Cow Hill Trails - Fort William

September 20, 2007 on 3:12 pm | In Mountain Biking | No Comments

Ok so the spotlight really has been on Fort William lately as the World Champs went off and we now have a Junior World Champion in the shape of Ruaridh Cunningham for the Downhill event.

Anyway I was down in the Fort yesterday evening and had the chance to head up Cow Hill on the bike. This was the first time I’d been up, and the climb up what’s pretty much a landrover track is quite tough going on a downhill bike. We headed up to the mast at the top and the views out across Loch Linnhe and Loch Eil in one direction and Glen Nevis in the other were amazing. The cloud base was high and the hills were set alight with evening sunshine; cracking stuff!

 More importantly though; the run down was great. We followed the path down towards Glen Nevis and then branched left down the multi use path. It’s a well made path with a good mix of firm and loose surface and some jumps and culverts to keep you amused.

The sum total was as decent workout and some big smiles when we got to the Braveheart carpark at the bottom of the downhill. If you’ve got a spare hour and a half then it’s well worth the effort.

Ben Thorburn
http://www.freeskiing.co.uk
Freeskiing and telemarking are my main sports but in the off season it's all about the mountain bike... that and a bit of hill walking and running.