York To Scarbourgh Avoiding The Massive Hill

[I Love Snow]

Is there any way to avoid the massive hill into scarbourgh from York?

[seadogg]

Do you mean Whitwell Hill between York and Malton on the A64 as there is no massive hill into Scarborough?

[I Love Snow]

Think so. Sorry. We went a few years ago and it was horrible. Just wondered if we could avoid it

[seadogg]

O.K. I asked because the big hill you see leaving Scarborough is Staxton Hill over the Wolds to Driffield which people often use as a route to York if the main road A 64 is busy. That is a bit of a climb and I have been stuck in heavy snow on it.

To avoid the hill at Whitwell you have to get off the A64 via a back road between Stamford Bridge and Malton which can be confusing unless your navigator can read a map.

I suggest you use the A64 all the way though as the road over Whitwell was brought up to date a few years back and should be fine in an average car as the gradient was improve.

[Graham-W]

Whitwell is easy. You didn't go via Thirsk on the A170, over Sutton Bank to Scarborough last time did you? That route is not for the inexperienced or nervous.

[Zacs-Master]

I never knew people could be scared of roads. Tarmacadamphobia?

[seadogg]

I couldn't quite understand why Whitwell Hill was thought so bad Graham W.