Higher Shelf Stones
622m (2041ft)
The Dark Peak Area, The Peak District, Derbyshire, England
The summit of Higher Shelf Stones is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 5.25ml (8.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 630ft (192m) |
| Time: | 2½ hrs |
| Grade: |  (Easy) |
Route Summary:
Snake Pass - (A57) - The Pennine Way - Bleaklow Head (Bleaklow Hill) - The The Wain Stones (or Kissing Stones) - Higher Shelf Stones - A57 Snake Pass.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7.25ml (11.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 1,526ft (465m) |
| Time: | 4.25hrs |
| Grade: |  (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Old Glossop - Shittern Clough - Lightside - Yellow Slacks - Dowstone Clough - Dog Rock - Higher Shelf Stones - James's Thorn - Doctors Gate Path - Shelf Brook - Moss Lea Farm - Old Glossop
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9ml (14.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 1,850ft (564m) |
| Time: | 5.25hrs |
| Grade: |  (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Old Glossop - Shittern Clough - Lightside - Yellow Slacks - Dog Rock - Dowstone Clough - Yellowslacks Brook - The Wain Stones (or Kissing Stones) - Bleaklow Head (Bleaklow Hill) - Higher Shelf Stones - Crooked Clough - The Pennine Way - Old Woman - Doctor's Gate Path - Shelf Brook - Moss Lea Farm - Old Glossop
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The Dark Peak Area of The Peak District National Park
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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Higher Shelf Stones
Michael Rygol walked up Higher Shelf Stones on August 28th, 2021 [with] Steadies
Tony Halliday climbed it on July 23rd, 2021 [from/via/route] Parked up at snake pass & took Pennine way [with] Only went with Jimmy my boarder terrier [weather] Cloudy start & cool the higher we got the worse the visibility not great for views - Dry but in cloudy great under foot but zero views
Mark Hazelton bagged it on August 2nd, 2020 [from/via/route] snake pass, Roman Road, Bleaklow Head & Higher shelf [with] Family and Pepper [weather] Sunny
Mark Pritchard hiked Higher Shelf Stones on October 1st, 2020 [from/via/route] Moorland path from Snake Pass [with] Tim and Andrew walking colleagues [weather] Started off low cloud but cleared to a bright sunny but chilly day - Added in to a walk to see the plane wreckage at Higher Shelf
Nicky Kelly summited on July 25th, 2020 [from/via/route] D172 Bleaklow head & higher shelf stones walk from old glossop [with] Grace [weather] Overcast but no rain
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Higher Shelf Stones
The Northern Edge of Kinder Scout taken from Higher Shelf Stones, looking SW to the Snake Pass (A57).
Higher Shelf Stones from the Pennine Way where it crosses the A57 Snake Pass
Plane Wreckage from the crashed flying fortress on Higher Shelf Stones.
. . . see all 10 walk photographs & pictures of views from, on or of Higher Shelf Stones
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