Biking
Kingussie is the proud holder of a gold cycle-friendly community award, and the area around Aonach is an amazing place for biking, with endless choices of twisty singletrack and scenic off-road gravel routes. We love the incredible diversity of mountain biking and gravel riding in the Cairngorms ourselves, and we’ve listed some of our own favourite routes below.
We are bike-friendly and provide dedicated bike storage with e-bike charging points, basic bike tools, and bike washing facilities.
Here are some other resources to help inspire your trip:
Cycle Friendly Kingussie website
Developing Mountain Biking Cairngorms National Park trail guide
Cycling the Cairngorms website with lots of routes and inspiration
Mountain biking
Just imagine… Get on your bike in Drumguish, cross the road and be on the first section of natural forest singletrack in seconds. Or ride up the track over to spectacular Glen Feshie where there are miles of estate roads and tracks to explore. Fancy going somewhere challenging? There are endless sections of local singletrack ranging from mild to spicy, plus great trail centres with cafés at Laggan Wolftrax and Glenlivet.
Gravel Biking
Mix the quiet roads with the Speyside Way, Badenoch Way, Dava Way and estate tracks to put together your own route. There are some fantastic cafes in the area including at Kingussie, Kincraig, Loch Insh, Aviemore, Boat of Garten and Nethy Bridge so there are plenty of refuelling options!
Killiehuntly Loop
A short but challenging 8km circular route from Drumguish on unsurfaced forest tracks suitable for mountain and gravel bikes. There are some rough and rutted sections as well as steep ascents and descents giving lovely views of the forest, Lochan nan Reamh, Gleann Chomraig, and the Monadhliath mountains. Download GPX.
General Wade’s Military Road
A relatively flat, 30km circular predominantly off-road route from Drumguish along the Speyside Way to the Ruthven Barracks, then the historic General Wade’s Military Road, returning via the Newtonmore – Kingussie cycle path. The route is suitable for mountain bikes and gravel bikes and passes through some remote areas on rough paths. Download GPX.