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Where are the biggest hills?
| steve220 | 26 May 17:06 |
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Joined: 26 May 2009 Posts: 2 Bike: | I live in kent and while we have plenty of short steep hills, I'm looking for something longer and harder. So where are the longest hardest hills in the UK? Thanks. |
Patt 
| 26 May 17:22 |
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Joined: 20 May 2009 Posts: 10 Bike: My Profile | If you have a mountainbike and enjoy climbing you won't have to go far from home. The South Downs Way from Petersfield to Eastbourne will give you what seems like an entire 2 days of climbing. Hard work for the clysdedales! |
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stuartkendall
| 26 May 19:46 |
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Joined: 12 Mar 2009 Posts: 25 Bike: My Profile | Wales, Scotland, Lake district broadly speaking. |
| My Latest Route: Apr 2009 St Mellons to Coed Coesau and Draethen Loop | |
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dudley
| 27 May 12:00 |
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Joined: 16 Jan 2009 Posts: 498 Bike: My Profile | the only hill of note is the infamous Bealach Na Ba on the Applecross Peninsula on the West Coast of Scotland "Bealach-na-Ba or Bealach nam Bo (Pass of the Cattle) is the UK’s biggest road climb at 2053ft (626m) from sea level in just 6mls (10k). It is set in a fabulous unspoilt landscape with outstanding views of the sea and the hills. The Applecross Peninsula is renowned as a gem in Scotland’s crown of natural wonders." it is a killer, but the beer and food and the view at the Applecross Inn are worth it. it goes up....and up....and up....and up.... there is an annual race there short course round a loop - about 50 miles long course around a bigger loop at 90 ish miles |
| My Latest Route: Nov 2009 Forth Estuary Circular | |
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dudley
| 27 May 12:01 |
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Joined: 16 Jan 2009 Posts: 498 Bike: My Profile | should have said - this is a road climb - not MTB |
| My Latest Route: Nov 2009 Forth Estuary Circular | |
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dudley
| 27 May 12:09 |
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Joined: 16 Jan 2009 Posts: 498 Bike: My Profile | view from the top http://www.handsonevents.co.uk/Events/Bealach/Photos/2006/applecross1.jpg |
| My Latest Route: Nov 2009 Forth Estuary Circular | |
| steve220 | 27 May 15:58 |
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Joined: 26 May 2009 Posts: 2 Bike: | Thanks all, Scotland seems the place to go! |
| hj | 27 May 16:47 |
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Joined: 27 May 2009 Posts: 1 Bike: | Yorkshire Dales - actually the highest roads in England here, some over 2000ft. Long climbs and also plenty of shorter, vicious ones - string a few of these together and you begin to feel them!! Not as busy as the Lakes and not nearly as far to go as Scotland! Recommended. Hugh |
| askmatt | 30 May 16:21 |
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Joined: 07 Jul 2008 Posts: 2 Bike: | This web page has 2 PDF's on it containing descriptions of the highest roads in Britain open to wheeled vehicles: http://web.me.com/mondard/Hodology/Highest_Roads.html You find plenty of challenging climbs in them! |
| denzelford | 22 Nov 02:21 |
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Joined: 20 Oct 2024 Posts: 8 Bike: | The world's biggest hills, often referred to as mountains, are found in the Himalayas, with Mount Everest being the tallest. Other major ranges include the Andes in South America and the Rockey Mountains in North America. |
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