Granny gear climb leads up the steep track in the photo below to a wooden gate on to the A57.

Foot and Mouth diversion: Go straight across road and up tarmac. Continue on through three gates which gets you to the top of climb. Turn right up though a fourth gate and continue as from 6. 

Turn left on this and ride past ruined mill on left (ignoring forestry road on right near here) past Bell Hag Cottage on right going downhill towards a small crossroads. Turn right up steep tarmac (marked as Rowlee Farm on National Trust sign) Go up through farm and gate on to hard surfaced switchback road climb. Carry on up here, trail climbs, dips then climbs again to meet up with another trail at it's highest point.

6. (10.7 miles) Turn right down the hill then immediately left up a short pitch and through a wooden gate. This earth and grass double track climbs slowly following the boundary of a wood to it's left. Follow to a small wooden gate at the top of the Screaming Mile. 

7. (11.2 miles) Go through and turn left (marked as Bridleway to Derwent Valley and Bridgend Car Park) then follow at high speed, through a larger gate (bear left as a gate is sometimes open, where the wrong trail goes right) and on down to the road, on the left bank of Derwent Reservoir. Turn left on this road and follow to a mini roundabout. Turn right here for snacks at the Information Centre. Back on the road climb up from the mini roundabout past the Derwent Dam which is impressive when water is flowing.

8. (13.2 miles)  Keep on road after Derwent Dam (shown above) a left bend and downhill lead to a left turn on to another Bridle Road marked as Snake Road.

 Straight on here brings you to the crossroads at the top of the Switchbacks. Bear slightly left to drop down to the first gate. Through the gate and you're shooting the berms (see the photo below). 

Through the second gate leads down rocky bends, Jump on to tarmac from cobbles then straight down to main road.

9. (16 miles) Straight across road, through gate leads back across bridge. Turn left then bear right for the big push back up The Beast. All the way up through the gate to the cross trail then turn left back down to Hope. 

10. (19.6 miles) After another visit to Woodbine Cafe go back across the crossroads (next to church) and up the steep tarmac climb then straight on to the bottom of Pindale. 

11. (20.7 miles) Straight up Pindale turning right at the top then left on to the road. Follow the road all the way to the top (avoids riding back up Kamikaze). At the top the road bends left, go right here back on to quarry road then immediate left and follow back to gate on left (keeping left). Go through gate and stay close to wall on right, track leaves wall to go left a little then right to gate. Through here then follow straight on through two gates and down to gate at end of trail. Turn left through here then right on tarmac down to T junction. Left here gets you back to the start. (23 miles)