This is a fantastic route that I rather luckily got to do at the beginning of summer. Basically its a 30 mile, one way route that climbs to an altitude just shy of 800m before sending you down a brutal, rocky descent. Because it is one way, you have to leave your car at the end (Laggan) and get a lift to the start (Fort Augustus). As a group of 10 we got Base Camp MTB to drive us round for £150 (£15 each).
I did say at the beginning, that I was lucky to do this route. One of the guys who was supposed to be getting a lift round was feeling a bit dodgy on the morning so decided against doing it … meaning there was a space available! ace!
Anyway, the route (naturally) starts at the bacon-roll-serving tea room in Fort Augustus. It shortly links up with one of General Wade’s military roads and climbs for ages (General Wade was the prominent character in a lot of interesting conversations on the way up). It should be noted that the climb is pretty exposed, and we did get caught out by the weather (hailed on in summertime!), it was very cold.
The descent is on a rocky landrover track. Im not quite sure it should be described as a landrover track as im pretty sure you couldn’t get a landrover up or down it. Its quite tricky, not for beginners anyway.