BEFORE YOU BIKEPACK – THE DALES DIVIDE

in this before you ride, we have a look at the bikepacking route the dales divide, a double coast to coast through the Yorkshire dales and the north york moors.

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Another bike packing route completed another UK route ticked off so in this video we will be doing the before you ride the Dales divide this ride is a double Coast to Coast taking you on an adventure through the Yorkshire Dales and the North York MOS at 370 Mi 600 km

It is on the challenging side so in this video I be giving you some insights in what to expect if you decide to take this route on for yourself from which bike is best how’s the wild camping and finally giving the route a difficulty rating out of 10 as well as my overall

Thoughts of the route again out of 10 one being don’t even bother and 10 get out there because it’s the best thing since sliced bread so let’s jump into the before you ride the dals Divide the dal’s Divide is a 370m route officially starting on the west coast at anide but as it’s a loop you can technically start wherever you like it combines the Yorkshire Dales and the North York Moors this route is a route that can be undertaken in the

Official event that happens each year or you can go explore the Yorkshire Dales and the North York Moors landscape in your own time this adventure will see you Traverse every nuck and cranny of Yorkshire from ancient Roman Rose fast flowing double track boggy Mand trails and the quiet country lanes bridleways

And the old disused railway lines the route itself has plenty of elevation gain to get them legs burning with just over an Everest worth of elevation just over 29,000 ft but with all that climbing means some incredible descending with the wide open Yorkshire Dale landscape with the wide double track you can

Really let go of them brakes and fly down some of these descents not only will you cross the Yorkshire once but twice with a double Coast to Coast with probably some of the best gravel trails in the North York Moors with the Old disused Railway line as you wind your

Way around the Moors with epic views to be seen if it’s a clear day of Course whether you are looking to enter the official event and challenge yourself to go as fast as you possibly can or just want to explore Yorkshire in your own time one thing is for sure and that this is a challenging ride there are plenty of tough trails to conquer

From the boggy mland trails to the Steep Rocky trails in the Yorkshire DS with plenty of elevation gain so it’s definitely for someone who is looking for a good challenge and definitely not for your first ever bike packing Adventure although a lot of the trails you come across are ridable as long as

You have the energy to get up them steep climbs there are plenty of trails that can be quite Technical and can be a little hazardous when there are also times where the trails are not as easy to follow as you would like these trails are mostly few and far

Between and around the North York Moors at 375 M or 600 km it is not the shortest and depending on when you take this route on it could take you anywhere from 3 days on the fastest side to 7 Days the route can be slow at times and

With the North York Ms and the York shells both being exposed to the elements when the weather gets bad it can get bad fast that works both ways though you can experience all the different types of weather in the matter of moments although this route does go through

Places from time to time it is very much on the remote side for the most part so you will need to be comfortable being self-reliant along the way carrying everything you need to get you through this ride that being said it is fairly easy to bail off the route if you really

Needed linking both the North York Moors and the Yorkshire DS does mean there are a few road slogs which are mostly quiet country lanes but you will need to expect to see the odd car now and then this route does have a bit of everything from rough Rocky trails to

Smoother gravel trails and Country l if speed is what you are looking for then I do think you will be slightly better off on the gravel bike however you will want a gravel bike with clearance for bigger tires as there are some pretty Rocky and rough Trails especially around new Yorkshire Dales

Also a lot of the trails can get boggy but because a lot of the trails are double track it does make finding the smoother line on the gravel bike a little easier there is also a few Road between the two national parks which the gravel bike will come into its own if

Speed isn’t the overall goal then you will have a great time with a mountain bike and it will give you that little bit more control on them rougher parts of the trails I personally find the gravel bite works really well in the most part in Yorkshire needless to say

Though there is lots of climbing so make sure you get the easiest gear in you can I have spent a fair bit of time around this area cycling and wild camping over the years and wild camping is either Incredible or rubbish and it’s pretty much always down to the wether as The

Dales and the Moors are so exposed it means when it rains lots of the camping spots can and do become water logged also being so exposed you can expect some Windy Nights ah ahead of you on the other hand when the weather is calmer there is plenty of great spots to set up

For the night and as this route stays pretty remote them spots are not too hard to find just make sure you camp up high and leave no Trace set up late and leave nice and early in terms of what to use a tent is going to be your best bet

Here and make sure it can stand up to some pretty windy conditions if you’re going for speed and the weather is looking good then a bivvy will do the job there is not so many trees along a route like this so a hammock really isn’t an option

Unfortunately the D’s divide is a route that does tend to stay away from most of the bigger builtup areas but does go through some of the smaller Villages although there are some cafes and pubs along the Route most of the shops that are directly on this route are mostly

Little Village Shops Village Shops are not always open and can shut at random times I often find so you will want to make sure you carry a good day or two worth of supplies and make sure you can take advantage of some of the bigger places you go through along the way

Mainly Burbridge York scabra and North Alleron getting onto this route using public transport should be fairly easy for most as there are lots of train stations scattered around the route I found York to be the easiest for me to get on to but depending where you are coming from you might want to choose somewhere

Different if you are planning to start on the official start point in anide there is a train station there also most of the train companies require you to book your bike on beforehand so make sure you get cycle reservation before Traveling the difficulty of the D divide can vary based on what the weather is doing the fact this ride is very exposed means that if the weather isn’t on your side then this ride can feel extremely difficult in terms of trails it has a wide variety of types of terrain some

Being much harder than others some fairly easy to ride trails and some well not so much I think this route is going to be a challenge for most people in one way or another even if you are really experienced this ride will test you at

Times I think I will give this a solid eight out of 10 for difficulty with plenty of elevation gain plenty of exposed trails and a good amount of Boggy trails at certain times of the year definitely mean this route will test your limits at times My overall rating for the D’s divide is going to be a 7 out of 10 it’s a good route that does indeed cover most if not all of the good places to ride in the Yorkshire and the North York Moors and of course some of the not so fun Parts

I’m looking at you boggy hiker bikes from some of the best far flowing double tracks through the Yorkshire Dells and the amazing gravel tracks through the North York MOS I did find that sometimes the route just went on and on and on going Offroad for the sake of it just

Making the route that little bit longer just to come back up to the same road you were on moments before often this becomes a little tedious especially if Trails turn out to be unridable or a boggy mess I still think personally if you want to experience the