[Closed] Peak District routes

Search on here, lots of threads with advice and links to routes online

Given the weather, soil will be a deep, sticky, soggy option. The rocks are the best thing about it, especially when the weather is less than kind.

I would like to head to the Peak District this Sunday for a ride. Ideally I'd like some natural stuff, as in soil not rocks

It has absoutely tipped it down here today. A route with soil would be the last thing I would be looking for.

There are some mountain bike routes [url= http://www.hitthehills.com/routes.asp ]here[/url]

Where abouts? It's a big place. Stick to the dark peak sunday, look for rockier routes. Something like the kinder loop which is free to download here:

I'll be doing something loosely based around that on Sunday, hopefully shouldn't be to grim.

Think part of that route may be closed Nick while the DCC work on destroying it 😳

Think part of that route may be closed Nick while the DCC work on destroying it

Not closed, just in a mess! Plenty of riders coming down RE today, I climbed it and even managed to clean all the new crap to be defeated by the same single step they haven't touched that always gets me... 🙁

Did you get out Colin? Great day for it if a bit damp in places...

Hi. Didn't get out yesterday unfortunately. Really struggling to put my leg over the bike 🙁

Up visiting family in Nottingham at the weekend and hoping to get a ride in on Friday.. currently looking at the Kinder loop (as mentioned above) or maybe the Hit The Hills [url= http://www.hitthehills.com/blog/index.php/2012/02/doctors-gate-rushups-edge-mam-tor-epic/ ]Epic[/url] route. Is the latter likely to be ok to ride given a dry(ish) week ahead?

If anyone's out riding in the area on Friday and fancies some company / doesn't mind me following them, drop me a line...

Is the latter likely to be ok to ride given a dry(ish) week ahead?

Should be fine.

There's a few of us doing Edale/Hollins/Rushup/Roych Clough/Mount Famine/Jacobs/Edale on Sat - is the contentious super-smooth highway that used to be the nice end of Rushup Edge (DCC are*holes) open now?

Still closed. There's a big meeting tomorrow with DCC and mountain bike groups about it

There's no way of getting from Mam Nick to just after the bodged bit without roading it to get to the RH run towards Roych Clough is there? Hmm...might have to have a rethink of a new route.

Not that I would condone breaking an official closure but i think some people have been riding it.

Pook - that's a terrible suggestion that I could never do 😉

There's no way of getting from Mam Nick to just after the bodged bit without roading it to get to the RH run towards Roych Clough is there? Hmm...might have to have a rethink of a new route.

You could head over Oxlow, Perry foot way. Further, but you get the op to visit the No Car cafe at Rushop Hall before regaining Rushup edge.

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Not knowing the area, which bit has actually suffered from the resurfacing (and how long)?

Presumably it would be quite quiet on, say, a Friday? 😉

The bit by the 428.

[quote=Pook]The bit by the 428

Thanks.