Cycling in Ullapool

Riding from Ullapool offers a mostly unpaved 100 km route to Contin with over 1,000 m of climbing and rural Highland terrain.

The ride from Ullapool

100 km1,041 m ↑HardGravelGPX

Stage 4 of 5 of the Highland Trail (part): 99.7 km from Ullapool to Contin with 1041 m of climbing, on the signed route.

Added up from the recorded routes and OpenStreetMap; nothing estimated.

Surface: 8% paved · 88% gravel or unpaved — 88 km of gravel or unpaved road across the routes
High point: 363 m on Ullapool to Contin
Bail-outs: A railway station or ferry within reach on 1 route
Longest stretch without services: 77 km on Ullapool to Contin

Typical conditions by month, 2015–2024 reanalysis. Bars run from the average daily low to high.

Best months: Jun to Aug.

6°3°J23

7°3°F20

8°3°M21

10°5°A17

14°8°M19

16°10°J20

17°12°J23

17°12°A23

15°10°S20

12°8°O22

9°5°N21

7°4°D23

BestFineHard goingRain days per month under each bar · typical wind 23 km/h from the SW