TWO accidents in a week at Rivington are a stark reminder that people must ride within their means.
One woman was dramatically rescued from the pike after trying to negotiate the descent from the top, down the slabs.
The section is relatively technical and requires a degree of commitment as the majority is off cambar.
The 33-year-old woman was cycling with two friends when she fell off her mountain bike at the 1,000ft Rivington Pike, near Bolton.
One of the party used a mobile phone to raise the alarm shortly after noon on October 12.
Police and Bolton Mountain Rescue Team rushed to the scene and the North West Air Ambulance was scrambled from Blackpool.
Greater Manchester Police also dispatched the force helicopter. The woman was winched up into the helicopter and taken to hospital in Blackburn with a broken collarbone.
The descent has become rutted at the bottom, too.
On October 19 another mountain biker was taken to hospital after an accident in Rivington.
Bolton Mountain Rescue Team, which was taking part in an exercise in the area, was alerted to the incident.
The 30-year-old biker sustained injuries to his left hip in the accident near Lever Park, on lower terrain.
He was taken by mountain rescuers to a waiting ambulance at Rivington Hall Barn, which took him to the Royal Preston Hospital. Image courtesy of Manchester Evening News.
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