Mtb, Wildlife And Amazing Scenery In Torridon
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- Опубликовано: 19 июн 2021
- Mtb, Wildlife And Amazing Scenery In Torridon
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This one was a bit bitter sweet. On one hand, I only managed one day riding thanks to it being so damned busy, which also prevented me from doing this ride to it’s full potential.
On the other hand, I finally got to witness Coire Mhic Fhearchair in person, which did not disappoint at all. I also got to meet a very nice local too.
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Another dam fine video and drone footage. It's almost like an obedient pet. When you stop, it stops! When you get going ,it gets going. Can't believe how tame the deer was. What a fine animal. Look forward to your bike packing video.
Always fancied a run through Torridon, but this just amplifies it 1000% top job bud!... lovin it!...
Get it done mate 👍
Deer deer me that looked stag..ed...😉😉😉😉torridon is amazing Iceland comes to mind...on looks superb again....
What an intro 🦌 love it ! Fantastic job once again and definitely have Torridon on my bucket list ..
I watch your videos for the awesome views while enjoying an awesome moutain bike ride, this video did Not disappoint! Bike or no bike you have a great way of sharing your experiences!
Great vid Andrew, that trail back down looked like a lot of fun. Thanks for filming, Andy
Your vids are the best.! And leaving your bike there at the bottom mate had me anxious for ages 😂 My Grandfather flew and bombed places in the war with a Lancaster plane so wow absolute stunning thanks for sharing 🤟
Wow 😳. Absolutely stunning. Thank you once again for an amazing video and incredible location
Incredible video! Inspirational stuff.
Thanks buddy
Nice 👍 The water in Loch coire mhic Fhearchear is unreal if you catch it on a calm day, especially in the colder months, like glass. You can see the bottom 4+ M down perfectly clear.
I went to bivvy there last summer after a traverse of Liathach but the midgies were absolutely brutal.
Ended up climbing the stone chute up to the summit to catch enough breeze to get a kip. 🙂
Its a stunning place. Hiked up there and camped in triple butress corrie.
Amazing place 👍😍
Best video intro ever!!
Great video keep up the great work
Banger as usual mate 🤘
Thanks buddy
Andrew, that location looked amazing, you'll enjoy bike packing up there - looks unreal. You smashed that trail coming down too - big skills - drone and POV shots were great -next level mate - nice one
Stunning..but yes everywhere is rammed, places I would go in the week and have the car park to myself..now Im searching for a space.
Wow , u have me gripped now waiting for the backpacking trip , can't believe u left your bike on its own , in England it would have gone along with the rock it was leaning on 😂 top ride again I salute u
😂😂 I wouldn’t have left it if I was down south either, or near any built up area for that matter.
@@McTrailRider Amazing area! Have been wanting to build some sort of bike for ease of carry when gets to rough to ride
Have not spent too much time up in that area, but enough to know exactly where you were & need to go back! Look forward to seeing more
Yes lad wat a class bit of ridin n class place to go a walking campin n swimming lol. I think we all can't wait for that 1 bro . Thank you buddy 😊.
Very soon hopefully 🤞
@@McTrailRider fantastic bro 👏
Wow! What a stunning place. Brilliant stuff. Look forward to your return visit bikepacking.
Stunning scenery defiantly worth the ride and hike up and yes you have to revisit some time 🤙
Will be back soon 👍
That trail was bloody fantastic, amazing drone capture, especially when it was in front of you, looked great, looking forward to the bike packing, sounds like it will be an interesting video, nice one Andrew 👍
I’m looking forward to that video too 👍
What am amazing country we live in! Great stuff Andy.
Great vid Andrew they keep getting better. Stayed in Gairloch 3 weeks ago, and walked Ben Eighe down the scree shoot to the that Lochlan, then down to the path you rode to the car park & saw Callum! Only got one days ride the Torridan Classic with an off piste “ginger balls out & blue rock” descent…utterly amazing, up there with BasqueMTB routes👍👍
The silence at 7:28 is deafening absolutely took my breath away. Brilliant video and the drone footage of you coming down showed just how bumpy your trails are 😎👍. On yer bike packing adventure explain a munroe 😉
You can’t get that level of silence in many places👌
What a treat to see such wildlife, often found wandering the mountains alone, but sometimes accompanied by Piers!
🤪 very good
Wonderful views and great succession of hops over all those water channels on the way down. Look forward to your vids but will be especially interested in the one you are to make re the Lancaster crash site.
Wow !! Mind blowing, on my to do list Torridon looks magnificent & a lovely friend 😎🏞️👍
It’s a special place 😍
Absolute banging vid so interesting to here your thoughts on the bike and also just how busy it is in the wilds of Scotland right now cheers🤟
yet again stunning views old bean not bad riding either
Haha, the views ain’t bad 👌
Absolutely beautiful area. Thank you and Hello from North Idaho!
👋👋
Calum the stag!!
We stayed at this carpark last October in the hope to see Calum, but it was in the middle of rutting season so I guess he had other things on his mind.
Awesome video.
Brilliant. I was so excited to see what was on that path!!! I've done the other route you talked about. I'd agree, that climb from the other side is nae fun, nae fun at all!
Torridon is always mind-blowingly grand and beautiful. I can understand why the crowds are finding these places. It's good that folks are doing this, however it does make finding a safe time to ride really challenging.
Finally, that view when you found the wee loch!!!
Great riding, great vid. Hopefully catch you in the summer as this is my last working day for 7.5 weeks!!!
Another amazing video. The drone has upped the quality. Hopefully in Scotland sometime this year or next.
I love Torridon - one of my favourite areas in oor wee country. I've only visited the Lancaster crash site in the corrie once but I was amazed to find a wheel with the tyre still fully inflated almost 70 years after the accident. There's also a winter climb in that corrie called Fuselage Gully. Ben MacDui is another place to visit for that sort of thing - there are a few small remaining pieces of wreckage of an Avro Anson that crashed there during WW2 just off the path on the approach from Cairngorm (but you probably already knew this...)!
I don’t know about the Mcdui one to be honest, although it doesn’t surprise me. It seems that most of the hills have had some kind of plane crash on them at some point.
Awesome as always! Was up this way 2 weeks ago with work and managed to do the ben damph loop and the short achnashellach loop. What a place it is up there!
Can’t go too far wrong up there 👌
Stunning scenery, trails, riding, bike and video. Like everyone here, I'm looking forward to the Bike packing adventure. Bring em on, Great work.
I’ve got a lot of hopes up😬
@@McTrailRider at the rate you're going, you may save Star Wars and others some location scouting fees! Hahaha.
The sheer amount of rock(as you said "oldest") in the Torridons is amazing and it really highlights the variety in the geography of Scotland.
Another level again bro 👌👍
Thanks buddy
Stunning bro
Thanks buddy
I was in torridon on Friday. Absolutely beautiful
Breathtaking isn’t it 👌
Awesome scenery
Some of the best 👌😍
@@McTrailRider can’t disagree there. Have very strong urges to leave the south of England and move up there. Perfect for not only the riding but dog walking/ hiking too 👍🏻
Wash that mooth oot! Liathach has TWO munros in its unsurpassed length. In fact they all have two - Alligin as well. None of them places for a bike though. Superb film as usual and making me homesick here in Tasmania. Edit - can't wait for the bikepacking series: there's nowhere like Scotland for that and it will be a very welcome addition to your channel.
I only mentioned about Beinn Eighe having multiple peaks to help describe and explain what I was going to visit. I actually thought Liathach would have had more peaks to be honest.
Beautiful lake. Bring a portable fishing rod and tackle on your next round.
Really enjoyed that, you are right about that being a good place to overnight wi a tent ,would definitely be a good bike packing trip.drone footage just gets better all the time.
Great camping spot indeed
Great stuff buddy 😉👌 like your New friend just chilling with you 😉 Spot on the new drone 😉 love it and what a spot to do a backpack camping 🏕️ 👌😉 enjoyed the video buddy 👌😉🚴
Would have been even cooler if I’d met the deer at the top
This was epic👌⛰ I’m planning a trip up to do the lollipop over the next week or two. That Loch looked absolutely beautiful 😍
The lollipop is a classic 👌
Hi Andrew, yet another great video.👌
That place is just spectacular!
It's been on my hit list for many years, so this video kinda hit a nerve with me.
Due to health problems, I've never had the opportunity to make it a reality.
I haven't given up on my dreams yet though, and i must say, you've helped reignite my ambitions with all the great adventures you've been sharing with us.
Many thanks to you Andrew!
Really stoked to see more,
Especially this trip!
BTW, the video footage is quality, and the drone shots are awesome!
Cheers Andrew, hope you have a great trip!🙂👍
Glad that you are able to at least see Torridon through my video, but I really do hope you can witness some of it for yourself at some point 🤞 The good news is that even from the road side, you can get a great sense of the place 👍
@@McTrailRider
Hi Andrew, thank you!
Yes, I'd love to experience at least some of the Torridon range one day.🤞
As you said, at least I finally got a glimpse of the area though you're video.
Just enough to saw an old seed!
Cheers Andrew, happy trails mate👍
Amazing scenery! The terrain looks very much like the alps, only here you have to climb about 2000 m higher to get the same kind of views. Very jealous of those massive landscapes - and the oxygen! ;)
Great vid again, btw Liathach is a Munro at about 1055 meters
Torridon looks awesome. Might pack the bike into the van and head up there later in July. That stag looked stunning too lol
Get it done mate 👍
Yep, you'll need tae go back and do it justice. What you got of it was mighty enough though 👏🏻
Can always do better though 👍
I think that stag is a regular at that car park. Glad to hear your comments about the trail to the left at the wee cairn. At the start of the video I thought “I hope he’s not going where I think he’s going!” I went up to the same lochan then back down and down the way you said was terrible. It will forever be my ‘Terrible Torridon’ trip, getting through the Moraine field was torture. I took the bike up to the lochan. It was a bit tough to get up but really showed me what a 29er can do on the way down.
Every time I see your drone footage I’m more impressed.
That trail is an absolute nightmare! Sure it would make a great walk though.
Liathach is like the Aonach Eagach. It has a fabulous, scrambly, pinnacled ridge between two munros. Even though I've been up it, when you look up from the glen it seems there just couldn't be a path up through those steep, castellated flanks. Path is actually quite straightforward. If you go back and camp for a while I'd recommend having a day off the bike to go across the ridge. Unbelievable views and situation.Just if you do, don't forget the drone. I did the same as you in leaving the bike and going on foot up to the corrie. I found it quite an affecting, slightly oppressive place. Even before coming across plane wreck. Great descent back that though.
I’ve watched a few videos of Liathach now, and I’m super keen to climb it at some point, it looks incredible from all angles 😮😍
Man, it's a real treat to view this from my laptop here in Hood River, Oregon in the Columbia River Gorge, dividing Washington and Oregon, USA. What rugged terrain ! Not a tree to be seen ! Am flyin around Google Earth lookin at the place as I tap away .. is the lake you rode up to Lochan Neimhe ? It was good to see the follow-along drone view and you repositioning it as you did !! I watch and learn ! Go to Garth Hardin on utube to see some of my (getting better) vids of the local mtn bike area known as Post Canyon with spoiled easy pure dirt trails .. mostly, with a good number of a good mix of features to satiate ones need for adrenaline ! Peace, aloha and Godspeed !! Ride Jump or Wither !!
Great video as always Andrew, many thanks! I got a strange blip at 13.57, but not sure if its just me?
It’s not just you, it’s definitely a blip 🤦🏼♂️
Nice video! Which is the brand of the orange handlebar?
excellent vid ,, looks like a good decent , hate to think of the climb up tho !! ( do you really do these rides solo ,, bit dangerous ? )
My favourite place Torridon ❤️🏴👍 by the way Liathach has 2 Munros and is a must to go up👍
Just did Cairngorm - Ben Macdui loop the other day, you would love it, went up the ski road to Cairngorm down to Stob Coire en t-Sneachda (very sketchy decent of Cairngorm walked a wee bit! Then another rocky decent to the top of the goat track then onto Macdui then back with stunning views above the Lairig Ghru via the Miadan path with amazing descending back to the ski centre car park. You drone would get amazing footage of out over the stob coire an t-sneachda and the lairig ghru as well as the last decent 👍
Went to do it the other day, but it was way too windy unfortunately 😢
@@McTrailRider next time the weathers fine 👍
Nice spot, that unfortunately I've only seen from the road below Kinlochewe. Drone coped well in the reducing light.
The dynamic range is very impressive on the drone
Always fancied a roof tent but worried they’d be too cold. How have you got on with yours Andrew?
Cheers
Kane
Hi bud, Could you please tell me the parking area you used, heading up there end of this month . Great location
Oh no what have you done? Now that I've seen this I can't not go there...
Love your videos but an aching question is always on my mind while watching. A video about the history of how the trails came about I think would be very interesting, such as how old the trails are, who built them, and why. And maybe go over some of the Scottish terms you use throughout your videos would be helpful to those like me across the pond. Just a thought
Can maybe go into the terms a bit more. As for the trails though, most of them are old routes to link up towns and villages and were use initially by cattle farmers to travel to trade. These are known as drovers roads.
@@McTrailRider Thank you for explaining the origins of the trails. Keep making greatly enjoyable videos.
Wow...that was remote and rough ! Do you use tire inserts? I have recently put em in my bike , because I broke a wheel and flatted far from civilization !! Thanks for sharing Andrew .
I don’t use any inserts these days, but I probably should TBH
For identifying features as well as general navigation I’ve found the Ordnance Survey App and annual subscription to be very good. Yes, before going anywhere without data connectivity one needs to download the applicable maps, but with 4G or wifi it is quick and easy.
The sad thing is, I actually have the OS maps through the Viewranger app and I still got it wrong 🤦🏼♂️
@@McTrailRider the OS app has an Augmented Reality feature which may be the solution to your problem as it names the features for you.
@@reallyoldfatgit just downloaded it. The last screen shot on the App Store is actually from part of this very ride😮
Liathach is not a Munro - it is two Munros! The aircraft crash site is very sobering, tiny pieces of airframe all over the hillside but also large items like the engines. I found a pilot's oxygen mask there more than 30 years ago.
I wasn’t sure on the height, but I knew it has multiple peaks as you can see them clearly from the road.
I suspect mixed emotions when I get to the crash site. I guess there will be less and less of the wreckage on the hill each year as people take a little souvenir for themselves, so to find an oxygen mask must have been very rare.
You don't disappoint again but I'll have to improve my bunny hops before I ride that trail can't see my back wheel lasting 5 minutes.The drone really shows off the trails .
Bunny hops are an essential soul on these trails for sure.
Great videos mate. What drone do you use? I'm thinking of getting one that follows you like yours does
This is the drone I use
www.skydio.com/skydio-2
By far the best option for a follow drone.
What are the goggles, they look useful?
Thanks for an another amazing epic edit. I have done a fair bit of whitewater kayaking in Scotland around Glen Etive, Glen Coe and Aviemore areas. Watching your edits I am strongly thinking my next trip won’t be hiking up monroes with a kayak but instead with a bike. Keep up the great work 👊
Nice! I use to whitewater kayak too. The Etive, Orchy and Awe are my local rivers 👌
What amazes me is you go out into literally the middle of nowhere out in Scotland and you always mention having to wait for foot traffic to ease, now I don't know where you are or how close you are to city / town but it seems your in the the proper wilderness, I live in Sheffield which is 20mins from the peaks so I can understand the amount of footfall in peaks we can encounter but I can't get my head around it in Scotland. Have you noticed a lot more walkers since covid hit?
Is all relative I suppose. If your time it right, you can be in Torridon and hardly meet anyone at all, which is awesome. But that also makes it feel busy quite quickly.
Since lockdown has lifted though, I’ve never seen Scotland so busy, it’s ridiculous!!
McTrail Rider. What dronecam you using dude? Cheers 👍
This one right here
www.skydio.com/
We need more drone footage from behind. I think it was last weeks vid you had it following you for a while, it looked awesome.
Btw, what's a Munro (sp)?
A munro is a Scottish mountain over 3000ft. Named after Hugh Munro who made the first list of all the 3000’ers……….I think!!
@@1978jabbo thanks.👍
My old man tried stroking a young stag many moons ago, the bruise in his groin lasted many a month.
😬 I was a bit nervous the first time I went over to it.
Get back a.s.a.p because I would like to hear more info on the Lancaster and more bike footage of course I'm not a plane nerd honest 😉
That dear must be really used to people. I thought the dear in Chasewater were were getting used to people by not running off when we get close. Not if we can walk up to the and have then eat out of our hand yet.
Very tame indeed 👍
Hi man! I hope your good! Just wondering… how tall are you and what size is your Highlander?
I’m 6’1 and ride a large, but I’m very much at the upper end on the chart. I could definitely ride an Xl if I wanted to.
@@McTrailRider thanks man! I think I’ll go for a large then! Cant wait to experience the high pivot witchcraft 🤘
Brilliant...did you ever go back bike packing?
I didn’t, but I plan on getting done done this year 👍
that looked sweet, fed a deer, rode a decent descent and your drone sky dildo (i'm sure others thought of it) seemed to be behaving. good shots.look forwards to the next...... someone clicked the dislike button, they need to be found.
I’m not anyone would have thought of that……. But they will be now😜😂😂
@@McTrailRider Im sure theres more delinquents hiding out there.
Because his antlers are velvet the now 😂
yo how much money did u make on your first paycheck bro and howmuch do u roughly get now from youtube and is it your full time job