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Iron Keld – Awesome MTB descent Loop from Hawkshead

Stephen Walton

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Iron Keld – Awesome MTB descent Loop from Hawkshead

Stephen Walton planned a mountain bike ride

August 9, 2021

Iron Keld – Awesome MTB descent Loop from Hawkshead

Moderate

01:25

15.5km

10.9km/h

340m

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Overview

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary.

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 2.56 km for 419 m

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3.34 km

Iron Keld

Highlight • Climb

Iron Keld involves a tough, rocky and technical climb, but the effort is rewarded by great views and an even better descent.

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3.75 km

MTB Descent in Lake District National Park

Highlight • Natural

Brilliant mix of rock and grassy descent, can get quite wet after continued rain and there are a few gates. Watch out for walkers at peak times too although not too busy most of the time.

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4.04 km

Park Fell Descent

Highlight (Segment) • MTB Park

sublime rocky downhill section. well worth booting it down to the bottom and climb to do it again, well worth it😁

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7.05 km

View of Coniston Fells

Highlight • Natural Monument

From here you are afforded breathtaking views of the Coniston Fells. This mountain range features several notable peaks including Coniston Old Man, Wetherlam, and Dow Crag.

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9.16 km

Piano Keys Slate Trail

Highlight • Trail

All around here are quarries and relics of the area's mining history. When you come down this path, choose the middle one, which is a sunken road over slate rocks. …

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9.52 km

Hodge Close Quarry

Highlight • Climb

The Hodge Close quarry is one of the many slate quarries in the Tilberthwaite valley, between Langdale and Coniston. This quarry was worked until the early 1960s.
The Hodge Close …

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10.5 km

View of the Langdales

Highlight • Natural

Here, from the rough road that takes you up to High Oxen Fell, you can get great views looking north towards the Langdales. There is some gentle terrain and woodland …

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15.5 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.07 km

3.81 km

3.71 km

2.34 km

392 m

164 m

Surfaces

8.18 km

4.46 km

1.21 km

1.00 km

595 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (270 m)

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Iron Keld – Awesome MTB descent Loop from Hawkshead

Iron Keld

MTB Descent in Lake District National Park

Park Fell Descent

View of Coniston Fells

Piano Keys Slate Trail

Hodge Close Quarry

View of the Langdales

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