Mountain Biking in the Lake District

by Ian Boydon

Overview

A guidebook of 24 short, medium, long and full-day mountain bike routes in the Lake District. The Lakes offer some of the best MTB riding in the UK. The graded circular rides are arranged by difficulty, from Kendal to Cleator Moor in the far north-west and Keswick to Winster in the Lyth Valley. The Lake District has plentiful and varied trails, and the routes described in this guide offer spectacular views of the famous lakes and great memories time and time again. Choose a route by grade, percentage off-road, length or time at a glance. All routes have clear directions and tips on what to look out for on the way with numbers linking text, OS map extracts and profiles together to show you quickly where you are and where to go next.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781849657082
Publisher:	Cicerone Press
Publication date:	03/19/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	17 MB
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About the Author

As a regular visitor to the area for more than 17 years, the Lake District has always held a special place in Ian Boydon's heart. His years of exploring the national park on mountain bike have culminated in a thorough knowledge of its bridleways and trails.
Hailing from the flatlands of Cheshire, the steep fells of the Lake District and the limestone landscapes of the Yorkshire Dales have always held a special place in Ian Boydon's heart. He has now been visiting the national parks with a mountain bike for almost 20 years – starting as a 15-year-old on a fully rigid Diamondback. After graduating in History then training as a journalist, a reporting job on local newspaper The Westmorland Gazette enabled him to move northwards and have his favourite trails within easy reach, and he has spent years exploring the national parks' bridleways in search of the ‘holy trail’. Now working in public relations, Ian still lives in the area and can be found in the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales on most weekends, riding his favourite routes.

Table of Contents

Introduction Getting to the Lake District Accommodation Equipment Food Bike checks When to ride Rest and recovery Routes Maps Timings Rights of way Trail centres The dirty dozen Pre-ride checklist Short Loops Route 1 Tour of Loughrigg Fell Route 2 Spark Bridge Route 3 Borrowdale and Whinfell Route 4 Kendal and Brigsteer Route 5 Hawkshead and Hodge Close Route 6 Howtown and Askham Route 7 Elterwater and the Langdales Medium Loops Route 8 Muncaster Route 9 Winster Route 10 High Newton and Cartmel Route 11 Tour of Claife Heights and High Wray Route 12 Kentmere Special Route 13 Cleator Moor Long Loops Route 14 Torver and Kirkby Moor Route 15 Grizedale Grunt Route 16 Loadpot Hill Route 17 Blencathra and the Old Coach Road Route 18 Garburn and Longsleddale Route 19 Haweswater and Gatesgarth Route 20 Dunnerdale Enduro Full Day Loops Route 21 Parkamoor, Satterthwaite and Hawkshead Monster Route 22 Tour de Windermere Route 23 Mealbank, Borrowdalen and the Breasthigh Road Route 24 Longsleddale, Kentmere and Troutbeck Appendix Appendix Bike shops in the region