altitude end
5.263%
Grade
-14.265%
Grade max
26.824%
Grade min
4 miles
Distance climb
1 mile
Distance down
2,814 ft
Distance flat
02:05:22
Avg time
Loch Etchachan Path Details
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Activities
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- Mountain Bike
- E-Bike
- Gravel Bike
- Winter Fat Bike
- Trail Running
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Local Popularity85 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 95 in E-Biking
- 5 in Trail Running
- 95 in Hiking
- 5 in Winter Fat Biking
- 5 in Gravel Biking
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Global Ranking#148488 in Mountain Biking [+]
- #91978 in E-Biking
- #160304 in Trail Running
- #16816 in Hiking
- #31915 in Winter Fat Biking
- #47638 in Gravel Biking
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National Ranking#5,365 in Mountain Biking · United Kingdom [+]
- #4,069 in E-Biking
- #3,988 in Trail Running
- #482 in Hiking
- #1,227 in Winter Fat Biking
- #1,442 in Gravel Biking
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Hiking SAC ScaleT1 Hiking
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Trail TypeSingletrack
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Bike TypeAM, XC, Fat, Gravel
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Dogs AllowedYes
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eBike AllowedYes up to Class 1
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Loch Etchachan Path is a 9 km popular black difficulty singletrack trail located near Braemar. This hike primary trail. On average it takes 2 hours5 minutes to complete this trail.
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- 25 miles avg distance
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Oct 18, 2020 , Braemar
Nuclearhorse
This is excellent as a descent. Starting from ben macdui summit (access from the ski area) descend to Loch etchachan and the Hutchison memorial hut. Then join this trail to descend into Glen derry. A superb big mountain descent!
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