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7th March 2010 - Buckden Pike and Great Whernside

Walk Details

​Distance walked: 13.4 miles

Total ascent: 2584 ft

OS map used: OL30 - Yorkshire Dales, Northern & Central areas

Time taken: 7.5 hrs

Route description: Buckden-Buckden Rake-Buckden Pike-Tor Mere Top-Black Dike-Great Whernside-Hag Dyke-Kettlewell-Dales Way-Buckden

A route over Buckden Pike and Great Whernside with the return from Kettlewell to Buckden by the Dales Way.

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Wharfedale from the route out of Buckden
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and up into Langstrothdale
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Wharfedale
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Langstrothdale from the ascent of Buckden Pike
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and again from higher up
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Nearly at the summit of Buckden Pike. Penyghent and Ingleborough come into view on the left.
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A view to the north. The valley running down to the right is Bishopdale which leads into Wensleydale.
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Penyghent, Ingleborough and Whernside in the distance
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The view to Yockenthwaite Moor
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Fountains Fell, Penyghent and Ingleborough over the intervening ridge of Birks Fell and Horse Head
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Aerial company
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The view from Buckden Pike
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Great Whernside, my next destination. Looks a long way from here.
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The view north towards the fells around Wensleydale from trig point on Buckden Pike
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Penyghent, Ingleborough and Whernside in the distance
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The route ahead to Great Whernside. This would normally be very wet and boggy but the cold weather has frozen the ground solid and made the going much easier.
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Ascending Great Whernside. The slopes of Buckden Pike in the foreground.
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Buckden Pike from the ascent of Great Whernside
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Buckden Pike from the summit of Great Whernside
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and again
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The view from Great Whernside to Fountains Fell, Penyghent, Ingleborough and Whernside
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On the way down from Great Whernside. The rocks at the summit can be seen on the left.
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Looking back up to Great Whernside from the route down into Kettlewell. Dowber Gill Beck is below on the right.
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Starbotton below Buckden Pike. The route back to Bucken follows the Dales Way beside the River Wharfe.
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Buckden below Buckden Pike

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