Routes

Planner

Features

Updates

App

Get the App

Matthew planned this outdoor adventure with komoot!

Discover your own fun with the #1 outdoor app.

Matthew

Saved routes

The Lady and the Edge - The Dark Peak

Matthew

Saved routes

The Lady and the Edge - The Dark Peak

Matthew planned a mountain bike ride

July 1, 2020

The Lady and the Edge - The Dark Peak

Hard

04:24

50.5km

11.5km/h

1,100m

Embed

Comments

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Overview

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike.

Includes very steep uphill segments

You may need to push your bike.

After 5.05 km for 788 m

After 29.3 km for 176 m

Waypoints

Start point

Get Directions

13.5 km

View of Sheffield from Harrop Lane

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

The Whitely Woods trail and the Porter Clough connect Sheffield to the Peaks without the need to tackle roads and traffic, so this is very often the start and finish …

Tip by

27.4 km

Devil's Elbow Trail, Blacka Moor Nature Reserve

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Nice climb, couldn't make it without getting off for a little push! Delightful views up at the top.

Tip by

28.0 km

Devil's Elbow Descent

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

This is a super fun, steepish, rocky, rooty, techy, spicy in places, thrutchy (and indeed occasionally nadgery) descent through Blacka moor.

Horrible as a climb, mind you – but if …

Tip by

31.9 km

Houndkirk Road — ancient track across Burbage Moor

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Great moorland road, ideal for riders of any ability as it is wide and generally flat (given its location). However, if you are more experienced there are some excellent sections …

Tip by