The Howgills
A challenging ride through a quiet corner of the Dales, taking you along the side of the Howgills and past Holme Open Farm. You also pass Fox’s Pulpit where George Fox, a Quaker, preached in the open air to over a 1000 people in 1652.
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Kidstones Pass
This is a chance to follow the route of the 2014 Tour de France and take on the first King of the Mountains climb – the Cote de Cray, or Kidstones Pass as it always used to be called.
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Westmorland Dales
A lovely road ride through the northern part of the National Park connecting the lovely village of Orton with the lively market town of Kirkby Stephen, with great quiet roads and stunning views. The terrain is undulating but there is only one steep climb.
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Pateley Bridge to Masham
A spectacular ride with a great mixture of scenery. It includes two tough climbs separated by easier cycling through rolling countryside.
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Settle – Clapham Circular
A gentle, yet spectacular circuit, passing through some of the best-known villages in the southern Dales. A gradual climb onto Swarth Moor, provides excellent views of Pen-y-ghent; before a pleasant descent to Austwick and Clapham, leads the route south of the National Park boundary – as it returns to its starting point via quiet and undulating lanes.
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Swaledale Circular
An easy route for navigation! This route follows the undulating road up the lovely valley of Swaledale, and then climbs to the highest pub in the land at Tan Hill. From here the route back to Reeth is a classic – a quiet road through beautiful scenery which can seem virtually downhill all the way if the wind is behind you (which it usually is).
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Tour de France two cols
A cracking road route taking in the iconic climbs of Buttertubs and Grinton Moor which featured so spectacularly in the 2014 Tour de France. In essence this route heads west along Wensleydale and east along Swaledale. Of course that means two long steep climbs and fast descents to cross the high moorland in between the valleys.
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Into Wharfedale
This route takes you quickly away from Skipton and heads to Bolton Abbey in Wharfedale. It takes the quiet road up the east side of the valley up to Grassington before heading back, with the one big climb saved until close to the end. You then get a fast run down back into Skipton.
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MTB: Grassington – Weets Top
This mountain bike loop takes in the bridleways in a lesser known part of the National Park. Never technically demanding it still offers plenty of fun and includes a great route off Weets Top.
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MTB: Hawes – Circuit of Dodd Fell
A quiet back road down to Bainbridge gives your legs a chance to warm up before arriving at the Roman road. This is a classic Dales rocky track climbing up onto Wether Fell at a gradient that means you can cycle the lot. A short section of tarmac and then its a more technical descent back down to Hawes.
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