Black Rocks, Cromford, Derbyshire. Friday 3rd September, 17:00hrs

[millemille]

For those who don't know Black Rocks, it's near Matlock in Derbyshire and is like an unofficial bike park.

A couple of hundred acres of hill side with a drop of about 600 feet between the trig point on the hill top and the river Derwent in the valley bottom. Open moorland with natural, rocky, singletrack downhill at the top. Then into rocky tracks in the woods about half way down and then into tight loamy single track descents at the bottom. Some tracks are natural, some are man made. There's loads of different trails, you can spend a whole day there and not get bored. Difficulty wise, reds to double blacks. There's an old railway line incline that you can use to get most of the way back up again.

On an ebike it's awesome, spin back to the top in 5 minutes and rattle back down again.

I'm there a couple of times a week as it's on my commute, but most of my normal local riding buddies don't like it because it's too steep/rocky/technical/gnarly for them, so if anyone fancies trying it out for themselves I'll be there at 17:00hrs this Friday to show anyone who's interested around.

Black Rocks · Cromford, Wirksworth, Matlock DE4 4GT

★★★★★ · Historical landmark

www.google.co.uk

 

[The Hodge]

For those who don't know Black Rocks, it's near Matlock in Derbyshire and is like an unofficial bike park.

A couple of hundred acres of hill side with a drop of about 600 feet between the trig point on the hill top and the river Derwent in the valley bottom. Open moorland with natural, rocky, singletrack downhill at the top. Then into rocky tracks in the woods about half way down and then into tight loamy single track descents at the bottom. Some tracks are natural, some are man made. There's loads of different trails, you can spend a whole day there and not get bored. Difficulty wise, reds to double blacks. There's an old railway line incline that you can use to get most of the way back up again.

On an ebike it's awesome, spin back to the top in 5 minutes and rattle back down again.

I'm there a couple of times a week as it's on my commute, but most of my normal local riding buddies don't like it because it's too steep/rocky/technical/gnarly for them, so if anyone fancies trying it out for themselves I'll be there at 17:00hrs this Friday to show anyone who's interested around.

Black Rocks · Cromford, Wirksworth, Matlock DE4 4GT

★★★★★ · Historical landmark

www.google.co.uk

Not somewhere that I'd heard of ..but then I'm a couple of hundred miles up the road ..
Enjoyed your footage and you were right about how gnarly some of it is ..well above my pay grade ..?
Hope you get some takers for Friday ..?

 

[Tonybro]

Looks like fun! I'll have to check it out. Reminds me off Rivington and Gisburn...

 

[millemille]

 

[DaveDog]

I am all for being shown around, starting with some of the easier routes. I have been to Black rocks many times (walking dogs, not MTB though)
Unfortunately I cant make tomorrow as I am away for the weekend and recovering from a fractured collarbone
I will message you to arrange some other day and time.

 

[EezyRider]

Looks fun, are the trails easy to find?
I can’t make Friday but wouldn’t mind checking it out sometime soon.

 

[millemille]

Like I said, I'm generally there a couple of times a week, either during the week or at weekends, so more than happy to show folks around when they want.

 

[millemille]

Looks fun, are the trails easy to find?
I can’t make Friday but wouldn’t mind checking it out sometime soon.

I'll be there tomorrow, Sunday, morning..

 

[millemille]

@DaveDog and @EezyRider I'll be there 08.00hrs this coming Saturday morning