Welcome to The Sam Houghton Mountain Bike Challenge

The Challenge is a timed mountain bike ride starting and finishing at the Mill Yard, Staveley and covering the Longsleddale, Kentmere & Troutbeck Valleys and taking in Garburn Pass.  It is organised in memory of Sam Houghton, a keen mountain biker who sadly lost his battle against cancer and died aged only 22 in May 2006. All proceeds from this event will be donated to Cancer Research UK.

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LATEST NEWS

2019 Event T Shirts Now Available
We've teamed up with Vinyl Bear again to offer exclusive event T shirts.
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In addition to cotton T shirts and technical wicking tops, fresh for 2019, this year's design is also available on cotton hoodies; brilliant after-party apparel!​

Vinyl Bear are also generously donating £4 from the sale of each T shirt and hoodie to Cancer Research UK so make sure you order yours by visiting the Vinyl Bear website.
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2019 Entries
Entries for the 2019 Sam Houghton Mountain Bike Challenge ARE NOW OPEN!!

​Click on our Entries page for details of how to enter.

Entries for this year's event will be limited to 500 places and there will be no entries available on-the-day so sign-up as soon as possible to secure your place!
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​A MASSIVE Thank You
We've counted all the pennies and we can reveal that the 2018 Sam Houghton Mountain Bike Challenge has raised a record £21,348.25 for Cancer Research UK.

Thank you to everyone who rode, sponsored, supported, marshalled and partied in aid of this year's Sam Houghton Mountain Bike Challenge for making it such a brilliant day!
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