Awesome Climb

[bondirob]

Just been up Great Dun Fell what a fantastic climb that is.
If you haven't been up give it a go.

 

[ColinJ]

Just been up Great Dun Fell what a fantastic climb that is.
If you haven't been up give it a go.

I saw the thread title and my first thought was 'I bet he has done something fairly straightforward like a 2 km climb at 6% - he needs to give something epic like Great Dun Fell a go' ... Ha ha, how wrong was I - well done!

I haven't done it yet but I have recently been plotting routes to take in GDF, Hartside and Yad Moss. It is a bit out of the way from here but I want to do it before I get much older.

 

[iggibizzle]

It's great. Best to check the weather beforehand if you are thinking of it. When I went up in summer, it was a nice summers day. Bloody freezing with howling winds at the top.

 

[bondirob]

I saw the thread title and my first thought was 'I bet he has done something fairly straightforward like a 2 km climb at 6% - he needs to give something epic like Great Dun Fell a go' ... Ha ha, how wrong was I - well done!

I haven't done it yet but I have recently been plotting routes to take in GDF, Hartside and Yad Moss. It is a bit out of the way from here but I want to do it before I get much older.

Thanks Colin, Can't believe I'd not heard of it sooner.
I'm at Centerparcs and its only a few miles away so I had to see if I could do it

 

[bondirob]

It was quite windy up top but I suspect it could've been much worse.
Luckily its a clear day and I got some great photos

 

[ColinJ]

It was quite windy up top but I suspect it could've been much worse.
Luckily its a clear day and I got some great photos

Let's see the pictures then!

 

[bondirob]

Let's see the pictures then!

Have you got Strava?
They're on there

 

[ColinJ]

While we are waiting ...

 

[ColinJ]

Have you got Strava?
They're on there

Nope, but is there a public link?

 

[nickyboy]

https://www.strava.com/activities/893275019#21754728654

Probably a touch steep for me but I'd give it a go

 

[bondirob]

https://www.strava.com/activities/893275019#21754728654

Probably a touch steep for me but I'd give it a go

Thanks Nicky

 

[ColinJ]

Some of the gradient data on that video was very wrong! There were times when the rider had slowed right down and it said -20+%. At other times, he was doing well over 40 mph and it said a couple of %.

I'll organise a forum ride up there one day when I can sort the logistics out.

Oh, I just checked - I still have my provisional loop loaded into my mapping software ...

(Start and finish in Appleby, clockwise.)

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That is a BIG climb by UK standards!

 

[Pale Rider]

It doesn't look too sore on the OS map, although no doubt it is.

https://binged.it/2mmAkyr

Commentary here:

http://cyclinguphill.com/great-dun-fell/

 

[ColinJ]

It doesn't look too sore on the OS map, although no doubt it is.

You are not looking at the same OS map as me then!

7.53 km at an average of 9.8% is pretty damn hard! There are some easier sections, which leaves some hard sections to bring the average back up. The section from 5 km to 6 km ascends 180 m - 18%!

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Just been up Great Dun Fell what a fantastic climb that is.
If you haven't been up give it a go.

Having read the cyclinguphill blog I can confidently say I wouldn't get up it.

Well done