Recommend routing via Kettleshulme and taking Side End Lane past Windgather Rocks instead of approaching from the west. Far far more fixed friendly, it would be a long uphill walk the west way on anything approaching a usable gear.
It's tough that one, one of the very few I've had to get off and push on. Was 12 months before I went back and rode it in full, even then it was max effort. I think this is because there're some tasty climbs to get there first whichever route you choose.
Recommend routing via Kettleshulme and taking Side End Lane past Windgather Rocks instead of approaching from the west. Far far more fixed friendly, it would be a long uphill walk the west way on anything approaching a usable gear.