[Closed] Snowdon - what else on UK big mountain days out ?

West Highland Way
Helvellyn north Ridge
High Street

and to your original point, anyone fancy Snowdon today. I'm at a loose end and trying to decide between Snowdon or Peak District. Could use a scraper for Snowdon if it goes wrong 🙂
(we'll probably need lights)

Skiddaw w/ Ullock
Langdale - Sty Head - Seathwaite - Langstrath loop.
Grisedale Pike, Whiteless Pike, return via Rigg Beck.

I believe a few decent rides have been highlighted on the long-running Munros thread, so check that out 🙂

Head up cadair idris as well while you're over that way.

Helvellyn.

Plenty in Scotland too.

Torridon, lollipop route. Make sure its been dry for a while beforehand.

Thanks

So jealous you can just pop to Snowdon to ride casually - I’m from the flat south so it will be a mini holiday for me that I’ll have to repay with stupid amounts of diy for the pink pass when it eventually comes ...

Any recommendations B and B’s also ?

Come up and stay in the Cairngorms.

Lakes Four western passes route (Honister, Scarth Gap, Black Sail, Styhead) is a superb day out if you don’t mind a bit of hike a bike.

Also loads of fantastic cheeky stuff (including the Whiteless Pike descent to Buttermere described above) to be had* around the North Lakes / Borrowdale area

(*with appropriate levels of discretion applied)

Ben Macdui.

How long is the lakes four western passes loop ?

Depends on where you start and finish - if you start at Seatoller (bottom of Honister) it’s about 26km. You can add on a few km if you start in Buttermere and head up Scarth Gap first, although that involves finishing on the Wharnscale descent when you’re physically and mentally a bit fatigued.

You could also start in Grange and go up alongside Castle Crag then contour round to join Honister pass higher up, if you’re feeling particularly energetic.

Last time I did it (started and finished at Seatoller) Strava recorded a moving time of bang on 4 hours, although I recall is being out for over six hours - that was in decent conditions with no mechanicals and a brief lunch stop at Black Sail YHA

Being in Scoltand, plenty of munros and sub munros.

The WHW is worth riding, but it tends to go through passes rather than over mountains (not that there isn't plenty of elevation in it!).

'Interesting' mountain days covers a lot....

Personally:
Cairngorms : so Macdui or Cairn Toul / Braerich / Devils Point is pretty unique mountain environment in the UK for a couple of days out.

I would also say the Cullin is also pretty unique, so get over to Skye.

The far North West is also on my 'hit list'. Despite being resident for a decade, and climbed a fair few of the Scottish hills, I am yet to make a proper visit there. Torridon and north area for me.

I love a good scramble - so Anoach Eagach and the other Glencoe hills. Get Buchaille Etive Mor on a quite but good day and it is a stunner, either by curved ridge or main gulleys.
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Can I also suggest another great way of getting into the wilds? Get thee down the Spey or Royal Dee in a canoe...
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How long is the lakes four western passes loop ?

Well under 20 miles, I think, but that's a bit misleading (to put it mildly) in terms of effort.

It's a tough ride with lots of carrying/pushing and difficult terrain.

I did the four passes last year. It's a great ride, but it's pretty high wattage.

Bookmarked.

bookmarked

Four Passes is a long (in time), short (distance), grueling ride with an extraordinary amount of carrying and probably the highest proportion of technical descending of any ride I've done.

I quite like finishing on Fleetwith / Warnscale, so that I've got my eye in properly and to finish on a high.

Must do it again this year.

Tried 4 passes a few ways, and I reckon finishing off with the descent off sprinkling tarn down to stockley bridge caps off a cracking day. My favourite descent in the lakes, possibly the country.

The only downside of this is that Wharnscale is then yer first descent, bit techy to be getting your eye in!.

I love the NW fells too, could ride about the ridges up there all day, it's stunning, and as it's not such a gluepot area, no one bothers their arse that you're on a footpath.

Also, having enjoyed the Cobbler a few times, I'd say Ben Narnain is now a good prospect too, they've done a lot of good work on the path, and the steps aren't too steep and twisty, I was up last weekend walking with the family, need to get the bike up there soon.

Rode up Telegraph Valley on Saturday then down Rangers Path. Totally ruined by being levelled and gravelled. I don’t know how long it’s been like that but very disappointing from a MTB point of view.

Hi,

Whole Ranger's sanitised? That is pants 🙁

Cheers!
I.

No, not the whole Ranger, just the bit from the gate at the top of Telegraph Road down to the bottom. And yes, its ruined.

Got it, like on this vid:

Shame...

Cheers!
I.