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Gorse Trail

Mountain Biking · North England

250

XP

about 1 h 20 min riding

10.2 km
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474 m

347 m

219 m

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Heights: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 © DLR e.V. 2010–2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014–2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA.

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Steep ride

Some very steep ground — marked on the map.

Climb

304 m

Drop

303 m

Highest

430 m

Lowest

234 m

Which way round

Clockwise: Climbs 15% for 320 m near the end, no steep descents.

Anticlockwise: Easy first 3.3 km, no steep climbing, comes down 15% for 320 m early on.

A loop climbs and descends the same ground either way round. Waymarked trails are signed one way — follow the signs on the ground.

Main descent: km 1.3–4.5, from 429 m to 247 m.

How the 10.2 km splits

Flat

1.6 km

Climbing

3.7 km

Steep climbing (10–15%)

0.3 km

Very steep climbing (15%+)

0.3 km

Descending

4.3 km

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Shares 0.9 km of path · meets at km 0.8

1.64 km

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