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Road to Recovery: Weets Hill

Cycling Route

Details

20.25 mi

1,551 ft

A challenging Pennine Bridleway MTB route, returning on the canal bank.

This route involves a significant climb, known locally as 'Gisburn Track' that links to Weets Hill. Expect a long climb on country roads which eventually give way to Bridleway at the top. If you need to find an excuse to stop for a rest on the way up, there is no shortage of views to be admired as you gain altitude and venture further away from the urban landscape of Colne.

The descent of Weets hill does require a mountain bike and some prior experience due to it being quite long and featuring varying types of terrain. There are no technical trail features that require advanced skills but the sense of a big adventure is definitely there!

Once we reach Gisburn, there is a short section of riding on a busy main road before taking the right turn towards Kelbrook and joining the canal bank to return to Elisha House via Barnoldswick, Salterforth and Foulridge.

Created By

Breaking Cycles CIC (

April 8, 2021·Public

Route and Elevation

Segments

Name	Distance	Elev. Diff.	Avg. Grade
greenfield rush	0.34 mi	-23 ft	-1.3%
Greenfield Road to Canal Car Park	0.41 mi	30 ft	0.9%
lock rise to Red Lane	0.79 mi	59 ft	1.4%
Locks to Tunnel	1.25 mi	85 ft	0.6%
Red Lane to Tunnel	0.55 mi	30 ft	0.5%
Slipper Hill	0.37 mi	167 ft	8.5%
Slipper Hill To Occy	1.37 mi	525 ft	7.2%
Slipper Hill & all of Gizzy Old Rd	2.23 mi	679 ft	5.7%
Slipper Hill and Beyond	1.32 mi	522 ft	7.5%
slipper hill	0.62 mi	276 ft	8.3%
Slipper Hill to Weets Gate	2.17 mi	692 ft	6.0%
Big Ring Climb	0.27 mi	82 ft	5.7%
Gisburn Old Road - To The Top	1.51 mi	413 ft	5.2%
Gisurn Old Rd - actual climb	0.63 mi	259 ft	7.7%
Standing Stone Lane to Burnley Rd (full Gisburn Old Rd)	4.52 mi	-692 ft	-1.0%
Old Gisburn Road	1.27 mi	354 ft	5.3%
Just A little Tester	0.13 mi	-20 ft	-2.2%
Last Climb on GisburnOld Road	0.34 mi	144 ft	7.9%
Dirty Harry's DH	1.48 mi	-535 ft	-6.8%
lets have it	0.36 mi	-118 ft	-6.2%
weets gate 1 to coal pit ln	0.54 mi	-226 ft	-7.5%
Bottom gate from weets trig to next gate	0.25 mi	-59 ft	-4.0%
To Broggy Drop	0.14 mi	-92 ft	-12.2%
Shread Coal Pit Ln	2.05 mi	-295 ft	-2.6%
Broggy Drop	0.45 mi	-177 ft	-7.4%
coal pit decsent	0.25 mi	-135 ft	-9.9%
speed sign to b'lick turn off	1.61 mi	-72 ft	-0.6%
Gisburn- Corenation	1.34 mi	-75 ft	-1.0%
Pops and Billy's-Real- non hazardous	0.22 mi	62 ft	5.3%
A59 to Barnoldswick Fella	1.75 mi	75 ft	0.5%
Barlick run in SPRINT	1.77 mi	62 ft	0.6%
bracewell blast revised	0.33 mi	46 ft	1.0%
Blast Into Bracewell	0.09 mi	10 ft	1.9%
Final Effort	0.41 mi	52 ft	2.4%
Greenberfield	0.84 mi	46 ft	0.1%
Greenberfield to Silentnight	1.10 mi	30 ft	0.1%
Locks to Foulridge	4.05 mi	39 ft	0.1%
Greenbefiels Locks To M65	6.63 mi	-128 ft	-0.2%
Barlick to Foulridge	2.90 mi	36 ft	0.1%
Five Mile Out	5.12 mi	-72 ft	-0.1%
Anchor to Foulridge	1.83 mi	-30 ft	-0.0%
Anchor bike gate to Foulridge bike gate	1.70 mi	-7 ft	-0.0%
tunnel t tunnel go west young man	1.16 mi	-52 ft	-0.0%
A to B	0.25 mi	7 ft	0.5%
Tunnel to Colne Rd	1.35 mi	-79 ft	-1.0%
red lane t resend	0.73 mi	-23 ft	-0.6%
greenfield road	0.36 mi	-16 ft	-0.2%
Greenfield to Whitewalls	0.35 mi	-13 ft	-0.4%