Ah. You didn’t say you were riding with Aquaholic!
I really, really, want to have a bash around there.
You’re kidding, you mean you know him? Small small world! And yes, you really do want to ride around there. There are several other big riding areas to be tackled, not to mention to rest of the trails in and around Noble Canyon.
I love the way you (sort of) compare the ‘steps down to Rowarth’, to that gurt big steep rocky section
In all honesty, although ‘Hells Staircase’ was chunkier than Rowarth the gradient wasn’t all that steep so while it was tricky to ride, it wasn’t intimidating. The drop down into Roych Clough from Rushop Edge side is harder to ride well as you have so much speed and the rock sections, while not as chunky, as still pretty serious.
It sort of reinforced how good the riding in the Peak is, if not the weather!