Vital Statistics:

Length:	6¼mls (10km)
Ascent:	1,640ft (489m)
Time:	4hrs
Grade:

Route outline for walk ny143:

Horton in Ribblesdale  -  Brackenbottom  -  Gavel Rigg  -  The Pennine Way  -  Pen-y-ghent  -  Hunt Pot  -  Hull Pot  -  Horton in Ribblesdale.

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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 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 ny143 Pen-y-ghent from Horton in Ribblesdale

In no particular order . . .

On Pen-y-ghent summit

Photo: David Hayter (322)

Unusual cloud formation seen while doing The Three Peaks in May

Photo: David Hare (1)

Pen-y-ghent from Brackenbottom Scar

Photo: Paul Harrison (12)

Pen-y-ghent Summit

Photo: Jonny Howard (1)

Pen-y-ghent from near Hull Pot

Photo: Danny Young (9)

Following the Pennine Way up the South ridge of Pen-y-ghent

Photo: Danny Young (5)

The Pennine Way crossing Gavel Rigg from Pen-y-ghent

Photo: Paul Harrison (15)

On Pen-y-ghent in the snow

Photo: Simon Barnett (21)

Ingleborough and Simon Fell as seen from Pen-y-Ghent during temperature inversion

Photo: Mick Johnson (1)

Pen-y-ghent summit

Photo: Paul Harrison (16)

Pen-y-ghent from Horton in Ribblesdale

Photo: Simon Barnett (19)

Fountains Fell from Pen-y-ghent

Photo: Paul Harrison (14)

Looking South from Pen-y-Ghent

Photo: David Hayter (321)

Pen-y-ghent from the Pennine Way on Fawcett Moor

Photo: Mike Knipe (195)

Horton in Ribblesdale church with Pen-y-ghent in the distance

Photo: Paul Harrison (10)

Pen-y-ghent from The Pennine Way on Gavel Rigg

Photo: Paul Harrison (13)

Bryan, Lorna and Ami Goodfellow on the summit of Pen-y-Ghent in the snow

Photo: Bryan Auty (1)

Pen-y-ghent summit during the Yorkshire Three Peaks of Challenge Walk

Photo: Kevan Wilkinson (1)

Pen-y-Ghent from Horton in Ribblesdale

Photo: Wayne Hill (40)

On Pen-y-ghent summit

Photo: Tony Higgs (1)

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