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1st April 2011 - Conistone Dib

Walk Details

Distance walked: 7.8 miles

Total ascent: 1123 ft

OS map used: OL2 - Yorkshire Dales, Southern & Western areas

Time taken: 3.5 hrs

Route description: Grassington-Dales Way-Dib Beck-Conistone-Conistone Dib-Conistone Pie-Dales Way-Grassington

A walk from Grassington to Conistone, a climb up through Conistone Dib with the return to Grassington along the Dales Way.

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Grassington
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Grass Wood and Bastow Wood
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Looking back towards Grassington with Burnsall Fell behind
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Limestone pavement
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Limestone scars
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​Crossing the dry valley of Dib Beck
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Dib Beck
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Kilnsey Crag in the distance on the way down into Conistone
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Conistone against the backdrop of Kilnsey Crag
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In the hamlet of Conistone
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The entrance to Conistone Dib
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The Dib
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The next section opens out..
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A view back down
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Higher up and it closes in again
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At the top
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A view back down Conistone Dib
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Instead of heading south along the Dales Way to Grassington I made a short detour north to the limestone outcrop of Conistone Pie. You get a great view of upper Wharfedale on the right and Littondale on the left.
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Kilnsey Crag from Conistone Pie
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Conistone Pie
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Another shot of Conistone Dib as I make my way back south towards Grassington
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Past a preserved lime kiln..
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On the Dales Way back to Grassington
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Looking back
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Back in Grassington

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