SamsRide 2026

This sportive is to support the work of the Samaritans Aberdeen branch volunteers and help keep the vital helpline going.

There are four routes on offer, taking you into the beautiful Aberdeenshire and Moray countryside. All the routes start and finish at Alford Community Campus in the town of Alford.

The 26 mile Suie Scorpion has 494 m of ascent and takes a route through the rolling farmland hills with a sting in its tail, the steep climb and descent of the Suie.

View route here: The Suie Scorpion 

The 48 mile Suie Serpent has 879 m of ascent and snakes up the side of the river Don before heading up into the hills past The Buck before descending past the Tap O Noth to Rhynie then on to Dunnydeer. The final stage is over the Suie and back to the finish.

View route here: The Suie Serpent

The 78 mile Cabrach Constrictor has 1423 m of ascent taking riders via Huntly towards Dufftown and then over the Cabrach to Rhynie, before heading uphill again over the Suie to the finish at the Campus.

View route here: The Cabrach Constrictor

The 100 mile Lecht, Cabrach and Suie Monster has 2050 m of ascent giving fantastic views as it takes a route over the mountains past the Lecht ski resort to Tomintoul. Then it is into whisky country past Ben Rinnes to Dufftown. The route climbs again over Cabrach to Tap O Noth, finishing again over the Suie to the finish.

View route here: The Lecht, Cabrach and Suie Monster