Cairngorm's Epic Overnight MTB Adventure

The Cairngorms contain my definition of trail gold, and this year with travel restrictions limiting global travel I set out my way to explore more of Scotland. The Cairngorms mountain range and national park has been my go-to for big days out.

For this particular ride, I planned a two day epic, 105km and 2000m of climbing and descending. Starting out in Braemar and riding to Aviemore, spending the night and returning the following day. This was going to be ‘My First Overnight MTB Ride.’ I’d planned it out using @komoot and it was going to be filled with epic descents and stunning scenery.

Over the two days we discovered true trail gold but had to work for it, watch on to see how we tackled it..

Day 1 ride:
Day 2 ride:

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Scotty Laughland

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Filmed, edited and produced by Scotty Laughland.
Cover photo by Ross Bell Photography.

[bachirsouccar]

These bikes can take riders to the paradise!!

[ALLMOUNTAINMTB]

This is awesome Scotty, this is exactl what I enjoy doing as well

[hadley]

This is absolutely brilliant mate, if this madness ever ends, I'd love to come up and have a ride with you! These trails look insane!

[Bessunger]

Another extraordinary video, the landscape is stunning, and so are the trails. Was fun watching!

[KJRMTB]

Have just read the write up you did in MBUK on this ride so I am back again to re-watch it! Mega scenes looked an awesome few days out

[pierresiepka]

Love the country, love the region, love the people. Love the whiskies ;)
We spent 3 weeks around Aviemore 2 years ago. It was a blast.
We'll do it again, hopefully sooner than later.

[andyp]

Fantastic video! Can’t wait for summer to come back, Scotland on a good day really is something special.

[Monkeyseemonkey]

Fantastic video. I love your laid back, no hype presentation style Scotty. My ancestors are from Caithness and I am itching to get out to Scotland for a mix of MTBing and family tree exploration. Keep up the great work - I find your videos so inspiring. Thanks for sharing.

[gregs]

Fantastic. Amazing the stuff I've got almost on my door step that I've never had the time to explore.

[Joy]

Awesome trip! Makes me wanna bike in Scotland one day even more..!

[lux-]

What a stunning ride. Adding this to my bucket list :)

[arthurhaverkort]

That's a nice mtb ride! 5 years ago, I've been to Scotland and the Cairngorms, I did a hike near Braemar. Absolutely stunning scenery. Hopefully we can travel to nice destinations soon

[lukavsoundseeker]

That's a recipe for perfect weekend. Brilliant adventure! 👊👌

[EvkaTrails]

Great video😃
I've been eying the trail down from Ben Macdui for a wee while...

[streetpigeonmtb]

What a brilliant edit. As an amateur MTB vlogger content like this gives me so many ideas. The balance of content is excellent, super-engaging. And of course the riding is great. Keep em coming 👍

[arlenlouis]

Scotty this video is awesome, suggestion for the video to satisfy my tech nerd, at the start when you talked about checking the bike, it would be awesome if you talked us through the bike (model/spec) and the reasons you chose certain components (clips, tyres ect.) Would be sick

[eddieschouten]

Such a sic ride mate.
Like all your vids even in the gmbn days. Ride on ride safe look forward too your next adventure.
Merry Xmas 🎄 🍻 bring on 2021🤙😎🇦🇺

[bachirsouccar]

Love these adventure rides! 😍😍thank you Scotty for these awesome videos and sick places and views!! ❤❤

[Millermk]

Awesome video, should of shown you guys having a few Brewskis of an evening!

[Harrymtb-hqdy]

might move to scotland for november that dust looks brilliant