The Badger Divide: Inverness to Glasgow

Overview

The Badger Divide is the route that made Scottish gravel a scene: 340km of estate tracks, old military roads and forest doubletrack from Inverness to Glasgow, linking the Great Glen, the Corrieyairack Pass, Loch Laggan, Rannoch and the Trossachs. Pieced together by Stu Allan and shared freely, it distils everything good about riding in Scotland into a long weekend. The centrepiece is the Corrieyairack: General Wade's 1731 military road climbing to 770m over the Monadhliath, a steady cobbled-and-rubble grind with the Great Glen shrinking behind you and a wild descent to Melgarve on the far side. Later comes the private road along Loch Katrine — silky, car-free, and impossibly pretty in evening light. Scotland's access laws make wild camping straightforward, and bothies exist for those who look; most riders take three days, sleeping near Laggan and Aberfoyle. The trap is resupply spacing — shops are 60–80km apart and close early. Midges own June–August evenings; May and September are the sweet spots. Trains carry bikes to Inverness and home from Glasgow (book bike spaces). Budget around £260 self-supported.

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