Walk c344 Aye Gill Pike and Snaizwold Fell from Dent

This 12¾ mile, Grade 6 (Moderate), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Dent & will take you about 6½ hrs to complete.
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Vital Statistics:

Length: 12¾ miles (20.5km)
Ascent: 1830 ft (558m)
Time: 6½ hours
Grade: Walk Grade 6 (Moderate) Icon
Walk Type: High Mountains
Start: Cow Bridge Car Park*
Grid Ref: NY403134
Sat Nav: N54.5122   W2.9241
What3words: scarecrow.generals.fire
Postcode: CA11 0NS‡
Car Park Fee: Pay and display. Free parking for National Trust members
Car Park Size: Small. Only room for 22 well-parked cars
Location: On the A592 between Hartsop and Patterdale
Stiles: None
Dogs: Permitted under close control
Terrain: Good paths in the valley, thin mountain paths higher up
Gear Needed: Full mountain gear including boots, warm layers, waterproofs, food & water, and good weather

 

 


Route outline for this walk:

 

Dent  -  The Dales Way  -  Barth Bridge  -  Long Moor  -  Aye Gill Pike  -  Rise Hill  -  Snaizwold Fell  -  Cowgill  -  The Dales Way  -  Dent

 

Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

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Nuttalls
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Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Aye Gill Pike at 556m (1824ft). Aye Gill Pike is also known as an English Dewey (60th highest in England, 139th in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (61st highest in England, 856th highest in the UK). The summit of Aye Gill Pike is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

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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.


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The Yorkshire Dales National Park


1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):

OS Explorer OL2 Yorkshire Dales - Southern & Western areas


1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (pink/magenta covers):

OS Landranger 98 Wensleydale & Upper Wharfedale


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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c344 Aye Gill Pike and Snaizwold Fell from Dent

In no particular order . . .

The Howgills from Long Moor (Dentdale)

The Howgills from Long Moor (Dentdale)

Photo: Alf Graystone (3)

Aye Gill Pike summit trig point

Aye Gill Pike summit trig point

Photo: Alf Graystone (6)

Snaizwold Fell summit cairn

Snaizwold Fell summit cairn

Photo: Alf Graystone (7)

Calf Top from Barth Bridge, Dentdale

Calf Top from Barth Bridge, Dentdale

Photo: Alf Graystone (1)

St John's Church, Cowgill

St John's Church, Cowgill

Photo: Dick Rix (6)

Wold Fell from near Cowgill

Wold Fell from near Cowgill

Photo: Dick Rix (7)

Calf Top from Long Moor (Dentdale)

Calf Top from Long Moor (Dentdale)

Photo: Alf Graystone (2)

Wernside and Dentdale  from Aye Gill Pike

Wernside and Dentdale from Aye Gill Pike

Photo: Alf Graystone (4)

The Arten Gill Beck railway viaduct and Wold Fell from near Cowgill

Photo: Dick Rix (5)

Tunnel air shaft on Snaizwold Fell

Tunnel air shaft on Snaizwold Fell

Photo: Alf Graystone (8)


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