weedavie wrote:The worst thing about Dalwhinnie Station is Dalwhinnie and the next thing is that not all trains stop there so you can be stuck there some time. With a bike, cycling Dalwhinnie to Cuaich to Blair Atholl can be fitted with a pint at the Atholl Arms. I'm not sure what happens now with Covid but then it was approximately 9.20 to 5.25 which was quite do-able. With a westerly the miles from Drumochter to Blair are practically exercise-free.
I assume you are talking about cycling to loch Cuaich, climbing the hill then cycling back to Dalwhinnie, then cycle along the cycle track parallelling the A9, not hike-a-bike across to the Gaick pass and cycling south.
That is a fair amount of effort in one day, but it does have the bonus that the ride south from Dalwhinnie is almost entirely downhill. The downside is you are cycling in close proximity to a busy primary route with HGVs thundering past and tourists spending too much time looking at the scenery instead of the road ahead.