Walk ny101 The Yorkshire Three Peaks from Horton in Ribblesdale

Vital Statistics:

Length:	24mls (38.5km)
Ascent:	5,297ft (1,614m)
Time:	14hrs
Grade:

Route outline for walk ny101:

Horton in Ribblesdale  -  Pen-y-ghent Cafe  -  Brackenbottom  -  Gavel Rigg  -  The Pennine Way  -  Pen-y-ghent  -  Hunt Pot  -  Hull Pot  -  Whitber Hill  -  God's Bridge  -  Brow Gill Beck  -  Nether Lodge  -  River Ribble  -  Lodge Hall (or Ingman Lodge)  -  Ribblehead  -  Blea Moor  -  Whernside  -  Broadrake Farm  -  Chapel-le-Dale  -  Braithwaite Wife Hole  -  Ingleborough  -  Pen-y-ghent Cafe  -  Horton in Ribblesdale.

Points of Interest/Notes on this walk:

The Ribblehead Viaduct's 24 arches carry the famous Settle to Carlisle Railway Line for 400m some 30m above the surrounding countryside. Considered one of the great engineering feats of the 19th Century, there is a museum dedicated to the history of the line housed in Ribblehead Station.

Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

3 English Mountains

0 Wainwrights

3 English Nuttalls

0 English Deweys

0 Wainwright Outlying Fells

3 Marilyns

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.

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Ingleborough at 724m (2375ft). Ingleborough is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (83rd highest in England, 144th highest in England & Wales)

Ingleborough is also known as an English Nuttall (104th highest in England, 178th highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (26th highest in England, 540th highest in the UK).

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

You will also reach the summit of Pen-y-ghent at 694m (2277ft). Pen-y-ghent is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (108th highest in England, 179th highest in England & Wales)

Pen-y-ghent is also known as an English Nuttall (142nd highest in England, 233rd highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (33rd highest in England, 606th highest in the UK).

The summit of Pen-y-ghent is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:

Part of this walk follows a section of The Pennine Way, a 404km (251 miles) linear footpath connecting Edale in Derbyshire, England with Kirk Yetholm in The Borders, Scotland. The Pennine Way is waymarked by a National Trail Acorn. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Pennine Way.

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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk ny101 The Yorkshire Three Peaks from Horton in Ribblesdale

In no particular order . . .

On Ingleborough summit

Photo: David Hayter (329)

Whernside from Broadrake Farm

Photo: Colin Fawcett (6)

Looking South from Pen-y-Ghent

Photo: David Hayter (321)

On the summit of Whernside in the snow

Photo: Mike Knipe (223)

Rainboow seen from the summit of Ingleborough

Photo: David Bentley (3)

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

Photo: David Buckley (2)

The Pennine Way sign on the summit of Pen-y-ghent

Photo: Robert Hardaker (7)

John, Steve and Paul on top of Pen-y-ghent

Photo: Steven Grayburn (1)

Sunset from the summit of Ingleborough

Photo: Gary Davis (3)

Pen-y-ghent from Brackenbottom Scar

Photo: Paul Harrison (12)

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