#ExploreLocal Cold Dark North
#ExploreLocal Cold Dark North
Collection by Cold Dark North
7
Tours
39:15 h
453 mi
35,300 ft
A small selection of specially curated routes for Komoot's #explorelocal campaign. We've chosen routes that are ~100km long, all on tarmac and starting and finishing in the heart of the bigger towns/cities up the spine of the Cold Dark North. Make an adventure of it - come and ride local in the #ColdDarkNorth soon!
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Tours & Highlights
- Expert road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.Difficult04:1656.1 mi13.2 mph3,600 ft3,600 ft
This 90km ride from the heart of Preston rolls out of the city into the southern section of the Forest of Bowland, taking in Jeffrey Hill and Birdy Brow before heading North through the Whitewell Estate and Dunsop Bridge up to the famous and stunningly beautiful Trough of Bowland climb. From there the…
- Expert road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.Difficult05:1264.0 mi12.3 mph4,550 ft4,575 ft
There are many ways we could have gone from Lancaster - but with Preston covering the South of our patch, we've sent you out into the a taster of the Dales. The ride rolls out of Lancaster and over picturesque Littledale to give you a sense of what's ahead and around. From the crest of that climb the…
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- Expert road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.Difficult06:0570.4 mi11.6 mph5,525 ft5,500 ft
Like Lancaster to the South, Kendal is spoilt with options for a ~100km ride! We've sent you out through the Lyth Valley and Underbarrow to the banks of Lake Windermere for a quick tourist hit before rolling on to the outskirts of Ambleside and Grasmere - around the picturesque "balcony road" of Thirlmere…
- Expert road ride. Very good fitness required. Some portions of the Tour may be unpaved and difficult to ride.Difficult05:4561.7 mi10.7 mph5,800 ft5,800 ft
Our 100km #ExploreLocal route from Penrith is almost entirely in the lush, verdant, nature saturated Eden Valley. From the town you head South through Great Strickland and Kings Meaburn on the way to Appleby-in-Westmorland. From this historic town you have a few kilometres to get your self ready for…
- Expert road ride. Very good fitness required. Some portions of the Tour may require you to push your bike.Difficult07:0079.6 mi11.4 mph6,075 ft6,075 ft
The #ExploreLocal Route from Carlisle is our longest at 128km - but it's also one of the most stunning - essentially a figure of 8 lapping Skiddaw/Blencathra and Cat Bells. You'll roll through the lanes of the North Lakes past Bassenthwaite and through Stair, up the stunning Newlands Valley before you…
- Expert road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.Difficult05:2561.5 mi11.4 mph4,125 ft4,125 ft
This one's pretty special. From Sedbergh you'll head along Howgill Lane, cutting slowly through the empty lanes of the Lune Gorge and past Tebay before heading East to Ravenstonedale and then South back to Sedbergh a stretch of 20km pretty much without a pedal stroke ona still day. From there you'll…
- Expert road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.Difficult05:3359.2 mi10.7 mph5,625 ft5,625 ft
Hardest to get to. Arguably the remotest. Definitely the roads least travelled in our #ExploreLocal series starts and finishes in Barrow-in-Furness - taking the relatively easier roads on the way out around the coast and heading North and West to Broughton before entering the Western Lake District and…
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Collection Stats
- Tours7
- Distance453 mi
- Duration39:15 h
- Elevation35,300 ft
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