2 races
Event overview
Join in on the 4th Calder Divide Trail weekend and tackle the only route in the British Isles to trace the watershed of a river and weave across ‘12 valleys, 6 moors and 1 floodplain’ on paths of gravel, peat and stone that were once trading routes for coal, lead, salt and wool and have been part of the landscape for over 800 years.
From ancient bridleways across the Pennine moors to new gravel paths in the Southern Washlands and on through the center of small towns like Hebden Bridge and Marsden this trail takes you through a diverse and stunning landscape.
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Event details
- All fitness levels
- Event village
- Newcomers
- Bag transfer
- Camping
- Changing facilities
- Free parking
- Showers
- Toilets
Event HQ
Mytholmroyd Community & Leisure Centre
Caldene Avenue
Mytholmroyd
Hebden Bridge
West Yorkshire
HX7 5AF
UK
Cars/train
The Event Hub has a large, free car / van park and is 2 minutes from Mytholmroyd train station on the main line between Leeds and Manchester. Vans can stay overnight in the MYCC Car Park on the Friday and Sunday.
Camping
All riders are welcome to pitch up at the camping village halfway round the trail. It's a working farm with a level grass field for your tent, a water tap, secure lockups for your bike and portable toilets with sinks / cold running water that we hire for the weekend. Two water taps. No showers.
Nutrition
Tea / coffee / juice / toast / porridge at the Event Hub.
There will be an artisan van serving delicious hot pizza.
Just finished the fantastic Clader Divide trail event. What a brilliant event. I opted for the slightly shorter 106 mile blue gravel route... To be welcomed in to a nice warm community centre and immediately offered beautiful, locally made pie and peas, with a big mug of coffee, was sublime! All in all an absolutely amazing couple of days. Adrian and Helen are fantastic orgnisers and cracking hosts. Nothing was too much trouble and tea, coffee and cakes were offered at every opportunity. Adrian exudes passion and enthusiasm for the routes and events, and it really shows. The event has a wonderful, local atmosphere and the riders were all incredibly friendly and keen to chat. Two guys had even travelled from Lithuania! See you next time. Nick H
Absolutely loved the Calder Divide Challenge this weekend. Beautiful route, all the weather and awesome folks. Big test for me, first solo event and the first on the full suspension MTB, which was 100% the right decision. I'm so glad I took it, the beginning of day one and parts of day two were so techy, even if I was pushing up at least I could ride down. I rode the long MTB route on day one, the weather was perfect and the route was fantastic but 12+ hours on a MTB really took it out of me. I was struggling at the end and the amount of help I got from the organisers when I rolled wearily on to the campsite tells me it showed, I was happy but cooked. Kate S
Sunset and the burger will be remembered, it was a great event. Organisers and riders were all really lovely, made for a great atmosphere. I'll definitely be back but on my mountain bike. Rachel W