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Trail and Fell Running in the Yorkshire Dales Trail and Fell Running in the About the Author Pete Ellwood is an experienced fell runner, running and racing in the hills for over thirty years. He has lived Yorkshire Dales in the north all his life and, since his teenage years, has attempted to spend every possible waking hour on the hills and mountains. Pete holds a long service award for volunteering as a member of a mountain rescue team, 40 runs and he completed the Munros in 2003. He regularly com- petes in fell races and mountain marathons in the North in the National Park, of England and Scotland, winning a class of the Saunders Lakeland Mountain Marathon in 2013. including the Three Peaks Pete lives on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales with his wife, two boys and a daily view of Ingleborough to keep by Pete Ellwood him company. Juniper House, Murley Moss, Oxenholme Road, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 7RL www.cicerone.co.uk © Pete Ellwood 2019 Register your book: To sign up to receive free updates, special offers First edition 2019 and GPX files where available, register Contents ISBN: 978 1 85284 922 1 your book at www.cicerone.co.uk. Map key ................................................................7 Printed by KHL Printing, Singapore Acknowledgements Overview map ..........................................................8 A catalogue record for this book is Route summary table ....................................................9 This book would not have been possible available from the British Library. without the help and support of a large ULTRA ................................................................15 © Crown copyright 2019 number of people. I would like to take OS PU100012932 this opportunity to thank all the Settle Harriers who checked routes and posed The Yorkshire Dales ........................................................ 17 for, or provided, photographs. Thanks History and geology ....................................................17 also to Andrew Hinde and Rae Lonsdale Nesting restrictions .....................................................19 for their help with the introduction and Accommodation .......................................................19 All photographs are by the author mountain rescue sections, and to Lee and Transport ..............................................................19 unless otherwise stated. Glyn, my long-time running partners, Maps .................................................................20 for keeping me out in the hills over Updates to this guide many years. Special thanks to Adrian Dellbridge and Andy Ward for taking Running in the Yorkshire Dales ..............................................21 While every effort is made by our authors many of the photographs and for trying A brief history ..........................................................21 to ensure the accuracy of guidebooks as to make me look like the runner I am in Tracks and trails ........................................................22 they go to print, changes can occur during my mind’s eye and to OMM and Helly the lifetime of an edition. Any updates that Three Peaks race .......................................................22 Hansen for providing equipment. we know of for this guide will be on the Running clubs .........................................................24 Cicerone website Huge thanks to the Cicerone team, Equipment ............................................................24 (www.cicerone.co.uk/922/updates), so Jonathan, Joe, Andrea, Sian and Navigation .............................................................26 please check before planning your trip. Verity, for their support in turning a Safety and mountain rescue .............................................26 We also advise that you check information vague idea into an actual book. Using this guide ........................................................29 about such things as transport, accommodation and shops, locally. Even Most of all I would like to thank my The South-West Dales and Three Peaks ......................................35 rights of way can be altered over time. We wife, Alice, and the boys, Charlie and are always grateful for information about Harry, without whose love and support Route 1 Settle Loop ..................................................36 any discrepancies between a guidebook this book wouldn’t have been written. Route 2 Crummackdale ..............................................40 and the facts on the ground, sent by email For their patience and understanding Route 3 Pen-y-ghent .................................................44 to [email protected] or by post to of my need to be outside in the hills Route 4 The Three Peaks (Pen-y-ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough). .48 as often as possible, thank you. Route 5 Gragareth ...................................................57 Cicerone, Juniper House, Front cover: Superb grassy running along one Route 6 Ingleborough (from the Old Hill Inn) ............................61 Murley Moss, of the magnificent Howgill ridges (Route 16) Route 7 Ingleborough (via Park Fell) ...................................65 Oxenholme Road, Route 8 Dodd Fell. .69 Kendal, LA9 7RL. Route 9 Cosh. .74 Route 10 Great Knoutberry ............................................80 Route 11 Whernside (from Ribblehead) .................................84 The North-West Dales and Howgills ......................................... 87 Route 12 Dent to Ribblehead ...........................................88 Looking accross the clouds from Whernside to Ingleborough (Route 11) Route 13 Whernside (from Dent) .......................................93 Route 14 Barbondale ..................................................97 Route 15 Black Force (Howgills) ...................................... 102 Route 16 Bowderdale ............................................... 106 Route 17 Wild Boar Fell. 112 Route 18 Cautley Spout ...............................................116 Route 19 Pendragon Castle to Skipton Castle Ultra Leg 1 (Pendragon Castle to Hawes). 120 The North-East Dales, Swaledale and Wensleydale ..........................126 Route 20 Asygarth ...................................................127 Route 21 Thornton Rust ............................................. 132 Route 22 Bainbridge ................................................ 136 Route 23 Maiden Castle (Reeth) ...................................... 141 Route 24 Gunnerside Gill ............................................ 146 Route 25 Muker .................................................... 150 Route 26 Great Shunner Fell. 154 Route 27 Tan Hill (from Keld) ......................................... 158 Route 28 Arkengarthdale ............................................ 163 Route 29 Pendragon Castle to Skipton Castle Ultra Leg 2 (Hawes to Kettlewell) ....................................... 169 The South-East Dales and Wharfedale ......................................176 Route 30 Bolton Abbey ...............................................177 Route 31 Simon’s Seat ............................................... 181 Route symbols on OS map extracts Route 32 Malham Cove and Gordale Scar .............................. 185 route Route 33 Mastiles Lane .............................................. 189 Route 34 Grass Wood and Conistone Dib .............................. 194 alternative route Route 35 Troller’s Gill ................................................ 198 start/finish point Route 36 Great Whernside (from Kettlewell) ........................... 203 Route 37 Fountains Fell ...............................................207 start point Route 38 Buckden Pike .............................................. 214 finish point Route 39 Masham Moor ............................................. 218 route direction Route 40 Pendragon Castle to Skipton Castle Ultra Leg 3 (Kettlewell to Skipton) ...................................... 223 For OS legend see printed OS maps Appendix A Useful contacts. 230 Trail and Fell Running in the Yorkshire Dales Route summary table PENRITH 74 57 R B6 BISHOP AUCKLAND 36 40 44 48 61 65 69 80 i Page ve 27 r Tees 7 M6 Lune Forest B6282 2hr 2hr 2hr 6hr 2hr 2hr 3hr 4hr 2hr APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND 76 Time B62 A67 BARNARD 1hr 30min R i ve CASTLE 0 r E 6 de 2 n 6 2 3 2 3 4 5 3 4 5 4 B Stainmore Forest Grade KIRKBY STEPHEN ) bs , RICHMOND Howgill br River Staveley ( Fells Swale 3 bq bo Hipswell Ascent 8 6 bn B + A * bp Swaledale 6 270 Scotton 325m (1070ft) 545m (1790ft) 525m (1720ft) 470m (1540ft) 470m 745m (2450ft) 745m 440m (1440ft) 560m (1840ft) 390m (1280ft) 445m (1460ft) KENDAL 1610m (5280ft) SEDBERGH Leyburn B 5 6 A6 5 bu 2 84 2 bm 6 bt 5 B bl Wensleydale 4 % $ ! A6108 Leasgill Langstrothdale YORKSHIRE DALES 8 Chase & 9 Distance KIRKBY Whernside NATIONAL PARK ct 11km (7 miles) 11km 7# 13km (8 miles) 11.5km (7 miles) 11.5km (7 miles) 11.6km LONSDALE The 12km (7½ miles) 14km (8¾ miles) 8.5km (5¼ miles) 6 miles) (17 27.5km Pennines 40km (24¾ miles) 19.5km (12 miles) 5 Pen-y- B 6 Ingleborough 1 cs ghent 6 0 Ingleton B cqdu CARNFORTH B6480 6 34 cr 4 2 7 High 9 PATELEY Bentham 1 cn co BRIDGE SD 807 725 SD 807 725 SD 807 SD 765 792 SD 765 SD 691 756 777 SD 745 SD 769 691 SD 769 802 SD 782 802 SD 782 834 SD 790 cp 65 SD 830 652 SETTLE B62 B Grid Reference cm 6 4 LANCASTER 5 cl 1 e l b b cu Forest of i R r Bowland e iv R SKIPTON B ILKLEY 6 BARNOLDSWICK Cross 4 A Garstang 7 Hills SILSDEN OTLEY Settle Austwick Horton in Ribblesdale Horton in Ribblesdale Ingleton Chapel-le-Dale Ribblehead