Audax: Delightful Dales 200
11 February 2025Written by
Louise
When:
16 March 2025 @ 08:00 – 21:00
2025-03-16T08:00:00+00:00
2025-03-16T21:00:00+00:00
3rd party ride – This ride is run as an event by: Audax UK
205Km cycling event starting from Clitheroe, Lancashire.
Controls at
- Start
- Leyburn
- Kirkby Stephen
- Clitheroe
Description
A 200 km Audax, long-distance cycling event from Lancashire to the Yorkshire Dales and back again – in a day. 43 entries as at 03.02.2025!
Start by riding through the Ribble Valley before heading into the Yorkshire Dales to climb the very steep, 25% gradient of Park Rash, enjoying magnificent views across Coverdale whilst descending to Leyburn and the first control. Enjoy a cuppa n’ cake in any number of cafes around the market square before choosing your own route to Muker and then climb over Birkdale Common into Cumbria.
Ride through the Mallerstang Common following the Settle – Carlisle Railway before two big climbs over the ‘Old Coal Road’ and Newby Head, soon arriving at the Ribblehead Viaduct and the gateway to 3-peaks country offering spectacular views of the surrounding hills.
Carry on through Ribblesdale offering fine views of Pen-y-Ghent (weather permitting!!), before the final leg through the Ribble Valley.
Overall, a wonderful days cycling with beautiful scenery covering some wild and exposed moorland (roads).
Accept as seen!