Lantern Pike – Hayfield Descent loop from Glossop

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Lantern Pike – Hayfield Descent loop from Glossop

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Lantern Pike – Hayfield Descent loop from Glossop

02:59

34.0km

840m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 21, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 22.7 km for 149 m

After 23.5 km for 196 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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5.60 km

Monks Climb

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Any easy road climb up to a nice trail.

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6.57 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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8.26 km

Lantern Pike

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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 …

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9.49 km

Stitch Lane Descent

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Don’t let the speed bumps slow you down!

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10.2 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 …

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14.6 km

Hayfield Descent

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Together with Coldwell Clough, this descent is more than a mile of fast and fun downhill riding taking you back down to Hayfield. Rocks and stones give way to soil …

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20.0 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 …

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21.1 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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21.4 km

Widdows Hey Wood

Forest

34.0 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.43 km

8.12 km

5.56 km

5.02 km

3.73 km

1.66 km

519 m

Surfaces

16.1 km

5.44 km

4.39 km

3.88 km

3.64 km

558 m

Elevation

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Highest point (360 m)

Lowest point (150 m)

Weather

Wednesday 14 October

17°C

9°C

84 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 3.0 km/h

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Comments

January 30, 2023,Local loops on the Mountain Bike

Little spin out on some of the local.
Legs feeling pretty tired so I didn’t hit some of the climbs I was planning on, but I did manage to get up a few that I’ve struggled on previously. Training must be paying off. Nice to get out out without the need for a jacket! 🤘🏻👌🏻

June 26, 2023,Mountain Bike Tour

First time out on the Slash in a while. Nice to be out on the trails again. But…
Low and behold the bike is making some weird noises, like something is in the verge of snapping. Honestly give up with this bike, absolutely sick to death of issues with it. Hopefully nothing serious….or expensive!

August 23, 2023,Hayfield - Kinder - Lantern Pike - Coldwell Clough - MTB Loop

Another challenging loop around Hayfield.
All mtb trails out of Hayfield are mega climbs 😬 which of course means that all the trails back to Hayfield are mega descents 😁
Finishing at Hayfield always leaves you with a big smile on your face, lots of adrenaline drowning out the memory of the climbs.

March 23, 2025,MTB ride to Hayfield

Back out on the big girl.
Lots of MTBers out and about in Hayfield all hitting the same descent at the same time. Glorious carnage.
New saddle is a dream (Ergon SMC Men). Windy AF everywhere. But good to be out.
RPE 6

October 13, 2021,Hayfield - Short Ride

Not what I had in mind. The plan was to head over to Mam Tor and Hope, but after being ill the past few days I didn’t want to push it, that and the weather was utterly miserable. Don’t know why I bother looking at the weather forecast it’s not been right since 1996.
Nice to be out though, and …

January 13, 2025,MTB ride over to Hayfield

Back out on the big bike for a chilled ride. Just catching the last bits of snow before it turns to a mud bath everywhere.
Lots of sketchy moments. Lots of sliding about. Lots of ‘fcuk me that’s not a puddle that’s sheet ice’. Lots of ‘this will be interesting’ followed by ‘bollocks’, as I lost either the front or …