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Riber all the way down through Bow Woods
Black rocks multiple ways down
Would completely agree with this but
1. Technically they are not in the Peak District
2. Both cheeky
I too am intrigued by the location of Shatner's Bassoon, and also the Hayfield Campsite descent
Hayfield campsite is from here down to the gate, hairpin left and down to Hayfield past the campsite
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=404955&y=386317&z=120&sv=404955,386317&st=4&ar=y&mapp=map.srf&searchp=ids.srf&dn=622&ax=404955&ay=386317&lm=0
Feeling oddly smug that neither of my faves feature. The Hayfield campsite descent has changed massively over the last 20 years, from grassy ruts to sanitised Pennine Bridleway dullness to the current state of quite goodness. If you're feeling brave you can also reach the top by riding along the crest of the ridge from the gate on the skyline above Coldwell Clough...
Anyway, if you've not ridden the campsite descent often, it's worth bearing in mind that there are often walkers coming up from the campsite, particularly in summer, below the blind righthander. And a couple of years back, shaggy highland cattle with pointy horns in the middle of the trail, that was interesting.
So that's riding to the right of the starting arrow, hooking that sharp left and then following the bridleway west along the bottom of Elle Bank?
Shatners bassoon.
😀
Taxal edge
Berry clough
Cat and fiddle to erwood hall via shooter's clough
Froggatt Edge
Stanage Plantation
Wessenden Head into Marsden
Cave Dale to me seems to be in a different league to all the other Peaks descents when it comes to technicality. A huge step up from anything else that is there. It is the only one that I was too scared to ride and had to carry down.
A few have mentioned this. I haven't done it for ages as I see it as a climb. Tend to do Stakeside (then up to Berry Clough) or the full Shining Tor/Taxal from there.Cat and fiddle to erwood hall via shooter's clough
Found it a bit tame/straight in the past, but might have to give it another go.
Cat and fiddle to erwood hall via shooter's cloughA few have mentioned this. I haven't done it for ages as I see it as a climb.
Think I did this by mistake when following a friend's GPX the wrong way, it was the highlight of the loop (unsurprisingly).
Cave Dale to me seems to be in a different league to all the other Peaks descents when it comes to technicality.
Don't know about that. Lethal in the wet though what with all that polished limestone 🙁
Alex, it sounds like you're missing the bit that goes down in to shooters. It's cheeky, you need to hop over the gate on the left about half way down, then there are a couple of switch backs over some loose stuff down to the hall. If you go straight down to the car park then it does feel tame.
I like it, but think there's better. Charity Lane, cumberland for starters.
Yes, I was doing the same. Still didn't rate it, but I'll try it again and see as a a couple have mentioned it. I've bivied a couple of times in Shooters. Nice spot. Even nicer now they've cleared a lot of the rhododendrons.spacey - MemberAlex, it sounds like you're missing the bit that goes down in to shooters. It's cheeky, you need to hop over the gate on the left about half way down, then there are a couple of switch backs over some loose stuff down to the hall. If you go straight down to the car park then it does feel tame.
I like it, but think there's better. Charity Lane, cumberland for starters.
thepodge - MemberI just prefer calling you a dick these days
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Ha ha ha!
I knew you'd be on this thread eventually doing a bit of snooping - why haven't you put [b]your[/b] favourites on here if you are interested in the thread?
I guess it's all part of the 'local trails are for locals only' shtick?
By the way.....
FWIW - I am not unsympathetic to your points about 'cheeky' and the rest - its just the holier than thou act that gets my goat.
Am I the only one here that outright dislikes the beast? IMO its a waste of oxygen and calories.
I love it, but it's over very quickly.Tom_W1987 - MemberAm I the only one here that outright dislikes the beast? IMO its a waste of oxygen and calories.
I like trying to do it as a climb. Haven't yet pieced it all together, but cleared every section in isolation.
I've never enjoyed the Beast, can never get much momentum going. My faves change every few months and include most of the Dark Peak classics, cheeky or otherwise
Sometimes I love the Beast, sometimes I hate it. Was horrible when I last did it at dusk with a crap old light.
Looking forward to giving it a go on my new 29er shred sled. Lock up your KOMs! (not really)
dannyh - dannyh - Ha ha ha!I knew you'd be on this thread eventually doing a bit of snooping - why haven't you put your favourites on here if you are interested in the thread?
I guess it's all part of the 'local trails are for locals only' shtick?
I didn't realise I had to post on everything I read, my post count would be phenomenal if I did. I don't have a favourite, there are lots that are good but all for different reasons. Having ridden my mountain bike only a handful of times this year my current faves are not in the Peak and are ridden on a Gravel bike so don't really count on this thread being that they are quite tame.
I also don't have a locals only "shtick" but you're not interested in that or the work Keeper of the Peak / Peak MTB have had to go into, just interested in constantly bringing my name up on threads... Top trolling, dick.
I think ive ridden most of these, but no idea where Les Arcs is (other than in France) can someone please enlighten me?
If you are on the main road with Ladybower on your left look straight ahead and you will see a bracken covered hillside with a large and obvious track going across it.A few years ago you could barely see it but now it is so wide and damaged from overuse that it is very obvious.
Is it the footpath from Whinstone Lee Tor down to Ashopton?
footpath schmootpath, no bike's gonna wear the mountain away.
The laws regarding access are ridiculous in England and are there to be ignored.
Not technically in the Peak i dont think but the many cheeky bits in Macclesfield forest are excellent, particually the cheeky starting at the top of...... 😉
Not the Public Footpath RoW no. Not that one. It's marked as a 'path' on the OS map. No public RoW, but then it is access land.Blackflag - MemberIs it the footpath from Whinstone Lee Tor down to Ashopton?
If I'm lucky, it's on this link:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/53.3783/-1.7027&layers=N
Cave Dale to me seems to be in a different league to all the other Peaks descents when it comes to technicality. A huge step up from anything else that is there. It is the only one that I was too scared to ride and had to carry down.
It's not too bad, if someone holds the gate and you can roll into the steep bit afterwards it's fine*, that's the only section which is 'do or die' in that any dabs would likely result in a nasty OTB. Once past that you can bail onto the verges if it gets too fast.
Stanage plantation is the one I can't do quickly. I can roll the whole thing easily, but the narrowness just means I'm never going to be troubling the Strava leaderboard. Whereas some people scream down it like it's a scalextric track.
*added bonus, you don't see it until the last second so don't talk yourself out of it.
thepodge - Member
dannyh - dannyh - Ha ha ha!
I knew you'd be on this thread eventually doing a bit of snooping - why haven't you put your favourites on here if you are interested in the thread?I guess it's all part of the 'local trails are for locals only' shtick?
I didn't realise I had to post on everything I read, my post count would be phenomenal if I did. I don't have a favourite, there are lots that are good but all for different reasons. Having ridden my mountain bike only a handful of times this year my current faves are not in the Peak and are ridden on a Gravel bike so don't really count on this thread being that they are quite tame.
I also don't have a locals only "shtick" but you're not interested in that or the work Keeper of the Peak / Peak MTB have had to go into, just interested in constantly bringing my name up on threads... Top trolling, dick.
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I would hardly say 'constantly'. I would say I've only done it as many times as you've popped up telling people they can't ride Cut Gate after a bit of drizzle etc, but I do appreciate how busy the Peak is and how sensitive some issues can be.
And I am interested in what Peak MTB have been doing and I am grateful for the work they have put in, but they certainly have some poachers turned gamekeepers in their ranks judging by some videos I have seen. I doubt they'd be very keen to swear under oath they don't ride cheeky every once in a while.
In any case, I do think I've been a bit of a tedious dickhead to post on this thread like I did, probably shouldn't have.
Truce?
Do you lot do the top section of Cumberland Brook, the cheeky bit that cuts out the road riding bollocks. That's what makes it for me! It's almost trialsey in places (but not shit your pants silly) and really fun to crack without dabbing, don't see bikes on that bit much TBH.
The hidden stuff at Macc Forest (not the bog standard Grit & Gears or the DH tracks) is really nice with some decent jumps and drops. The tracks show up mickey mouse tyres pretty quick in the wet though, Majic Marys being king round there.
The reason I don't rate Cavedale higher is it's just so tedious to get to and from. It's only the short hardest section (after the gate) that's any good, the rest is a bit meh. It's perpetually wet with no tyre making any difference to traction on the limestone.
Love the bridleway to Castleton from Hollins Cross. It's really short and not worth doing alone, but is sweet as part of a push up and session with the four other tracks off Hollins Cross.
Ah so that track in the woods is called Narnia, now I know 😉 there's a couple of other tasty roots down that hill.
It's only the short hardest section (after the gate) that's any good, the rest is a bit meh. It's perpetually wet with no tyre making any difference to traction on the limestone.
I agree its always wet, but its loose and well drained and only runs out of grip when it freezes!
I usually ride up the road to the top of pindale then past the old quarry. As Peaks rides go its quite economical in terms of climbing vs descending compared to Stanage or any of the ladybower/derwent descents.
That was one of the only cheeky bits I did back in the 90s. Oh the years I missed quality trails by keeping it legit! It was part of our weekly loop from Macc. Love it. I [i]think[/i] I'm top 10 on strava.Do you lot do the top section of Cumberland Brook, the cheeky bit that cuts out the road riding bollocks. That's what makes it for me! It's almost trialsey in places (but not shit your pants silly) and really fun to crack without dabbing, don't see bikes on that bit much TBH.
Looking at the strava stats - only 1-in-10 who do Cumberland do that bit!
thisisnotaspoon - You're right about it not being the hardest to get to the top of. Seems as though it's the ground water run off for that entire hillside. Every time I've been, in the summer with a few dry days beforehand, it has been like riding down a babbling brook 😀
AlexSimon - Fair game for week day/less busy times riding IMO. The FP over the other side, Derbyshire Bridge that skirts the hillside down into Goyt Valley is fun too.
Ermm, I'll go for Jacob's (incl the bit across the stream all the way down to the farm which I love for some reason), the Beast and Cut Gate (either direction), but I'll admit to not having covered the most comprehensive series of descents. Did one cheeky one that descended very, very steeply behind Ladybower inn. No idea what it was called, but put hairs on my chest.
As an aside, where exactly is the Screaming Mile?
Hang on, think I've worked it out. From Lockerbrook activity centre to Upper Derwent, right?
The screaming mile does exactly what is says on the tin. Your hubs (if Hope) will be screaming for a mile. And possibly your brakes depending how brave you are 😆
I've often noticed people wrongly describe the Lockerbrook descent as the screaming mile, bit it actually runs from the top of the hill down a long fire road all the way down to the little car park beside the cattle grid on the road between the A57 and Fairholmes carpark.
That's the one we're calling Berry Clough (a couple of mentions on the previous page).AlexSimon - Fair game for week day/less busy times riding IMO. The FP over the other side, Derbyshire Bridge that skirts the hillside down into Goyt Valley is fun too.
Hilarious when the bracken completely hides the track (monster bracken this year!).
I've often noticed people wrongly describe the Lockerbrook descent as the screaming mile, bit it actually runs from the top of the hill down a long fire road all the way down to the little car park beside the cattle grid on the road between the A57 and Fairholmes carpark.
Yes - it's probably best named 'Bridge End Pasture Descent' as that's the nearest words to it on the OS map and I think that car park is called the Bridge End car park.
It was a far more worthy descent 'back in the day' before it got sanitised - for logging work (I believe).
Nowadays I mainly use it as a way back up onto the ridge without having to slog up the grass after Crook Farm.
Do you remember when they started and it turned into a deep mud fest.It was a far more worthy descent 'back in the day' before it got sanitised - for logging work (I believe).
(note that they call it Hagg Side - which is what I thought the car park was called)
I've heard so many people call Lockerbrook the Screaming Mile now that it's almost stuck. A look on YouTube shows all the top hits for Screaming Mile actually showing Lockerbrook.
Lockerbrook=Gores
@ AlexSimon - It's called Berry Clough right got it.
Yeah all the greenery has been on steroids this summer. Perfect combination of rain every few days or so, coupled with warmish temps and dry periods in between. It's felt almost subtropical in lesser travelled parts, which have been the most overgrown I've ever seen. Some of the more sheltered areas never really dried out. Think I managed 2 rides in that week/week and half where It didn't rain as often/overnight, where I didn't have to wash the bike down, a new record for me.