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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7¾mls (12.5km) |
| Ascent: | 1,574ft (480m) |
| Time: | 4½hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route outline for walk ny109:
Ribblehead - Blea Moor - Force Gill - Grain Ing - Whernside - Broadrake Farm - Ivescar Farm - Ribblehead
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:
 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.
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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk ny109 Whernside from Ribblehead Viaduct
In no particular order . . .
Park Fell (left), Simon Fell and Ingleborough (right) from the summit of Whernside while doing the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge Walk in the snow
The Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge - approaching Whernside from Ribblehead
Hayley Me and Jo on top of Whernside Summit - giving the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge Walk another bash
On Whernside Summit - taking a breather two thirds of the way round the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge Walk
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