Hello,
I'm being allowed out tomorrow morning 🙂
I know some brilliant stuff around the Sutton Bank Black Hambleton area, but browsing google earth it looks like there's some great stuff round slightly more northerly parts. Cringle, Urra and Cold moor areas.
Any pointers on bits not to miss?
PS I will be going very, very early so cheeky rules will apply 😉
Thanks for any pointers!
have you got any info on the decent stuff around Sutton Bank?
Keep looking at heading to Sutton Bank too but could do with some route ideas? Hope you get a good ride in...
These are my favourite bits
This descent one from the top down to kepwick (just to E of 'obelisk')
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/idld.srf?X=448710&Y=490412&A=Y&Z=120&lm=1
This one again from the top, down to Boltby:
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/idld.srf?X=450480&Y=485552&A=Y&Z=120&lm=1
This one, brilliant gulley run:
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/idld.srf?X=450455&Y=483832&A=Y&Z=120&lm=1
This is a great singletrack running along the top of the escarpment:
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/idld.srf?X=450880&Y=485072&A=Y&Z=120&lm=1
This is a very fast descent!:
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/idld.srf?X=447850&Y=494842&A=Y&Z=120&lm=1
This is a great classic moors trail:
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/idld.srf?X=450005&Y=494717&A=Y&Z=120&lm=1
It's well worth an explore around the area. The woodland bits are best left to a dry period though (can be v. muddy)
ive ridden all those sections and there great. why not start at the bottom of black hambleton and ride north east ish towards the billsdale mast then down to chopgate then ride towards the lion on blakey ridge.
Cheers Davo, chop gate is on the list for tomorrow. Just plotted a 40k and 1700m climbing route. It is quite hilly round there 🙂
cool where you starting from?
It's reading threads like this remind me how much I miss living over there, with this on your doorstep 🙁
Cringle Moor is home to the (misleadingly named) Carlton bank DH track which is good fun, if you're into that. Not too technical or steep, and the jumps are avoidable/decent depending on your idea of fun.
Just Cross the fence to North West of the very summit, then descend!
Also the Urra Moor descent back to Chop Gate is great, Calderdale has nothing on the NYM
Any recommendations on where to stay in/near Stokesley?
Potentially staying overnight there 4th September so hoping to get a couple of hours ride early evening on the Moors after work.