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The North Face Mountain Bike Trail
(Average user rating: 5 unrated 4.2/5)

Grade of Trail:

  • Difficult

Length of trail:

10 miles

Trail is currently open

 

The North Face Mountain Bike Trail consists of nine sections of sinuous singletrack trail on the west side of Grizedale Forest. The trail offers adrenelising sections of single track desent with leg burning up hills, contouring through oak woodlands and conifer forest. The challenging trail also gives the mountain biker tricky board walk sections through meadows yet reward the trail rider with outstanding views along the way.

The trail is for experienced mountain bikers and has a RED grade. It is suitable for proficient mountain bikers with good off-road riding skills and fitness. The trail has challenging climbs, tricky descents and technical features such as drop offs and large rocks.

Start from the Visitor Centre and follow the North Face Trail waymarkers.

What do other visitors say?

5 Stars 5 Stars

Great all weather trail, they are in the process of re-gripping the slippery board-walk sections which is great as they were lethal, also some nice technical boulder sections, would take a competent rider around 1hr 30, must admit the harder you push the better the trail gets, definitely worth a visit.

Lee, 12/Oct/2012
4 Stars 4 Stars

completed in three hours via coniston lake (wrong turn) in the dark must be mad. great trail though

scottydogg39, 11/Oct/2012
5 Stars 5 Stars

Great fun. Never done a proper trial before, never mind a red one so this was challenging but do-able. Fell 3 times mainly due to the course being very wet ( rain was coming down heavy for whole ride ) and me being a bit out of shape ( hence tiredness causing poorer concentration and the offs ). Steep uphill singletrack at start to test your fitness then level/ downhill singletrack later to test your technique. Did it in 2 hours and I'm unfit and little experience and stopped a few times for a breather and after each fall.

ric, 18/Aug/2012
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Advice for visitors

What's Here?

  • Gradient (hard)
    • Trail maps are available from the Visitor Centre
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Location

OS Grid ref: SD331944

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Contact

Grizedale Visitor Centre

01229 860010
grizedale@­forestry.gsi.gov.uk

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