Moderate to Challenging

The great strength of The C2C route is the variety of route. It's well suited
to the mountain bike of course, but equally the tourer and other bikes can 
do the route.  A few sections are for mountain bikes but there are alternatives 
which are equally enjoyable. Hartside Pass is steep, particularly towards 
the end and prepares you for the climb over Nenthead. The last third of the 
route is pretty much down hill all the way, especially the Sunderland finish.