Walk Route Map ny138 Great Whernside from Kettlewell

Walk ny138 Great Whernside from Kettlewell

A steep ascent to fabulous views

Vital Statistics:

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

Walk route map with easy-to-follow route instructions for walk ny138 Great Whernside from Kettlewell pdf

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

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

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98 Wensleydale & Upper Wharfedale

Some Photos and Pictures from Walk ny138 Great Whernside from Kettlewell

In no particular order . . .

Whernside summit during the Yorkshire Three Peaks of Challenge Walk

Photo: Kevan Wilkinson (2)

The Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge - approaching Ingleborough

Photo: William Ringwood (6)

On the Dales Way near Kettlewell

Photo: Katrina Matthews (1)

Me on Great Whernside summit

Photo: Neil Fretwell (5)

Trig Point on the summit of Great Whernside

Photo: Christine Shepherd (694)

Kettlewell Village

Photo: Glynn Trueman (51)

Whernside Summit

Photo: Colin Fawcett (7)

Me and my mate Mike on Whernside

Photo: Karen Parry (2)

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

Photo: William Ringwood (4)

Church weekend away at Great Whernside

Photo: Martin Wardroper (1)

Looking back down to Scar House Reservoir from Great Whernside

Photo: Christine Shepherd (693)

Pen-y-ghent from Greensett Moss, Whernside

Photo: David Hayter (325)

Nidd Head

Photo: Neil Fretwell (3)

The Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge - Ingleborough from Whernside

Photo: William Ringwood (5)

On Great Whernside summit

Photo: Neil Fretwell (4)

One of the many streams that flow into Stone Beck on the lower slopes of Great Whernside

Photo: Neil Fretwell (6)

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