Lantern Pike – Shooting Cabins Descent loop from Rowarth

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Lantern Pike – Shooting Cabins Descent loop from Rowarth

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Lantern Pike – Shooting Cabins Descent loop from Rowarth

01:43

17.4km

460m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 13, 2026

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Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 6.31 km for 196 m

After 13.8 km for 149 m

After 14.7 km for 196 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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2.26 km

Monks Descent to Lantern Pike

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Technical bit of the Bridleway leading towards Lantern Pike, so much fun.

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3.95 km

If you come up Lantern Pike from Matley Moor, once you go through the gate at the bottom, and make your way up a short steep Rocky climb you can either follow the BW round, or make you way up to the top of Lantern Pike and go across, it brings you out further down the trail.
If you stick to the path it usually holds up well in most conditions, just watch for a few drainage gaps on your way down the descent. It’s quite a steep decent, with a few loose rocks to mindful of. Try to feather your brakes as they will be burning otherwise. As you hit the tarmac descent be careful at the bottom as it is a road. This then follows across to a fun little descent which drops you off near the cafe for a well deserved brew.
If your going the other way, it’s a bit of slog depending on conditions, the bottom section near the cafe is the trickiest bit, after that you should be ok.
As always watch for walkers coming up/down and be nice and say hi!

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5.18 km

Stitch Lane Descent

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Don’t let the speed bumps slow you down!

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5.93 km

Sett Valley Cafe

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Sett Valley Cafe is a brilliant little place to get delicious food, reviving coffee and a bit of rest on a bike ride. They use seasonal, fresh produce and cater for vegans, vegetarians and gluten-free diets as well.

Super bike friendly, they also have a bike pump, rack and repair kit.

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6.39 km

Birch Vale Reservoir

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Beautiful views of reservoir that is adjacent to a lovely cobbled track. Slippery when wet!

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8.45 km

Snake Path from Hayfield

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Tough climb up snake path, loose potato size rocks lots of loose gravel, traction an issue, but the view at the top makes it worth while

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11.1 km

Shooting Cabins Descent

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Awesome descent, quite flowy at the top which leads to some loose and rocky riding. Great views all the way down but you won’t notice. If you carry some speed down to the bottom you may get across the stream next to the bridge, but it does quite deep after rainfall.

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12.2 km

Thomas Boulger Memorial Stone and Bridge at Hollingworth Clough

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Just off Glossop Road this memorial stone sits at the small bridge over the Hollingworth Clough, the start (or finish) of some great moorland singletrack leading on to Snake Path.

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