UK Winter Riding! HELP!

albo

Right, hard question to answer, but here it is...

A group of us are going to be going for a biking trip in the Winter, around Christmas time, And we are wondering where to go in the U.K...
Where is the Trail conditions best in the UK in Winter?
Where do you get the "least worse" weather in the UK?
Who has had experiences with bike trips in Winters?

Thanks,
Albo

sniper68

Doesn't really matter where you go.It'll be wet,just a bit colder than in June,but still wet :roll: If you want a chance of snow go to the highlands,still not guaranteed,but there's a chance.
The trail conditions are pretty much the same throughout the year as its nearly always wet.

actsolutions

I usually do trail center holidays in the winter as they ride well in any weather. A lot of bridleways get really cut up in the bad weather.

North Wales around CYB or up to the 7 Stanes would be my choice.

Butters

It's pretty much going to be wet and cold wherever you go, but the south east is usually slightly better. However, the north of england has far better trails than the south.

Stu 74

In the three years that I have been mountain biking, last winter was the dryest I have ever seen the North Wales trails :shock: It rains more in the summer than at any other time of year :roll:

Only problem last year was ice on some of the trails and frozen Camelbaks

Graydawg

ibbo68 wrote:

If you want a chance of snow go to the highlands,still not guaranteed,but there's a chance.

Here's a couple of photos of a local trail at about 0800 some weekend morning last November:

The further up the trail we went, the heavier the snow got.......

trailpuppet

Who has had experiences with bike trips in Winters?

I live in Dumfries, 7Stanes central and the trails can be ridden 24/7/365 unless the snow is so deep you are unable to get to them which happens occasionally :!:

The trails in the Lakes are also pretty much rideable all year round although a bit more exposed in places
http://www.bogtrotters.org/list_routes.php

dave_hill

Anywhere with limestone bedrock drains well - Yorkshire Dales and the White Peak are two good examples. The downside is that riding on wet limestone is like trying to run on freshly-buttered teflon.