Great Whernside
704m (2310ft)

The Southern Dales Area, The Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England

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Great Whernside is on Ordnance Survey Maps:

OS Explorer Map OL30

1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers)

OS Landranger Map 98

1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers)

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Your Personal Mountain & Hill Bagging Record

If you LOG ON and then RELOAD this page it will display when you climbed, bagged and conquered Great Whernside, what the weather was like, who you went with and any other comments you might like to add to remind you of that fantastic day. For more details see Your Personal Mountain, Top, Peak and Hill Bagging Record.

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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Great Whernside

Allen Andrews walked up Great Whernside on June 19th, 2012 [from/via/route] From Kettlewell [with] Work colleague [weather] Low cloud

Michael Naylor climbed Great Whernside on January 3rd, 2019 [weather] Overcast

Simon Boddy bagged Great Whernside on February 23rd, 2019 [from/via/route] Kettlewell [with] My girlfriend [weather] Fair

Christine Shepherd hiked Great Whernside on August 14th, 2009 [from/via/route] Walked from Kettlewell [with] Jenny [weather] Windy - A great day to choose as we saw all the scarecrows in Kettlewell. Climbed again from Scar House Reservoir on 27.9.2018. The descent from Great Whernside isn't easy. Stone Beck makes route finding easy but there are very few paths, uneven ground and reeds which came up to my thighs. Hard going and not to be attempted in poor weather.

Margaret Richards summited Great Whernside on March 21st, 2016 [from/via/route] ny117 Little Whernside and Great Whernside from Scar House Reservoir [with] Don [weather] clear day - got a bit lost

Andy Jakob conquered Great Whernside on July 15th, 2017 [from/via/route] Kettlewell to Middleham [with] AFWC me and Colin [weather] very misty and damp - e

Kevin Foster scaled Great Whernside on July 27th, 2017 [from/via/route] Tor Dike on Great Hunters Sleets (Middleham-Kettlewell road summit) [with] Just me and my labrador Henry [weather] Light rain turning heavier for a while then clearing out by mid-afternoon then sunny. - After a proper soaking on Buckden Pike I almost gave up on climbing Great Whernside. Just past the road summit I found a sheltered spot behind the wall that runs along the top of Tor Dike and as the rain had now stopped I had all of my packed lunch figuring I wouldn't be stopping again until I finished. The weather improved enough for me to reconsider doing Great Whernside and I'm glad I did. After a few tantalising glimpses of the summit rocks on my ascent the clouds finally parted for good and the views really opened up on the top. After scrambling about (carefully) on the wet summit boulders and taking a few photos I headed back down to Kettlewell via the Hag Dyke route. The last 4 miles along the Dales Way back to Buckden were in glorious sunshine in complete contrast to my morning. The river Wharfe was in spate after all the rain and looked really impressive as it meandered through the meadows and now flooded pastures of upper Wharfedale.

Mark Davidson walked up Great Whernside on February 21st, 2005 [with] Mike [weather] Quite sunny for February but very cold on the summit. - My aquapac water drinking tube froze solid.

Tony Rogerson climbed Great Whernside on September 9th, 2012 [from/via/route] From Kettlewell [with] Diane [weather] High cloud and sunny periods

Caroline Winter bagged Great Whernside on August 8th, 2015 [from/via/route] Buckden Pike to Top Mere, Black Dyke, Gt Whernside, Hag Dyke, Dowber Gill Beck, Kettlewell [with] Friend [weather] Sunny and clear skies, southerly wind - Climbed with school friend following Buckden Pike. My energy levels low after descending to road, but a rocky road bar and swigs of water saw me right to climb up to Gt Whernside. Karen was amazing- first time in Fells. Lizzy, our hostess at Pennycroft named me "the tigress of the Fells". Ooh, I rather like that!

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