Events/MacAvalanche

MacAvalanche

MTB

Date

Sat, 20 Mar 2027

Venue

Scottish Highlands, Scotland

Countdown

March

Distance

15km

Total climb

1,000m

A Megavalanche in the Scottish Highlands. Hundreds of riders launched together from high on a mountain, often onto real snow, racing down to the valley as one chaotic field.

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The course

The route

Around 1,000m of vertical drop off a Highland mountain across roughly 15km of racing. A mass start on snow and scree, a slick wet-rock and bog transition, then technical natural singletrack down to a short pedally run-out in the valley.

Weather

Mid-March, Scottish Highlands

5°CTypical high

0°CTypical low

-9°CColdest in 20 years

60%Days with rain

Highs around 5°C and lows around 0°C, but it has dropped to -9°C. Rain on 60% of days. Pack for the cold end, not the average.

NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day

Training

Training for the MacAvalanche

We don't do generic plans. We combine deep knowledge of this race's demands with your recent training, then build a plan with you that progresses as you do.

Beina integrates directly with your existing tools to understand your current fitness, and synchronise your planned sessions.

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What the mountain throws at you

Typical sessions

A mass start high on the mountain, often on snow and scree, in genuine Highland cold

A long, continuous, consequential descent: wet rock, bog, heather and technical natural trail

Arm-pump and grip fatigue over a descent that punishes tired hands and fading control

Qualifying runs that set your start group, plus short punchy efforts on the pedally run-out

What your weeks look like

Typical sessions

Long descent laps: repeated shuttle or push laps of the longest descent you can reach, for durability and arm-pump resistance

Consequential wet-terrain days on loose, steep, wet-rock and bog, with snow and scree where you can find it

Punchy repeats, 8 to 10 x 30 to 90 seconds hard with full recovery, for the run-out and qualifying efforts

Mass-start practice with a committed sprint start into technical terrain, plus off-bike forearm and grip work

Not a generic schedule

Typical sessions

Built from your current fitness and the time you actually have

Adapts every week as Beina learns how you respond

Syncs your sessions straight to Garmin and Wahoo

One clear next session, never a wall of spreadsheet

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