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Apart from the Kinder scout all weather loop. Does anyone know any alternative routes/loops in the Peak District? Looking for something about 20-30km.
I'm riding pretty much every day at the moment and getting soaked all the time.
Thanks
There's some that are not muddy, but still wet and gritty. Will that do?
Open to any suggestions. Thanks
You do realise it's January Op?
The roads are soaking wet, fat chance of off road being dry and dusty!
Hard to avoid the wet, but definitely some rocky routes with less mud.
One example...
Hope, Roman Road, Potato Alley, Hagg Farm, Lockerbrook, Ladybower visitor centre, Hagg Side back up to Hagg, down Hagg Berms, up Beast, down Jaggers.
Hope, Roman Road, Potato Alley, Rowlee Farm, Lockerbrook, Ladybower visitor centre, Hagg Side back up to Hagg crossroads, down Hagg Berms, back along the lake side to Bamford and back to Hope
Did that ride in heavy rain weekend before last and it was great - entirely rideable, a few deep puddles (a fun game of russian roulette!) and a few muddy sections, but you'd expect that given the rain. The descents all seem to have washed clean which made line choice quite easy. And the dam at Fairholmes was well worth a look.
I'd expect Jaggers will be fine too, and AlexSimon has my respect if he rides up the Beast ! I suspect the route I'd normally take up there - the long straight climb to the East, then the cheeky bit through the woods to Wooler Knoll, would be pretty boggy higher up
Once made it all the way up except the last 7m. Then managed everything from the first tough hairpin to the top. Yet to piece it all together 🙁