This is a 24km ride over Grinton moor to Bolton Castle and back to Grinton.  Most of the riding is on bridleways with some fast downhill across fields and some steep uphill on roads.

1. The route starts at a car park just outside Grinton on the road to Grinton Lodge youth hostel (height 250m).  From the car park we take the road uphill for around 400m then carry straight on to the bridleway as the road turns off to the left.  We climb steadily on the bridleway for 3km to Harker Top (466m).

2. From Harker top the bridleway levels out for a while and we ride around the hill for around 3km before finaly climbing up to the junction with another bridleway near Morley’s Folly.

3. We climb past Morley’s Folly to the top of Apedale Head (550m) at which point the path takes a downward turn and drops 165m in 3.5km to a crossroads at Dent’s House.

4. At Dent’s House we turn right and climb for 1km to the top of Black Hill (420m) then race 1.5km across fields down to Bolton Castle.  At Bolton Castle we turn left and head out of the village and over the river to Hargill Lane.

5. At Hargill Lane we turn left and climb on the road for 2km until we reach the bridleway on the left.  We take the bridleway for around 1km to Dent’s House (390m).

6. At Dent’s House we turn right and climb on the bridleway for 1km up to Height of Greets (500m).  From Height of Greets, the path drops down to rejoin the road after another kilometer and drop in height of 90m.

7. We follow the road for about 200m and then decide whether we want to take the single track route across the fields or just follow the road back down to the car park.

The route map and profile are below.