Mountain Biking in the Lake District

A guidebook for 24 original and exciting graded mountain biking routes in the Lake District, offering some of the best MTB riding in the UK. Includes circular routes suitable for all abilities, from Kendal to Cleator Moor in the north-west and Keswick to Winster in the Lyth Valley, including a circumnavigation of Windermere.

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.

IntroductionGetting to the Lake DistrictAccommodationEquipmentFoodBike checksWhen to rideRest and recoveryRoutesMapsTimingsRights of wayTrail centresThe dirty dozenPre-ride checklistShort LoopsRoute 1 Tour of Loughrigg FellRoute 2 Spark BridgeRoute 3 Borrowdale and WhinfellRoute 4 Kendal and BrigsteerRoute 5 Hawkshead and Hodge CloseRoute 6 Howtown and AskhamRoute 7 Elterwater and the LangdalesMedium LoopsRoute 8 MuncasterRoute 9 WinsterRoute 10 High Newton and CartmelRoute 11 Tour of Claife Heights and High WrayRoute 12 Kentmere SpecialRoute 13 Cleator MoorLong LoopsRoute 14 Torver and Kirkby MoorRoute 15 Grizedale GruntRoute 16 Loadpot HillRoute 17 Blencathra and the Old Coach RoadRoute 18 Garburn and LongsleddaleRoute 19 Haweswater and GatesgarthRoute 20 Dunnerdale EnduroFull Day LoopsRoute 21 Parkamoor, Satterthwaite and Hawkshead MonsterRoute 22 Tour de WindermereRoute 23 Mealbank, Borrowdalen and the Breasthigh RoadRoute 24 Longsleddale, Kentmere and TroutbeckAppendixAppendix Bike shops in the region