Been trying to Google to see if all the bridleways have been opened up yet but couldn't find a definitive answer. Anyone been there recently?
All the stuff I know is open.!
Yup mate. It's all open and has been for a while. There's been a few insta 'influencers' up there of late on the stuff below charity lane. Enjoy!
What does inst influencers mean? Walking up there earlier this week it seems as if Charity Lane is pretty smooth these days? Has a lot been washed out? Certainly bottom half anyway.
Do any of the 'non official' tracks in the woods ever dry out.
I suppose it means people on instagram who have that many followers that companies give them stuff to review and promote on their channel. This is what I was referring to:
Re: Charity lane. I was up there the other week and it does seem tame. It was just me I thought as I don't ride it that often but have ridden things a lot more technical inbetween so that's why it seemed tame. It's just not worth the climb I thought. Might be fun as technical ascent though.
The bottom end of Charity lane has definately been filled in on the corner before Forest Chapel.
Cheers everyone, haven't been there in a long time. Last time I looked was probably April time when parts were still closed.
Having never ridden Macc Forest before, but being within an hour drive. Is it worth visiting and does this route look OK? (I'm near Wigan so I can get to Llandegla / Gisburn in a similar time.)
http://flattyres-mtb.co.uk/route-guides/peak-district-mtb-routes/macc-forest-classic/
I think ive ridden all parts of that route in separate rides. I do like it, my kinda riding, lots of rocks. From memory it isn't that steep anywhere but good fun. More natural than Degla, I've not been to Gisburn yet.
That Macc Forest Classic ride is great, as are all the routes on that site to be honest. Done quite a few of them over the years. Did that one last year, not long before the storms knackered the area.
If you do the Macc Forest Classic, don't be expecting any fun in the woods. It's all byways/bridleways. It's a great all-weather ride and worth the trip, but the forest doesn't feature in it much.
Lots of tracks to be found in the forest these days which wont feature on any official routes.
You'd have to look on Strava to find them, or arrange a ride with someone who knows them.
V good route that - defo one to do if you've not ridden there before. Like Alex says, though, don't let the name mislead you. Not much rooty loamy woodiness on that ride, the opposite really - bws over the moors.
OK thanks, sounds like it would still be good having never ridden in the area before.
Couple of easy changes to that route to make it better. Firstly on the climb up to the Cat n fiddle there's a fp from outside the coffee shop up to the top, yes it's cheeky but everyone uses it and that road gets major HGVs on it so worth avoiding that corner. 2ndly on the forest side after the two benches at the summit the shown route turns right into the forest, carry straight on there (follow the tyre Tracks) for some singletrack that brings you out at virtually the same place. As above I wouldn't bother with charity lane and would prefer to extend it cheekily into the Goyt
have fun 😉
Cheers!
I agree that the bottom third of Charity Lane seems to have been filled in recently- it’s now easy to ride up from Forest Chapel. It’ll soon get churned up again though: last week 3 land rovers rode it a few minutes before us (and somehow managed to tear great lumps out of the peat at the side. Not very respectful).