Cat and Fiddle and the Staffordshire Moorlands
22 miles (35 km), 45 min, intermediate
Photo: Bernt Rostad, CC BY 2.0, resizedMotorcycle ride in England
Snake Pass and the Peak District
27 miles (44 km), 1 hr, intermediate
From Glossop, the A57 crosses Snake Pass through heather moorland, then drops down to Ladybower Reservoir. The road reaches Hope and Castleton before climbing Winnats Pass, a very steep limestone gorge, to Chapel-en-le-Frith. Snake Pass is sometimes closed by snow or after landslides.
Stops along the way
- SStart: Glossop
- 1Snake Pass, after 4 miles (7 km)
- 2Réservoir de Ladybower, after 13 miles (21 km)
- 3Castleton, after 20 miles (33 km)
- 4Winnats Pass, after 22 miles (35 km)
- FFinish: Chapel-en-le-Frith, after 27 miles (44 km)
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