Pinecone Point accessible once again

Forestry and Land Scotland has resurfaced the public access path to Craigvinean Forest's Pine Cone Point making it once more accessible for mobility scooters.

Completed at the end of January, the path was kept closed until a period of dry weather allowed the path surface to bed down.

Constructed in 2013 as part of Perthshire Big Tree Country, the sculptural viewpoint – which offers stunning views along the valley and the A9 corridor – has been too successful.

Robin Lofthouse, FLS’ Area Visitor Services Manager, said;

“Perthshire has a lot of hilly viewpoints that people with mobility issues just never get to experience.

“That was one of our considerations back in 2013 when we engaged Birnam based architect, Robin Baker, to design Pine Cone Point with a gradient and surface quality that would be fine for mobility scooters.

“As a new attraction on the nature tourism map we hoped it would be a great success but we didn’t think it would be so successful that we would have to resurface the pathway leading up to it so soon.

“Work began just after Christmas and the contractors have battled snow, ice and torrential rain to get the job done to a very high standard.

“Now that it has had a chance to dry out, it’s better than ever and open to the public once again.”

FLS has resurfaced the 765 meters of trail, reinstating the main climb trail back to the original 2m width. Drain maintenance to prevent swamping and flooding has also been carried out and the seating areas have also been improved.

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