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Houndkirk Road – Stanage Pole Loop from Thornhill

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Houndkirk Road – Stanage Pole Loop from Thornhill

Jjaffa planned a mountain bike ride

September 18, 2021

Houndkirk Road – Stanage Pole Loop from Thornhill

Hard

02:36

29.0km

11.2km/h

640m

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Overview

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

Includes a very steep uphill segment

You may need to push your bike.

After 11.3 km for 176 m

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3.89 km

Blue Steel Trail, Lady Canning's Plantation

Highlight (Segment) • MTB Park

Tight fast trail with twists and turns through berms and rollers. A great opportunity for you to pump your way along a relatively smooth surface. Good for both beginners and intermediate.

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6.34 km

Cooking On Gas Trail

Highlight • MTB Park

A more bermy and wider experience than Blue Steel.....different not better.

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7.35 km

Lady Canning Trails Start

Highlight • MTB Park

Both trails here are really good runs. One is a bit longer than the other but both are a total hoot, with more than a few jumps and berm along …

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10.1 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 …

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13.9 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 …

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17.0 km

Houndkirk Bridleway

Highlight • Trail

Beautiful wide open bridleway out of Lady Canning's Plantation. Spectacular views down into Sheffield and across the Peaks. Fun rocky trail also.

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25.3 km

Stanage Pole

Highlight • Monument

Stanage Pole is a landmark that denotes the border between Derbyshire and South Yorkshire. A wooden pole has stood here for hundreds of years and would have been useful for …

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26.1 km

Stanage Edge

Highlight • Viewpoint

Take the Plantation descent if you're feeling brave! Or carry on along the ridge line for the causeway descent and dodge the Duke of Edinburgh groups.

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29.0 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

11.9 km

10.9 km

4.48 km

1.13 km

589 m

Surfaces

11.5 km

7.23 km

5.23 km

3.30 km

1.00 km

452 m

275 m

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Highest point (440 m)

Lowest point (230 m)

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Houndkirk Road – Stanage Pole Loop from Thornhill

Blue Steel Trail, Lady Canning's Plantation

Cooking On Gas Trail

Lady Canning Trails Start

Devil's Elbow Descent

Houndkirk Road — ancient track across Burbage Moor

Houndkirk Bridleway

Stanage Pole

Stanage Edge

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