Perfect tarmac (in early 2021). Watch out for the gate on the bridge over Darnbrook Beck (and make sure you're in low gear there for the steep climb after)

Arron smithy

November 22, 2022

Road cycling

Good decent to arncliff if you like narrow lanes and windy corners. There’s a gate about halfway down which is sometimes shut so mind the gate. In the winter the middle is full of debris so mind that too. Not the fastest decent but enjoyable. Mind the 25% climb straight after the decent

Oliver G

December 21, 2023

Road cycling

If you like your cycling remote and spectacular, this road is pure heaven. It's certainly not fast - it's rough in parts with gravel on the road, and almost always up and down, often steeply. But the scenery is always superb, and at one point as the descent to Arncliffe begins it feels like you are cycling off the edge of the earth - definitely one to experience

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Distance 8.47 km

Uphill 100 m

Downhill 250 m

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