The inaugural Dales Trail event was held on the 6th - 8th September 2025 as a fixed route, single stage, self supported bikepacking event across 330kms (205 miles) with 7,000m of climbing (23,000ft).

The 9am group start was outside 3 Peaks Cycles on Market Place in Settle, North Yorkshire.

The event was kindly supported by RESTRAP.

Start line: 3 Peaks Cycles in Settle

 
 

Pete Aylward: First rider back with a time of 37 hours.

Three finishers out of 23 entries

Father and son (on adapted route) at Half n Half in Sedbergh

Dales Trail bike sticker available from 3 Peaks Cycles

 
 
 

INspirational bit

 

“I have fled my country and gone to the heather.”

Emily Bronte

Wuthering Heights (1847)

 

“And the moors were always there and never without their promise.”

J.B.Priestley

Bright Days (1944)

 

“Water, that strong white stuff, can here be seen at its origins. It wells from the rock, and flows away. For unnumbered years it has welled from the rock and flowed away. It does nothing, absolutely nothing, but be itself.”

Nan Shepherd

The Living Mountain (1977)