Walk ny138 Great Whernside from Kettlewell

Vital Statistics:

Length:	10mls (16km)
Ascent:	1,771ft (540m)
Time:	5½hrs
Grade:

Route outline for walk ny138:

Kettlewell  -  Dowber Gill Beck  -  Providence Pot  -  Hag Dyke (hostel)  -  Great Whernside  -  Black Hole Dike  -  Nidd Head  -  Little Hunters Sleet  -  Tor Dyke  -  Starbotton Road  -  Top Mere Road  -  Kettlewell

Points of Interest/Notes on this walk:

Providence Pot is a cave system that links to Dowber Gill Cave, notorious for its difficulty in navigation. Consisting of a thin rift or slit, the easiest passage through is a vertical maze, best left to caving experts.

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 Great Whernside at 704m (2310ft). Great Whernside is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (102nd highest in England, 168th highest in England & Wales)

Great Whernside is also known as an English Nuttall (127th highest in England, 211th highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (31st highest in England, 584th highest in the UK).

The summit of Great Whernside is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk ny138 Great Whernside from Kettlewell

In no particular order . . .

The Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge - Pen-y-ghent from Whernside

Photo: William Ringwood (4)

Kettlewell Village

Photo: Glynn Trueman (51)

Trig Point on the summit of Great Whernside

Photo: Christine Shepherd (694)

Pen-y-ghent from Greensett Moss, Whernside

Photo: David Hayter (325)

Me and my mate Mike on Whernside

Photo: Karen Parry (2)

On the Dales Way near Kettlewell

Photo: Katrina Matthews (1)

Whernside summit during the Yorkshire Three Peaks of Challenge Walk

Photo: Kevan Wilkinson (2)

Looking back down to Scar House Reservoir from Great Whernside

Photo: Christine Shepherd (693)

Nidd Head

Photo: Neil Fretwell (3)

Me on Great Whernside summit

Photo: Neil Fretwell (5)

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