Walk c314 Whernside from Dent

Vital Statistics:

Length:	12¼mls (19.5km)
Ascent:	2,306ft (703m)
Time:	6.70hrs
Grade:

Route outline for walk c314:

Dent  -  Flinter Gill  -  Green Lane  -  High Pike  -  Whernside  -  Wernside Tarns  -  Craven Way  -  Mill Bridge (Deepdale Beck)  -  The Dales Way  -  Deepdale Beck  -  River Dee  -  Dent

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Walk c314 is on these Interactive Walk Planning Maps (worth a look if you've never seen one of these superb, free-to-access, walk planning maps)

Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

1 English Mountain

0 Wainwrights

1 English Nuttall

0 English Deweys

0 Wainwright Outlying Fells

1 Marilyn

0 Bridgets

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Whernside at 736m (2416ft). Whernside is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (76th highest in England, 131st highest in England & Wales)

Whernside is also known as an English Nuttall (95th highest in England, 162nd highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (25th highest in England, 513th highest in the UK).

The summit of Whernside is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point. Whernside is the highest point in The Yorkshire Dales National Park and the highest point in the county of North Yorkshire.

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National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:

Part of this walk follows a section of The Dales Way, a 130km (81 miles) linear footpath connecting Ilkley in West Yorkshire, England with Bowness-On-Windermere in Cumbria, England. The Dales Way is waymarked by named posts. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Dales Way.

You can find this walk and other nearby walks on these unique Interactive Walk Planning Maps:

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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c314 Whernside from Dent

In no particular order . . .

Practising my ice-axe and crampons technique in the snow on Whernside

Photo: Mike Knipe (221)

On Whernside summit during The Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge

Photo: David Hayter (326)

Me on the top of Whernside

Photo: Jane Barber (1)

Mike (go4awalk.com editor) practising his crampons and ice-axe technique in the snow on Whernside

Photo: Mike Knipe (215)

Practising my ice-axe arrest technique Whernside in the snow

Photo: Mike Knipe (225)

On the summit of Whernside in the snow

Photo: Mike Knipe (223)

Hayley Me and Jo on top of Whernside Summit - giving the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge Walk another bash

Photo: David Buckley (2)

Me on High Pike (Caldbeck) Summit

Photo: David Hayter (203)

Unusual tree on the track beside Flinter Gill near Dent

Photo: Steve Stock (1)

On the summit of Whernside in the snow

Photo: Mike Knipe (224)

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