Description
Book SynopsisYorkshire Dales Mountain Biking features 26 rides between 10 and 43 kilometres in length in one of the UK’s most MTB-friendly national parks.
The routes make the most of the Dales’ superb network of stone-based trails, rideable in all seasons. Classic loops take in the best of Swaledale, a tour of Ingleborough, big days around Whernside and Pen-y-ghent, quintessential Dales scenery near Malham and Kilnsey, and moorland riding above Pateley Bridge.
A Bonus Section includes information about the Howgills, the easy-going Swale Trail and the Pennine Bridleway, as well as the riding at Gisburn Forest and Stainburn which lies just outside the national park. There are also top tens and a detailed appendix.
Written by Dales local and experienced author Nick Cotton, each ride is described with easy-to-follow directions and is plotted on clear and easy-to-use Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 mapping. Also included with each ride are details of distance, timings and difficulty gradings, plus refreshment stops and local knowledge.
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Acknowledgements
How to Use this Book
Rights of Way
The Bike
Essential Kit
Safety
Rules of the (Off) Road
Planning your Ride
Maps & Symbols
Yorkshire Dales Mountain Biking – Area Map & Route Finder
SECTION 1 – CLASSICS
01 Over Great Pinseat from Langthwaite – 12km
02 Two Short Rides from Hardraw – 10+12km
03 Gunnerside & Melbecks Moor – 12km
04 Muker to Keld via Swinner Gill – 13km
05 Easy Tracks Around Austwick – 16km
06 East from Langthwaite on to Hurst Moor – 15km
SECTION 2 – EPICS
07 West of Marske to Fremington & Marrick Moor – 18km
08 Clapham, Feizor & Thwaite Scars – 19km
09 Reeth & Reeth High Moor – 20km
10 Swale Trail & Harkerside Moor – 19km
11 Greets Hill, Apedale & the Swale Trail – 20km
12 Kilnsey, Mastiles Lane & Arncliffe Cote – 22km
13 Settle, Malham Cove & Gorbeck – 22km
14 Castle Bolton & Apedale – 25km
15 Bainbridge, Raydale & Stake Allotments – 26km
16 West of Kirkby Malzeard – 30km
17 Hawes, Newby Head & the Pennine Bridleway – 24km
SECTION 3 – ENDUROS
18 Gargrave to Mastiles Lane & Hetton – 32km
19 Horton, Langstrothdale, Horse Head & Foxup – 32km
20 Ribblehead, Dentdale & Great Knoutberry Hill – 33km
21 Grassington, Mastiles Lane & Hetton – 32km
22 Bainbridge, Langstrothdale & Cam High Road – 36km
SECTION 4 – KILLERS
23 Pateley Bridge & Appletreewick – 38km
24 Tour d’Ingleborough – 40km
25 Pateley Bridge North-West – 40km
26 Stainforth to Littondale – 43km
SECTION 5 – BONUS SECTION
The Howgills
Swale Trail
Pennine Bridleway
Gisburn Forest
Stainburn Forest
Top 10s
Appendix
