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  • Cut Gate Conditions
  • fathomer
    Full Member

    Apologies as this get asked a lot but has anyone been up recently?

    I know it’s often bad hence the question and the reason I’ve only done it once but my mate has never done it and said he fancies it on Sunday.

    AlexSimon
    Full Member

    I haven’t done Cut Gate, but everywhere else around it is incredible at the moment. I can’t see why it would be any different.
    Probably the best it’ll be all year!

    steel4real
    Free Member

    Do it – went last Tuesday evening and it was very dry, just a splash here and there on the worst bit. N.America was a bit damp.
    It hasn’t rained since then so it’s going to be almost completely dry 🙂

    andeh
    Full Member

    Yep, was up on Tuesday (having never done it before) and it was running saweeet. A few puddles at the top, but nothing too bad. The bogs were drying out nicely too.

    It’s a bit of a bugger of a climb though, I tagged it onto my Ladybower loop (ended up about 40 miles 😯 ) and it really took it out of me. I think the constant small rocks and embedded boulders got the better of me on the hardtail, climbing back up 🙁

    Incidentally, which is the better fork to take down to Langsett? I went right (east?) and came back up the other.

    fathomer
    Full Member

    Cheers chaps, that could be decision made!

    andeh – Member
    Incidentally, which is the better fork to take down to Langsett? I went right (east?) and came back up the other.

    The one time I’ve been before I went right as per the guide book I was following.

    banks
    Free Member

    Don’t straight down towards the bottom on the woods where the bride crosses the river, not near the damn bcos It’s a full on flat out dh with little rocks to pop off then straight into the rocky wide bends.

    Oh and conditions are incredible – my advice – do it twice, three times or more dont bother with other ladybower stuff

    Baldysquirt
    Full Member

    I used to go that way round, but now prefer descend and climb back on the left hand side heading towards Langsett. It’s nice and fast and rocky with a superb finish down to the bridge at the bottom (well beyond North America, but definitely worth it). It’s also a more manageable climb back up again.

    banks
    Free Member

    *didn’t mean to say don’t meant do. The fork right towards the damn isn’t as good as a dh

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