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Lowther Hills Snowball Sportive - Sunday 4th October

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moffatross 09 Sep 2015
This is a heads up, and call to wheels for the Lowther Hills Snowball Sportive

The Lowther Hills Ski club are partnering with the organisers of the 3 Pistes to host this very rarely granted sportive route. The estates and NATS have kindly given the ski club permission to run the event as a fundraiser although numbers are strictly limited to around 250 riders maximum. Ski club volunteers will be at hand all over the Lowther and Moffat Hills to support the professionals, the mechanics, the paramedics and broom wagon drivers. Changing, showers, hot food and pub grub available at the start/finish in Wanlockhead.

Three routes available. Full website coming soon.

Facebook with more details and entry links ... https://www.facebook.com/snowballsportive


moffatross 10 Sep 2015

And the website ... *** http://sportive.lowtherhills.com/ ***

Depending on getting permissions in the future, this could be a one-off, or it could grow into something much bigger. Either way, it's an opportunity to ride some awesome roads over a sportive route that hasn't been granted for nearly 10 years, in good company, with professional support and for a very nice cause.

I've ridden the road from Thornhill to golfball several times, it's part of the routes and Britain's third tallest climb, not far off the vertical gained from sea level to the Bealach na Ba col. The descent from the summit feels like it goes on forever but of course that works both ways ...

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