DALES TRAIL
Around the border of the YDNP
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Dales Trail
| Age 25 and Under* | £55.00 | |
| Adult* | £85.00 | |
| * All fees relative to Event Date (06/09/2025) | ||
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The Dales Trail takes you around the perimeter of the Yorkshire Dales National Park on 'rough stuff' tracks.
The Dales Trail event is a three day self supported, long distance bikepacking adventure across 335kms (210 miles) of remote moorland, steep valley slopes, bogs, fords, streams, rock gardens, onto remote pubs, village cafes, past Castles and Abbeys on old Drovers roads, packhorse lanes, moorland singletrack and a few welcome stretches of tarmac on narrow lanes. The route is approximately 75% off-road with three Control Points.
The route takes you across large areas of uninhabited upland terrain as well as through small villages in Malhamdale to the south and Swaledale to the north, Cumbria to the west and Nidderdale to the east. Whilst some riders will take 3 days to cover the 335km, a few riders might complete the trail in a 'oner'.
There are iconic off-road bike trails through the Yorkshire Dales for example the Pennine Bridleway going South to North and the Dales Divide going East to West and back again.
The Dales Trail is different as it is happy to stay within the Yorkshire Dales National Park and experience the diverse landscapes and superb tracks that can be found around its borderlands.
Highlights of the Dales Trail include:
Moorland singletrack through Bowderdale in the Howgill Fells
Miners tracks to Blakethwaite Mill in Gunnerside, Upper Swaledale
Limestone track on the slopes of Ingleborough
Quiet lanes across the Westmorland Dales
Drovers Lanes in Malhamdale
Descent from Tan Hill
Cam High Road and Ribblehead Viaduct
Double track to Dent’s Houses, Apedale
Podgill Viaduct, Eden Valley
Fremington Edge
Skyreholme Bank
The cost of entry to the 'Dales Trail' includes:
- GPX file - Sent to your email address a week before the start date.
- Event Hub - Every adventure needs support and so 3 Peaks Cycles in Settle will be our hub where all riders sign on from 7.30am with a group start at 9am
- Breakfast - in the 3 Peaks Cycles Cafe riders can enjoy a meat or veggie sausage bap & tea / coffee from 7.30am
- GPS tracker - this ensures event officials and friends / family can see a riders progress through the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Trackers are provided by Follow My Challenge with a 'dot watching' page and leader board on the Yorkshire Divide website. The cost of the tracker is included in the sign on fee. NB: A £25 deposit is required to cover for any lost GPS tracker. Once a tracker is returned a rider will be refunded the £25.
- Embroidered cloth badge - no hats, no T-Shirts, just a cloth badge stitched in Leeds.
- Tour the RESTRAP factory - two riders have the chance to win places to tour the factory in Leeds and have a personal musette made while they are there.
- Discount code - all entrants will receive a discount code to use on any of the RESTRAP bikepacking range
Maps, route info and a short film about the Dales Trail are on the Yorkshire Divide website: www.yorkshiredivide.co.uk
Feel free to ask any questions about the event to Adrian at [email protected]
The Dales Trail forms part of the Yorkshire Divide Triple Crown.
This is a self supported ride using the gpx to navigate the route. The route is not signposted with Dales Trail arrows. There are no manned feed stations as the route passes through Dales villages. There is no rescue vehicle. Riders are expected to follow the well established informal codes of bikepacking:
https://yorkshiredivide.co.uk/7-principles-of-self-supported-bikepacking
The organisers do not provide insurance. Being insured through either British Cycling or Cycling UK would help cover for bike loss or injury. Personal insurance is advisable but not mandatory.
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