"Bruce McAdam" <
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> I did three high roads on my summer tour of Scotland this year.
>
> The first was the Bealach Na Ba on Applecross, which goes above 620m. I've heard that it is the
> highest pass in the UK . I went east from Applecross village, which meant going down the steepest
> side. It was a hot day and I got a flat coming down when my front rim-tape melted.
Rim tape melted !!!! You mean you were not using "Velox" cloth tape ?
Graham
>
> The second was as far up Cairngorm as the road went. This is about 640m, but you have to come down
> the same way so it doesn't count as a pass. There is a track marked on the map going higher up,
> but I couldn't access it.
>
> The last was the Lecht, which comes down from the Cairngorms into the Don valley. This goes to
> around 620m (as far as I can tell from the map). At the top I went for a trip on the chairlift.
> It's very steep going down to **** Bridge, and the cafe and woolmill shop at the bottom sells nice
> cakes and cold beers.
>
> Applecross was by far the hardest climb because I started around sea level. The Bealach Na Ba
> isn't particularly pretty, and there was quite a lot of traffic. The road round the North of the
> peninsula is fantastic, though. It's a quiet singletrack with amazing views and beaches and it's
> so hilly that I hardly used my middle chainring. Watch out for the big cows on the road though.
>
> None of these are near 800m though.
>
>
> Happy climbing, Bruce
>
>
> Applecross:
>
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?X=170000&Y=845000&width=700&height=40
&client=public&gride=&gridn=&srec=0&coordsys=gb&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=&pc=&sc
ale=100000&advanced=&multimap.x=629&multimap.y=286
>
> Cairngorm:
>
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?X=305000&Y=805000&width=700&height=41
&client=public&gride=&gridn=&srec=0&coordsys=gb&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=&pc=&sc
ale=100000&advanced=&multimap.x=116&multimap.y=166
>
> The Lecht:
>
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?X=325000&Y=810000&width=700&height=40
&client=public&gride=&gridn=&srec=0&coordsys=gb&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=&pc=&sc
ale=100000&advanced=&multimap.x=335&multimap.y=71
>
> "Mike Sales" <
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> > Every Christmas the club I ride with rides to the highest local road.
This
> > is the private road to the surge pool of the Marchlyn Mawr Pump Storage Scheme on Elidir Fawr in
> > Gwynedd. It is a bit over 2000 feet. I have
been
> > trying to track down the highest tarmac in Britain. My candidate is the
road
> > to the radar mast on Great Dunn Fell. I cannot find out how high the
tarmac
> > goes on this road. Can anyone help? If it goes to the top it must be at about 2780 feet. (848
> > metres)