Calderdale Road Climb 06

by andy.geall79

Posted on Nov 05, 2014 at 16:59 PM

Denshaw to Buckstones

This climb although it follows an A road is surprisingly quiet and picturesque, starting in Denshaw village this climbs passes the walls of New Years Bridge and Dowry Reservoirs before reaching the areas high point of Buckstones. With an average gradient of 2.7% the earlier sections of the climb are easy before the road ramps up to a maximum gradient of 11.9%. This climb especially after the reservoirs is really open to the elements and wind and rain is not uncommon, although catch the A640 corridor on a good day and the views from the car park at the top are spectacular. Climb status hard (red) and (Cat 3).

Climb Status

Hard climbs will feature a constant level of difficulty or feature a technically difficult section. Climbs of this nature are likely to feature terrain with a gradient between 5 and 10%.This type of climb will really challenge new cyclists and require regular cyclists to increase their efforts to successfully complete this type of climb. The majority of the climbs in the Calderdale area are hard – Red.