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Maidens Cleugh Climb – Drainage ditches climb Loop from Wester Hailes

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Maidens Cleugh Climb – Drainage ditches climb Loop from Wester Hailes

planned a mountain bike ride

October 1, 2022

Maidens Cleugh Climb – Drainage ditches climb Loop from Wester Hailes

Hard

04:34

50.7km

11.1km/h

950m

950m

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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. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 29.8 km for 661 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Train Station

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1

4.48 km

Chocolate Pants Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Forest

Lovely in the dry, probably very boggy in the wet.

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2

7.04 km

Pentland Hills Access Road

Highlight • Cycleway

Starting at Harlaw Car Park this is an easy way to get up into the Pentlands

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3

7.87 km

Forest Track Beside Harlow Reservoir

Highlight (Segment) • Lake

A great alternative to the main track by going through the trees. You'll almost always end up taking a slightly different line in the trees as you weave through the …

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4

11.9 km

Yellow Brick Road MTB track

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

A little rocky.

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5

34.9 km

Kips Bypass Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Rode this past week. Final section down to the Howe has become very steep, loose rock but otherwise rideable. Best done from Kips down.

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6

40.5 km

Glencorse Reservoir

Highlight • Viewpoint

At the west end of the valley watch out of fording the streams as some have deep central channels

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7

40.8 km

Maidens Cleugh Climb

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

Nice sustained rocky climb which can get muddy in winter

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8

42.4 km

Moor Access Path Climb, Pentland Hills

Highlight (Segment) • Climb

A useful way to access the Pentlands from Currie. Ideal for linking up with the final climb to the scalextric descent.

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B

50.7 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

18.7 km

17.5 km

8.13 km

3.48 km

1.82 km

894 m

120 m

Surfaces

18.6 km

9.65 km

8.27 km

8.07 km

3.18 km

2.81 km

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