Routes

Both routes start and finish outside Wheelbase in Staveley Mill Yard. 

SHORT COURSE (approx. 25km with 700m ascent)

Starting from the Mill Yard head north up Haw Lane, then take the bridleway to the south of Skeggles Water and down into the Longsleddale valley.  Follow the bridleway along the valley to Till's Hole then join the road and head north-west to checkpoint 1 at Sadgill (grid ref. SE 484057).  Take the bridleway south then west over to Brockstones, then Low Lane track into Green Quarter and down the road into Kentmere village (checkpoint 2 SE 457039).  Follow the road south for a short distance before heading up Green Quarter to the west of Skeggles Water to the derelict barn (checkpoint 5 SE 473033), then south back to Staveley Head Fell and turning west to descend through H P Plantation.  From here take the road back to the finish point at the Mill Yard (SE 472983).

LONG COURSE (approx. 46km with 1400m ascent)

Follow the same route as the short course until checkpoint 2 at Kentmere.  From here take the Garburn Pass over into Troutbeck valley (checkpoint 3 at SE 413028).  After the checkpoint do a loop of the valley before riding up Moor Howe road then along the tracks up to High House and over Micklemoss to descend back into Kentmere (checkpoint 4 SE 457039).  From here finish over Green Quarter via checkpoint 5 as for the short course.

Route maps and profiles reproduced with the kind permission of Memory Map.