Walk Route Map c314 Whernside from Dent

Walk c314 Whernside from Dent

The highest point in the Yorkshire Dales

Vital Statistics:

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

Map with easy-to-follow route details for walk c314 Whernside from Dent pdf

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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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.

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 more walks near this one on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)

The Yorkshire Dales National Park

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

OL2 Yorkshire Dales - Southern & Western areas

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

98 Wensleydale & Upper Wharfedale

Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c314 Whernside from Dent

In no particular order . . .

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

Photo: Mike Knipe (215)

Me on High Pike (Caldbeck) Summit

Photo: David Hayter (203)

Me on the top of Whernside

Photo: Jane Barber (1)

On Whernside Summit - taking a breather two thirds of the way round the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge Walk

Photo: David Buckley (1)

On the summit of Whernside in the snow

Photo: Mike Knipe (224)

Limestone Pavement on way to Whernside

Photo: David Bentley (1)

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

Photo: David Buckley (2)

Mike (go4awalk.com editor) in the snow on Whernside

Photo: Mike Knipe (216)

On the summit of Whernside in the snow

Photo: Mike Knipe (223)

Unusual tree on the track beside Flinter Gill near Dent

Photo: Steve Stock (1)

On Whernside summit during The Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge

Photo: David Hayter (326)

Practising my ice-axe arrest technique Whernside in the snow

Photo: Mike Knipe (225)

Practising my ice-axe arrest technique Whernside in the snow

Photo: Mike Knipe (226)

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

Photo: Mike Knipe (221)

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

Photo: Mike Knipe (222)

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

Photo: Mike Knipe (220)

Whernside Summit

Photo: Colin Fawcett (7)

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