Scotland's Top Rated MTB Trail l Heartbreak Ridge, Ballater

Rated by MBR as one of the Top 5 UK trails, Heartbreak Ridge is a famous 4km black scenic MTB trail in Scotland located in Ballater. The trail is running better than ever after all the recent work done. Situated at Pannanich Hill, the Heartbreak Ridge loop from Ballater is around 17km in total with just over 500m ascent/descent. This scenic black trail can be ridden on any mountain bike but we chose a full travel enduro bike and an ebike.
Rated by MBR magazine as one of the Top 5 UK MTB Trails, Heartbreak ridge has since had a lot of work done by the Aberdeenshire Trails Association and CRC to make it flow better, be more accessible and build a new woods section. You may have seen vlogs on it from other famous RUclipsrs such as Scotty Laughland or McTrail Rider. The project was also nominated for project of the year at the dmbins MTB awards last week.
This is a true Scottish MTB trail and we got weather to match! Definitely a trail to put on your list and ride if heading on Scotland MTB trip or up to Deeside. Also good to link it with Mastermind which is also in Ballater.
Link to Lochnagar munro video mentioned in video (highly recommend!!):
• Lochnagar Munro by MTB...
Bikes: Vitus Sommet CRX and Vitus E-Sommet VRX
Camera: Go Pro Hero 9 Black
Location: Ballater, Scotland