City to Sky

A truly unique experience only found in Sheffield......

We took inspiration for our City to Sky experience from time spent in Canada. The Sea to Sky is an incredibly scenic road that runs along the coastal line from Vancouver to Whistler. We enjoyed the trip so much, we’ve brought the experience home to Sheffield – affectionately known as the Outdoor City – and thrown in some electric-assisted bikes for good measure.

Our guided City to Sky experience takes you on a journey from Sheffield’s city centre parks, along woodland tracks, through the amazing moorland scenery that makes the Peak District so special and up to the famous gritstone escarpment Stanage Edge. There’s next to no riding on roads.

The City to Sky ride is done on top-of-the-range electric-assisted bikes (e-bikes), and includes 45 minutes of familiarisation with the e-bikes before we go anywhere.

Once everyone is confident on their e-bike, we set off along a route that showcases the city centre’s beautyand you’ll be amazed by how quickly and easily the urban landscape gives way to woods and moorland. We’ll soon arriveat the stunning outcrop of Burbage Rocks, 1500 feet above sea level. That sort of elevation gain over 15km may sound challenging, but the e-bikes take the strain so you can save your energy to take in the views and fall in love with our Outdoor City.

There’s time to take photos and explore the rocks while we load the bikes onto a bike trailer, before taking you to one of the local Peak District public houses for some food and drink. Then we drive you back to the city centre in our courtesy bus.

How good was this experience... the bikes were fantastic top quality. We got to ride right out into the Peak District on electric bikes, we'd never have been able to do this on normal bikes.

Brilliant, Brilliant, Brilliant.... Jaime the guide was super patient and ran through how do go through how the bikes worked. We did a few skills on a course first just to test our current bike handling then ran though some specific drills to make sure we were all happy and felt confident. I was a little nervous at first but that all disappeared as we rode through the tranquil parks right from the City Centre and into the Peak District.

We would never have seen the Peak District in this way if we hadn't have been on this experience. Just can't believe how close the heart of the Peak District and its amazing countryside is to Sheffield and how accessible it is. Especially on the awesome electric bikes.

We'll never forgot our experience here in the UK. They say Sheffield is the Outdoor City and this is true. I have not ridden much but the instruction was first class. There is no way i'd have managed that ride without the support of the ebike.