Calder Divide Trail - a bikepacking adventure in Yorkshire

The Calder Divide Trail takes you through open, green, wild spaces across '12 valleys, 6 moors and 1 floodplain' on the only trail in the world that connects 'off-road' tracks on the moors where a river rises and then to follow that river to the floodplain.
The 2024 event is on the weekend of 14th and 15th September. We have an event hub and campsite at the half way point with pie n peas at the finish line.
The Calder Divide connects bridleways, causeways and greenways on a circular route. It is very much a trail of two halves with the western section on steep sided valleys and open moors whilst the eastern section is on the level floodplain.
There are four routes to choose from starting at 160km up to 275km. Two routes are designed for gravel bikes and two routes for mtb's
For a self supported ride use the gpx file of the 150 mile route available to download from:
www.calderdividetrail.co.uk

[@ianfearnley5239]

Great film, it really shows the diversity of the route and a clear idea of what to expect on doing this challenge. The route looks awesome.

[@nicks8829]

Looks a great couple of days riding.

[@timporter8886]

Really enjoyed that, what a beautiful route..thanx for taking the time to film this!

[@garethbroom]

This looks like an epic route and in September the trails will be perfect 👌 can't wait to do it 👍

[@leecatt12]

Looks great, signed up and can't wait to get going (after some long training sessions!!!). Well done you Guy's!

[@brundlefly7686]

Totally banging event had a top time, will get my go pro footage edited and uploaded soon 🤙

[@yorkshiredivide]

Nice one!

[@k02atkinson3]

This event is for a great cause and it fills a gap in the market for me? What else do we have like it in these parts? Looking forward to it👍🏻

[@Japstitube]

Just signed up for the Red Gravel Route in September. Is there any way of checking out the far Eastside of the route in advance? AS I’ve not ridden over that way at all.

[@yorkshiredivide]

Hi Ray. The ‘red’ gravel route takes you into the Southern Washlands which was also completely new to me till recently. Our website has a link to the gpx of the 260km/150 mile route featured in the film above. So you can view/download that and start exploring gravel trails at there best. (The 240km route you signed up for cuts across the Calder floodplain at Stanley Ferry whereas the other two longer routes head downstream a little to Whitwood Bridge and the Millennium Bridge but all 3 routes take you into the SW and the superb Coxley Valley). The website also has maps, photos and descriptions of all 5 routes: www.calderdividetrail.co.uk ✌️

[@Japstitube]

@@yorkshiredivide I’ve looked at the website but still not found the GPX file. Could you point me in the right direction please?

[@yorkshiredivide]

@@Japstitube page titled ‘The Divide’ see under the menu

[@brewityourself3638]

Can you share a link to the route on strava so I can copy it?

[@yorkshiredivide]

Hi. I will do that in about three weeks when I’m back home from my bikepacking trip. There are two gpx files available from the website - www.calderdividetrail.co.uk - one for the ‘long’ 152 mile route, the second the ‘short’ 92 mile route. The ‘medium’ 124 mile option will be posted a month before the event. All gpx’s are on ‘Ride with GPS’ as I found their mapping software the most user friendly when plotting the route. I had a go at downloading onto Strava but long sections of ‘off-road’ trail kept re-routing onto road and I ran out of time to fix the Strava map. I’ll have another go when I’m back home sat in front of my kitchen PC 👍

[@dawson1071]

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