Broad Law from Hearthstane?

[thegranger]

Hi
I've been eying up the track up to Broad Law summit via Hearthstane. Has anyone done it using that route? I'm tempted to take the bike up, so are there any locked gates that may impede?

Much appreciated

[thedonalds]

Its been a few years since I went up that way so my knowledge of gates is not current (like my memory!) but using Multimap aerial view you can see there’s what looks like a cattle grid at the upper edge of the wood so it follows that there’s also a gate and fence but whether its open or not?? You could always lift your bike over. If walking the alternative is via the forestry track that crosses Glenheurie Rig around 430m and then ascend to Broad Law via Little Knock & Great Knock - this is a nice route. There’s a bit of path up Little Knock that may be ok on a bike (??); look at https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/509843

[HelenO]

I was there today. No issue with locked gates