Grizedale M.T.B. Club
Enduro Event
The Lake District
Cumbria
Mini Move
The info:
Grizedale Forest has some of the best mountain biking
trails in all of the Lake District, and the G.M.B.C. has
put together a fantastic course to test you to the limit,
with a big bonus of brilliant views. 'And this time
it quite dry for the Lake District'
The course is
run entirely over forestry land so inevitably this creates
a real mix of terrain for the riders. The singletrack is
fast, exciting and a little (lot) testing in
places, the fireroad is sweet relief and the 'landrover
tracks' can make you wish you had four-wheel drive! It
climbs to a height of 294m and this being the Lake
District means the views are stunning. No other event in
England can claim to have all of this!.
A new mountain bike trail for Grizedale has been built
thanks to sponsorship from The North Face and Rural
Regeneration Cumbria.
Starting at
the Visitor Centre the new North Face Mountain
Bike Trail is a 10 mile track consisting of 9 new sections
of sinuous singletrack trail on the west side of Grizedale
Forest. The trail offers adrenelising sections of single
track descent with leg burning up hills, contouring
through oak woodlands and conifer forest. This challenging
trail also gives the mountain biker tricky board walk
sections through meadows yet reward the trail rider with
outstanding views along the way.
IT'S
SUNDAY, SO ITS ANOTHER EVENTS DAY
~ Bicyclemania Ride ~ "A
great September's day, full throttle around the
Grizedale Forest in the Lake District"
Chiefy was at the
Grizedale Forest Park in the heart of the Lake
District. Air horn goes and all the riders are off,
the course was excellent, it had everything from fast
fire roads, up-hills, down-hills, single-tracks,
walking-bits, technical-sections, tree roots and all.
There was a light wind blowing on the hill tops, so
the damp was getting cleared fast, we did see the hazy
sun but not much.
The trail was well marked out so this year no chance
of getting lost, not like three years ago. Even I
managed to navigate around O.K. The conditions tested
each rider to his or her limit, you really had to keep
your wits about you especially on the very slippy
'NorthShore' sections. The course snaked its way all
over the Grizedale Forest area starting and finishing
back at the main centre.
I think the mass majority of riders would like to see
some sort of gripper surface applied to the wooded
plank sections. Get yourself ready for next years event and go
and take on the terrain.
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Grizedale Forest has some of the best mountain biking
trails in all of the Lake District, and the G.M.B.C. has
put together a fantastic course to test you to the limit,
with a big bonus of brilliant views.
The trail was well marked out so this year no chance
of getting lost, not like three years ago. Even I
managed to navigate around O.K. The conditions tested
each rider to his or her limit, you really had to keep
your wits about you especially on the very slippy
'NorthShore' sections. The course snaked its way all
over the Grizedale Forest area starting and finishing
back at the main centre.
