warnscale pass

Fancy tackling Warnscale Pass - one of the Lake District's toughest descents? Just download our free route here, from the December 2012 issue.

Download this great GPS mountain bike route from Shipley, Leeds

Download the GPS route in Shipley from our September issue's Leeds City Limits feature

Download our free GPS route around Sheffield, from the City Limits feature in the January issue.

Possibly the definitive Peak route, blending singletrack, technical sections and some fantastic views. While there’s some debate about the best way to approach this route…

calderdale

According to Benji Haworth, West Yorkshire is the best county for mountain biking in the whole of the UK. Here's a classic Calderdale route.

Yorkshire Dales, the land of caves and waterfalls. Famed for its flat-topped Three Peaks, and idyllic limestone pavements, it is way too often overlooked by…

With barely any climbing and just 11km long, this Clwydian Hills route looks a pushover. But the reality is a bite-size chunk of genuinely great…

Distance: 35km (22 miles). There’s something magical about climbing up into high mountains, and they don’t get much higher this Brecon Beacons route.

Don’t underestimate the severity of this Elan Valley route; it has more ups and downs than the Welsh rugby team and hass plenty of technical…

This Gower route is stuffed with a great network of trails — many of which offer superb views over the coast.

Big mountains don't get better than this

One of our favourite trails of any year. A true mountain epic. Here is the downloadable GPS file of the Snowdon Ranger route.

Skye is one of the best places to ride in the UK, so get up to Scotland and sample our route from the June issue.