Explore the Glen by Bike! In 2018, approximately 450,000 people visited Glen Nevis,
As well as providing secure and sheltered facilities for
and many of them will have driven up the Glen in their
bikes in the Glen, the project will also be running guided
car. On busy summer days the narrow road up the Glen is
electric bike rides and E bike repair workshops. We will be
clogged with vehicles, the carparks are overflowing, and
working with Nevis Cycles and Offbeat Bikes to deliver
the road verges are destroyed, not to mention the toxic
these, and with Lochaber E Bikes who are based in Glen
fumes spewing everywhere.
Nevis near the caravan park.
But it doesn’t have to be like this! Take some time to soak
The mountainous terrain may put some people off bike
up the stunning scenery and enjoy a bike ride in Glen Nevis
riding, but it really shouldn’t. The steeper tracks and paths
instead.
in the Glen can be easily conquered with the help of assisted pedalling on an E bike. A major part of the
Soon it will be a lot easier to take your bike up the Glen,
project is to introduce the benefits of assisted cycling with
with Lochaber Environmental Group (LEG) having recently
free guided E bike rides. And if you think an E bike might
received funding from Cycling Scotland to improve the
be the way to go, LEG has also received funding from the
bike infrastructure in Glen Nevis and introduce people to
Energy Savings Trust for an E bike, which will be available
the joys of electric bikes. Over the next few months, LEG
to loan for a few days just to make sure. This is a really
will be working with Nevis Landscape Partnership, Forest
exciting project and we are looking forward to improving
and Land Scotland, and the John Muir Trust to install a bike
the cycling infrastructure in Glen Nevis to encourage
shelter at the Lower Falls carpark, and bike racks in the
people to use their bikes, and to introduce people to the
other Glen carparks.
joys of E bike riding. Keep an eye on the LEG website for updates about the project.