Snake Pass
The road to the Snake Pass from the west
Snake Pass is the name of the 57 refers to a portion of the highway A between Glossop and Sheffield in the Peak District in Derbyshire, England.
The road between the Kinder Scout and Bleaklow from Glossop in the west with a slope of up to 7 % to the pass, at an altitude of 512 m above sea level up. To the west, the road drops down to Ladybower Reservoir.
1820, the first road was built across the Snake Pass as the shortest connection from Manchester to Sheffield. The name of the pass comes from a guest house ( pub), the "Snake Inn " here, which is on the western side of the pass and today " Snake Pass Inn " is.
The Snake Pass was named by a car magazine for particularly recommendable route. The A57 is often closed in winter because of black ice and snow during the Snake Pass.
Others
The road was crossed not only in bike race in the Tour of Britain cyclists in the race, the Glossop children Velo Cycling Club hosts regular races over the pass.
The music group The Human League has on their album Secrets (2001) praised the Snake Pass in its title " The Snake".
The band Autechre references with titles of their album Anvil Vapre to places that lie on the Snake Pass.