[Closed] Lakes mtb routes (big ones)

There's a bigger Walna Scar loop in the Vertebrate Graphics guide, starting at High Cross in Grizedale, which includes Oxen Fell/Tilberthwaite on the return. If you extend that out via Broughton Forest and Seathwaite, including the full WS descent, that would be a decent day out. Over 30 miles, anyhow, with the only pushing/carrying likely on the first bit of the WS climb.

What sort of riding? Some of the lakes epics are mountain hike a bike, and tech fest descents, but that isn't everyone's cup of tea. Is it just mileage you're after, or some of the classic high fell stuff?

Staveley, Garburn, Gatesgarth, Nan Bield, Staveley.

Have a look on the pedal north site. There's a decent loop around Coniston Water that takes in Walna Scar and Parkamoor, about 25 miles if I recall but you could extend it by doing stuff in Grizedale as well.

Personal fave is a Ings start at the layby, Garburn up & over to Kentmere onto gatesgarth down to haweswater & smallwater, Nanbeild & back either up the garburn & finish with a fast descent or kentmere & down some reasonable stuff dropping out back to Ings.

I was up in the Lakes a couple of weeks ago and planned a few routes starting from Ambleside. They're all relatively low level - not too much walking - and should be pretty good when it's wet.

[url= https://ridewithgps.com/routes/11782364 ]Big day out - this is a good low level route, which took me a little under 3 hours[/url]

[url= https://ridewithgps.com/routes/11616590 ]This is sort of an extension of the same trails, going further into Grizedale, around the bottom of Coniston water and up Walna Scar[/url]

[url= https://ridewithgps.com/users/651278/routes ]And this route explores some of the fells on the other side of Windermere, including Garburn pass in both directions[/url]

If you want really long, do the above Staveley / Nan Bield route but do Nan Bield both ways (descending both sides). Allow around 7-8 hours and be prepared for a bit of carrying. Amazing day out.

Westlakes for something different start at Ennerdale, over blacksail, burnmoor tarn, climb the fire road in mirtedale forsest, hoon back down the bridleway to eskdale, back up to burnmoor via mitrdale then under haycock on theling mell/tewitt how b'way (bit of a slog but this is the lakes, if you're not crying at the top you're doing it wrong).

INterested in that route stabiliser but having difficulty mapping it out, specifically the burnmoor-miterdale section. Up to Burnmoor tarn, down to boot, then climb out over white moss, down to porterthwaite up and over the BW to nether wasdale?
then presumably bw/road along wast, then alongside nether beck and follow the BW all the way over to ennerdale?

This is on my to-do list for this year...

http://www.selfsupporteduk.net/routes/Lakeland200.html

200km not miles 😉

could do this 100 miles of fab trails!
http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=rmkwsrgokfzlafnv
96 people are doing it wkd 14/15 May #Jennride

Polisher you will find its a bit longer as Pooley has lost her bridge!

INterested in that route stabiliser

@postierich Looking at the maps there's a BW across the river (via a bridge) about 2Km downstream http://streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=347740&Y=525965&A=Y&Z=120 don't know if it's still there but didn't see it on the list of damaged footpaths/bridleways that was published last month.

Its still out, there will be an updated route nearer the date thanks for the heads up the sanitised routes are all interesting now 🙂
Rich

whoops sorry just clicked on the link thought you were talking about the bridge in Troutbeck 🙂

Re Troutbeck: is that at the bottom of Garburn Pass near Limefitt Park?

Yes!

Here's the LDNP map of what's OK and what isn't http://217.77.186.232/mapLDNPA/Aurora.svc/run?script=\Aurora\Floods2015_RightsOfWay.AuroraScript%24&nocache=1969388189&resize=always

You can either stay above burnmoor and down mitredale or long way round through boot and up past the outdoor centre at eskdale green. The descent to boot is probably better but a bit of road along the valley required.

Never been over white moss and from the other side couldn't pick anything substantial out trailwise last time we were up to. It's cut the corner off nicely but I'd reckon it would be pretty steep pus up and pretty wet on top. This ride would be a BIG day out and I'd only do it after a dry spell or burnmoor and lingmell would be 'character building'. TBH unless you were feeling super fresh I'd miss out the mitredale forest descent cos even though it's amazeballs getting up there could be the straw that broke the camels back. And i wouldn't recommend the bridleway down the other side without a zorb/parachute.

One for mid summers day I'd reckon.

4 passes? Was in the magazine a while back.

Thestabiliser; The top of White Moss is very boggy, a route for long dry spell!. Re. descent to Boot, cross the road at the Brook House down to St Catherines Church then follow the Esk Trail to Forge House-Muncaster Head then over to Irton Road. Avoids the road mileage 🙂

IIRC I liked the burnmoor->boot descent, did a route up there donkeys years ago, think it was an "MBR Killer", dunnerdale, ulpha fell, boot, miterdale, burnmoor, wasdale and all the way back again. Can't remember which way we were [i]supposed[/i] to go but we went over white moss, don't remember it being boggy but there was a lot of pushing, thinking about it a hell of a lot of the ride was pushing - so that's one to consider OP, it's definitley a big day out 🙂

How is the boot->forge bridge BW IainFP? Seem to recall hardknott-boot is quite nadgery

DONK; Haven't ridden it for a few months, so can't comment on the "current" conditions. However it's a great wee bit of trail only spoilt by the gates! White Moss is the top where the stone circles are, not on the Burnmoor tarn BW, it was very boggy up there a couple of weeks ago!

yeah sorry didn't explain the route very well, wasn't quite an out and back, from Boot were supposed to head over to miterdale and on to wasdale then back via burnmoor and boot, I can't remember if white moss was the official route but that's the way we went. We were absolutley knackered so swung an off piste right turn just before burnmoor and descended back to boot on the BW. My mate was close to bonking, we were weighing up whether to do the "bailout" road route back to seathwaite (over hardknott!) or the back the way we came over ulpha, my notorious motivational speaking meant we did the xc route and (after a lot of slog) were rewarded with grassguards to wallowbarrow descent, which was nice.

my notorious motivation speaking

We would do less miles without it but somehow you get us over the last climb 😉

Boot-Wasdale via Miterdale would be a shit route IMO! You'd be missing/climbing all the good descents! Better the other way around (there could be some nice "cheeky" links to avoid the roads.... 😉

Boot-Wasdale via Miterdale would be a shit route IMO!

I've since learned that a lot of their stuff is better in reverse.