{"id":1351,"date":"2024-12-09T13:36:26","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T13:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visit-angus.blue2web.co.uk\/?post_type=outdoor-activity&#038;p=1351"},"modified":"2024-12-09T13:36:26","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T13:36:26","slug":"glen-esk-tarfside-and-the-badalair","status":"publish","type":"outdoor-activity","link":"https:\/\/visitangus.com\/things-to-see-do\/trails\/glen-esk-tarfside-and-the-badalair\/","title":{"rendered":"Glen Esk, Tarfside and the Badalair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Park at Tarfside car park where there are toilets and a campsite. Head West out of the car park, over the bridge, straight ahead off the main road and on to a good track. Follow this for just over 2km until you are approaching the farm \u2018Westbank\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Take the less obvious straight-ahead route keeping to the north of the farm buildings rather than veering left down through the farm. Continue through a gate sign posted \u2018Invermark\u2019 to the road.<\/p>\n<p>The climb uphill past Auchronie farm is fairly steep but has outstanding views of Loch Lee and Glen Mark to enjoy. Halfway up a track goes to left \u2013 ignore this and continue straight on.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s easy to miss the track at the top of the hill in the heather where you need to turn sharp right. Follow a southeast direction for a short distance before contouring round the hill to Badalair. Then it\u2019s downhill all the way!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:\u00a0<\/strong>There is an electric fence on the track around 1.5km up from Auchronie and another at the bottom of the steeper downhill section from Badalair.<\/p>\n<p>On the downhill, when you reach some ruins, the track takes a sharp right which isn\u2019t obvious (don\u2019t go straight ahead). If you miss it, just head towards the cottage as a secondary exit and go through the gate onto the fire road and continue right.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Route Specific Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This is an exposed hillside route and you should be suitably equipped and prepared.<\/li>\n<li>Please stick to the recommended route.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1355,"template":"","tags":[],"location":[12],"accessibility":[],"activity-type":[62,65],"grade":[125],"class_list":["post-1351","outdoor-activity","type-outdoor-activity","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-the-angus-glens","activity-type-biking-trail","activity-type-mountain-bike","grade-difficult-red"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.0 (Yoast SEO v25.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Biking &amp; Walking Trails in Angus | Visit Angus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Explore Angus on 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