The Logie Kirk road is a vastly improved surface now to a few years back and makes the climb better - used to get wheelslip on it. It's a hard climb no doubt. The climb rears up again very steeply once you turn right (at the end of the blog). I'm surprised they finished there and not the car park further up. The end of the actual climb is after the Sheriffmuir Inn some miles up the road. The stats are 4.6 miles of climb at avg gradient of 4.8%. The hairpin section must be 25% to 30%.
The easiest of the Sheriffmuir climbs is from Blackford. Long and steady. A loop i sometimes do from Dollar similat ro Tugs except i cut off the Auchterarder/Braco Rd and go into Blackford. Just before the road joins the A9 (at the Baxters shop) you can turn right and follow the old A9, now a farmers access. After a short distance you reach the Sheriffmuir road and can easily dismount and cross the dual carriageway. I then come down to Logie Kirk and back up the A91. There's also the option of the Blairlogie farm shop for a cake stop.
Unfortunately, Stirling to Dollar either involves either the A91, which can be pretty busy (you can divert at Menstrie and come back on exiting Alva) or you take the B road from Menstrie to Glenochil, Fishcross, Coalsnaughton which can be busy as well (also hillier)
Dunblane or Stirling as a start point are probably best for rail users. You could head West toward Doune/Callander and loop back. There's a wee climb in Doune, Doune Hill funnily enough! (closed road) used for motorsport hillclimbs.It's about a mile long on a very good surface. Or a loop involving Braco, Comrie, Auchterarder. Finish in Stirling at Corrieries. Lots of options.
The easiest of the Sheriffmuir climbs is from Blackford. Long and steady. A loop i sometimes do from Dollar similat ro Tugs except i cut off the Auchterarder/Braco Rd and go into Blackford. Just before the road joins the A9 (at the Baxters shop) you can turn right and follow the old A9, now a farmers access. After a short distance you reach the Sheriffmuir road and can easily dismount and cross the dual carriageway. I then come down to Logie Kirk and back up the A91. There's also the option of the Blairlogie farm shop for a cake stop.
Unfortunately, Stirling to Dollar either involves either the A91, which can be pretty busy (you can divert at Menstrie and come back on exiting Alva) or you take the B road from Menstrie to Glenochil, Fishcross, Coalsnaughton which can be busy as well (also hillier)
Dunblane or Stirling as a start point are probably best for rail users. You could head West toward Doune/Callander and loop back. There's a wee climb in Doune, Doune Hill funnily enough! (closed road) used for motorsport hillclimbs.It's about a mile long on a very good surface. Or a loop involving Braco, Comrie, Auchterarder. Finish in Stirling at Corrieries. Lots of options.
