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Sporting Breaks - The Grampian Mountains
Route: The climbs to Glenshee and the Lecht are on the doorstep, but there are also plenty of possibilities if you want to avoid climbing.
Duration: 4 nights, 3 cycling days
Total Cycling Distance: As you please. We supply the routes and you select what you want (Average cycling distance is Up to you per day.)
Departures: Dates are flexible (subject to availability)
Price: £265 (based upon two persons sharing a room).
Accommodation: Price includes 4 nights hotel accommodation, full breakfasts, cycle computer route navigation.
Ballater is wonderful base for cycling. It has a growing reputation as a mountainbiking centre, but there are few if any places we know that offer the range of road cycling that is on the doorstep. The village is in the Dee Valley and is probably best known as the holiday destination of the UK's royal family - Balmoral Castle is just a few miles away.
Being in the Dee Valley means that roads heading directly east (in the direction of Aberdeen) offer relatively flat cycling following the bank of the River Dee on its 42 mile journey to the sea. On the other hand, Ballater also sits directly between the ski stations at Glenshee and the Lecht, so if you want to do some serious climbing, you wont be disappointed. There is also everything else in between, Aberdeenshire has plenty of rolling hills and hundreds of miles of empty roads.
We supply a GPS to your group and a range of routes from 30 miles to 120 miles. Its entirely up to you how much cycling you do. We work closely with a local mountainbike business and, if you fancy trying something different for a day, we would be delighted to help you get out onto the mountain tracks (with or without a guide).
Accommodation: Auld Kirk Hotel, Ballater
