 Snake Pass is a popular route for cyclists.A 1902 report on leisure cycling in the "Lancashire Evening Post" described the eastward journey from the summit to Ashopton as "nine miles unbroken freewheeling" and the scenery as "magnificent".The road is one of only a few road climbs in the UK that are comparable in length and average gradient (approximately 7 per cent for around when starting in Glossop) to those used in continental cycle racing.