I tend to enter from the road off the A6 opposite the Hurt Arms that takes you under the bridge. Ride up the road for a few mins, on your left there is an industrial facility with a passage way up the right hand side. If you follow that up it takes you right into the woods. Its a very direct route to the top so a bit of an uphill drag (well a lot) right at the start of the ride, but you can’t avoid that either way so at least it gets it over and done with quickly.
I normally exit around Whatstandwell and ride along the canal to head back to the Hurt arms to either go across to Shining Cliff Woods or for a pint at the Hurt Arms!
Once in the woods I normally to a few loops of the trail at the top of the woods, then there are a couple of cracking downhill trails taking you back down to the valley floor. A good technical area, I love it.