Start/finish Dales Bike Centre, Fremington (grid ref SE 046/988, postcode DL11 6AW)
Route summary This route largely avoids the open moorland the Dales are famous for, but provides some great riding up and down the steep valley sides, for a different, but still stunning, Yorkshire loop. It’s got a bit of everything, including some superb technical trails and stunning views
1 Go left out of the centre. As the road bends left, turn right (‘High Fremington’). Go left at the T-junction, uphill. Continue straight on as the tarmac becomes a rough track, through a gate. Follow this to the houses at Hurst, then turn left. Go through a gate, to the top. Keep straight ahead/left, to a wall. Pass through the gate and follow the trail downhill, through a quarry.…