Hi dude, sorry for slow response. Hope you had a good ride there. Sadly some of the tracks aren’t running as well as they were back in lockdown times as there has been quite a lot of felling work and also some trees have fallen blocking a few of the good tracks. Hopefully it will open up again when there have been enough people helping clear the trees with chainsaws etc or TillHill clear some of the hill. I always park at Birdie Brow car park as that is my side of the hill and I always finish there. There are some good steeper tracks on the side of the hill with Blue Cheese. Just a bugger to have to push back up as there are no riding track back up. Good if you love steep tech though.

@@2004jbrown thanks mate, we went and had a brilliant day, we found some crazy trails, mostly due to the conditions haha, we found the blue cheese which was a great trail, I bet it runs really well when drier? We will definitely be heading back there, I’ll take note of where you parked and give some others on that side of the hill a try, our group loves the steep tech, some more than others 🤣 thanks for the reply 🙏👍🏻

best bet is to search for trails on Strava. Some tracks aren’t rideable after the storms last year and the amount of fallen trees. There are some good steep tracks off the back side of the hill if you like that kind of thing.

This was our first time riding the location and we didn’t see any designated tracks to my knowledge. It’s going back a while now, and I’ve not been since.

We got pretty lucky to be fair, no rain on Friday but tracks were a little damp and just a bit of the wet stuff on Saturday. Wind picked up though so jumping on A470 got a bit sketchy.

Dude it’s a class place. The boys are going every 3months so if I’m free/fit to go surgery dependant I will join them again.

Enjoy dude. Its a class place to ride when you find all the trails. I think the majority of stuff is on Trail Forks or Strava so have a look on there.

I’ll be totally honest, I was riding with a friend who was local and he gave us the tour round. I wouldn’t have a clue how to direct you I’m afraid. Best just riding around the entire place and seeing if you can spot any. They’re not that obvious as it isn’t actually an official riding area. Plenty of angry walkers that gave us loads of abuse.

Its a footpath that takes you from Kemple End down to the Hodder River.

Thank you! Cheers!

The gap at Greno is a very awkward gap to hit, all about maintaining momentum and being smooth. pump track riding helps a lot as you have to pump over the rollers and pop to get over the big gap smoothly.

Literally some of the best riding in the UK 👌🏼

It’s to the left hand side of the Steel City DH track. Easy to find if you just carry on past the start of Steel City 👌🏼

@@2004jbrown awesome thanks man

No worries dude. Place rides well in most conditions. I just don't like the jumps that are exposed when its windy. I got lucky this day ;)

Thanks Jerry. Enjoyed the event. Shame the video couldn't have been shared at the time as I was riding my bike filming without my helmet on, but them are the rules. Lesson learned.

I'll be totally honest, I'm not actually sure. I was riding with a mate who's local to the area.

Where about haigh hall?? Is that Wigan??

@@bjoernwelter7201 yeah, one of the entrances is right next to Wigan Hospital

Cheers mate!! 👍🏻👍🏻

yes we got fantastic weather. place was running prime. Some absolutely amazing tracks at Ladybower.

Tubeless and running inserts myself.

I think we must’ve struck it lucky during the Summer. It was a belter!!!!

Nice one Luke, yes it was pretty nerve racking pedalling like hell for the big bridge line but glad I boxed it off while there was no wind. Scares me too much otherwise haha.

Thank dude. This line looks a bit different these days now the trees have grown back. Enjoy the ride

Thanks Jannis, much appreciated and thanks for the watching and the nice comments!

Thanks Andy. I've been a few times and built confidence on some of the bigger jumps. The bridge jump was way too windy to have a proper crack at last time I went, I just figured I'd make the most of the wind-free conditions and just pedal like hell at it to try and get over them. Glad I did now :) Best way to improve at jumping is to keep trying and just make sure you do it regularly.

@@2004jbrown cheers will keep trying to improve 😃👍🏼

@@andypowers3283 same

Hard to describe exactly, but if you search for Boggle Crag and then check Strava for tracks in the vicinity of that then you’ll not be so far off. They are spread out a little.

Cheers Myles :)

This was just filmed on GoPro Hero 7 which has the image stabilisation. the newer models have all sorts of new features and even better stabilisation.

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lopon12 Yes they flow pretty well, on the red trail M58 the first couple of tables you have to speed check as the landings are steep and I landed to flat first run. The more you ride the trails the better you get to know exactly what speed you need to hit everything at 👍🏼

@@2004jbrown awesome, cheers 🍻 🤘

YES WHARNCLIFFE ALSO. Some of the trails can be difficult to find if you don't know how to get there.

REALY IS A CLASS SPOT

All sorts of stuff at Wharncliffe. so much stuff but hard to find unless you know where you’re needing to head. best to get some local knowledge, although there is probably lots of stuff on Strava or Trailforks apps

Glad you think so!

Nick Kirwan it's on the middle Fire break road where most people stop before doing the lower section of the bike park. I believe it gets closed off quite a lot by people running the park, but some of the locals that have put a few of the none official trails in round the Calderdale area tend to open it back up when they can.

lopon12 Some amazing riding up there for sure 🤘🏼

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