Heading to keswick tmrw shopping with the family and have a pass to ride if conditions are ok. Anyone know how whinlatter is at the moment?
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Whinlatter conditions
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Posted 2 years ago #
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Theres lots of snow and ice up here at the moment,the blue could be safer or the forest tracks around the forest could be ok
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May be better now but I was up in Staveley a couple of days ago and only the main roads were clear of snow. Most of the major road passes in the Lakes are still closed I think - not seen anything about Whinlatter pass but I imagine the road up there could be 'interesting'.
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I'm planning to be up there tomorrow. Can imagine the road up to the visitor centre might be a bit icey in spots, trails may be interesting in places too. Be right, any excuse to get out
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Yeah, I'd probably park at the bottom of the hill and ride up anyway, then you can do the seldom seen descent at the end of the day.
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Be a good warm-up that! I once rode back up at the end of a ride, was a killer. Not rode the downhill down to the bottom, sounds interesting.
If you see someone struggling around on a Coiler, that'll be me. Think we'll be there at 9.30.
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You're brave i'l give you that, Last time i was up there after a downpour it was slippy as hell, Wouldnt fancy it in the ICE spesh alongside the open sections
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I'll no doubt post a picture up of me with broken limbs! It'll be right!
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Just incase anyone is planning a trip up on to Whinlatter (Cumbria) in the next couple of days, might be worth giving it a miss. There is 6" of snow up there at the moment, and the conditions make even driving up to the visitor centre difficult.
I was up there for an hour today and made little progress. Got some impressive pictures though! Will post pics later
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Anyone know what its like now?
Is it easy to navigate round any sections that are closed off, or is it more faff than its worth?
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Is it easy to navigate round any sections that are closed off,
It is easy - you can just use fire roads, but the sections that are closed (all of the north loop and the upper section of the south) account for about 70% of the red grade trail. There's no point in navigating around it, as there's nothing to reach - it's not a section here and a section there that's shut, if you know what I mean. With the blue and lower sections of the south loop, there's an hours leisurely paced riding.
There are other trails there, but unless you've already worked that out by using a map, you won't find them.
Do the Borrowdale Bash or some riding around Skiddaw, or 20 mins south is Grasmere, from where you can access a wealth of excellent rideable trails e.g this month's mbr routePosted 2 years ago #
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