routes
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Buckden - Over the StakeFrom Wharfedale to Wensleydale and back again. A couple of long climbs but some cracking descents including a technical gem down to Semerwater. A lot of hard stone track make the route pretty weather proof and means you are in the saddle not pushing. |
Buckden – The 3 Valleys routeWOW! Straight onto a technical climb, onto the moors then singletrack and a long fast stone track descent into one of the quieter parts of the Dales before an even tougher technical climb. The final mouth-watering descent is due reward for your commitment. Takes you across three quite distinctly different Dales. |
Grassington - Moors and MinesYou can have your cake and eat it on this route – everything that’s good about mountain-biking encapsulated in this circuit around beautiful mid-Wharfedale and Calendar Girl country. Rocky descents, limestone scenery, cracking countryside, technical tests and plenty of heritage. |
Grassington - Barden Moor and PastureEat plenty of pasta before you take on this beast of a ride. It’s an absolute classic of the Dales taking in every type of terrain going in the area all the while surrounded by beautiful scenery and passing historic attractions. Take it on and be well rewarded. |
Hawes - Lakes and CastlesAn epic tour around the largest of the Dales, an embodiment of why the Dales is a perfect MTB destination – gentle bridleways, tough climbs across open fell, stunning scenery and views, adrenaline-pumping descents and surprises around most corners. |
Hawes - Dodd Fell Circuit and the Roman RoadKeeping biking simple - warm-up, burn your lungs and then let your eye-balls drop out savouring a fantastic descent testing nerve and skill.Basically it’s a compact MTB fitness and skill check, with a long, relatively un-technical stony climb up an old Roman Road, a short tarmac blast at the top, then full concentration and rut-avoiding radar required before drop-offs, dips and down, down, down! Unbeatable! |
Horton - Tour of RibblesdaleScar territory – the natural geological scars that give this area it’s unique shape also give you a cracking ride over limestone blocks, along rocky tracks and up some tough climbs.A ‘fools’ Three Peaks – a circuit around the famous area without having to climb up the main hills! |
Horton - Tour of Pen-y-GhentRiding in the shadow of one of the famous Three Peaks crossing from Ribblesdale in to Littondale and back around taking in wonderful limestone scenery. In places you will be following bridleways dating back to Roman times.A classic route around one of the most famous peaks in the Yorkshire Dales. It will test you, especially if the weather is poor and the moorland ground wet but the numerous spectacular views dotted all along the route make it well worth the effort. All the time you are above a hidden special world deep underground and may see potholers setting off or returning from their explorations. |
Malham - Tour of MalhamdaleVery attractive challenging route, and surprisingly quiet, despite it’s proximity to busy spots like Malham and Gargrave. Ride over a mix of surfaces from limestone and gritstone rocks to boggier moor tops and with a cracking descent to finish. |
Malham - The Big OneAn absolutely classic limestone country tour rewarding your stamina with some unbeatable downhills. Some natural singletrack to die for and if climbing is your thing, you won’t be disappointed! |
Pateley Bridge - The Tour of NidderdaleThis route is a classic tour of the area known as Nidderdale. The route uses a mixture of easy tracks, testing rocky descents and singletrack ruts |
Pateley Bridge - Round GouthwaiteThis is quite a short and not-so-taxing route that will act as an ideal introduction for those wishing to dip their toes into the world of mountain biking. Enjoy! |
Reeth - The EdgeSwaledale and Arkengarthdale are wonderfully unspoilt areas of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Although it can take a while to get into this area the rewards for mountain bikers are bountiful: beautiful barn-dotted dales exquisitely divided up by the justly celebrated drystone walling and what is quite probably the highest concentration of quality bridleways anywhere in the Dales. |
Reeth - Booze and CrackpotTwo loops or a long day in the saddle - the choice is yours. This is a figure of eight circuit based on Reeth taking in some of the best bridleways in the valley. |
Sedbergh - the Bowderdale classicThe imposing Howgills provide a tough challenge but some excellent technical riding. This is one of the classic mountain-bike routes of the north, a route you have to do at some stage in your mountain-biking life. A hard day’s ride, it passes the towering waterfall of Cautley Spout, across the tranquil Ravenstonedale Common and the rugged, quiet northern lower slopes of the Howgills and upper Eden Valley before one of the longest single-track sections around taking you right to the summit of the Calf. The final descent off Winder is not for the faint-hearted. This is not a route to do in bad weather. |
Sedbergh - the 4 valleys routeAlthough rightly associated as the starting point for the dominant Howgills, Sedbergh also provides less imposing but no less attractive riding opportunities. Passing down the Lune valley and then looping up through the tranquil Barbondale to the beautiful Dentdale, this circuit has none of the long, steep climbs normally expected in this area. This makes it ideal either for intermediate level riding or to balance out the Bowderdale challenge as part of a two-day riding break here. |
The Mont Blanc ChallengeThere are a number of ways of joining up the routes in the Dales for an epic challenge ride spread over several days of tremendous riding. During these rides you will climb the equivalent of the height of Europe’s highest mountain, Mont Blanc (4810m), and you will be able to cycle nearly every inch of the way if you are fit enough. Here is one possible ride, and if you don’t fancy organising it yourself check out Dales Mountain Biking who can do it for you. |
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