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Altura Trail Southern Loop – Whinlatter Mountain Bike Trails loop from Thornthwaite

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Altura Trail Southern Loop – Whinlatter Mountain Bike Trails loop from Thornthwaite

Hard

4.8

(37)

1,400

riders

Altura Trail Southern Loop – Whinlatter Mountain Bike Trails loop from Thornthwaite

02:27

24.5km

640m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 22, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Lake District National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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219 m

Cyclewise Whinlatter Bike Shop

Highlight • Rest Area

Great shop, Craig was a legend and stayed late when we showed up at closing time to help my friend with replacements for the contaminated rotor and pads he’d somehow been using for the previous 40km. Good thing too as coming down Whinlatter would have been hairy on just a rear brake!

He then went above and beyond by coming back from home to let us in to the shop again when my other muppet of a friend realised he’d left his phone on the counter!

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577 m

Whinlatter South Loop — Bike Trail

Highlight • Forest

Start/end of the trails

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10.9 km

North Loop Trail – Whinlatter Forest

Highlight • Cycleway

16.0 km

Big Dipper Trail

Highlight • Viewpoint

Sheer drop to the road below. This is half way down!

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20.7 km

Start of Altura South Trail

Highlight • Forest

Catch your breath the first 50m is rocky then its brake free to the bottom

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22.2 km

Highest Point of the South Loop

Highlight • Summit

Highest point

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22.2 km

Altura Trail Southern Loop

Highlight (Segment) • MTB Park

The red graded Altura Trail is brilliant. It splits neatly into a northern loop and a southern loop. Ride the north loop first then you'll get to this awesome section once fully warmed up on the southern loop.

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24.4 km

Whinlatter Mountain Bike Trails

Highlight • MTB Park

Whinlatter Forest offers breathtaking views of the Lake District. The forest's purpose-built mountain bike trails, designed to take full advantage of the rugged terrain, were voted the second-best trail centre in the UK by readers of Singletrack Magazine in 2009.

Managed by the Forestry Commission, Whinlatter Forest begins its trails at the main visitor centre car park. This area also features an information centre, a forest shop, Siskins Café, the Whinlatter WildPlay children’s trail, and various walking trails.

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24.5 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

21.1 km

2.80 km

333 m

154 m

102 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

13.0 km

10.5 km

496 m

382 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (490 m)

Lowest point (280 m)

Weather

Friday 15 May

11°C

1°C

91 %

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Altura Trail Southern Loop – Whinlatter Mountain Bike Trails loop from Thornthwaite

Cyclewise Whinlatter Bike Shop

Whinlatter South Loop — Bike Trail

North Loop Trail – Whinlatter Forest

Big Dipper Trail

Start of Altura South Trail

Highest Point of the South Loop

Altura Trail Southern Loop

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