Kinder Edges from Hayfield
Posted: Mon May 21, 2018 11:55 amI'd agreed to drop my parents off at the airport at 4am so it meant a very early start on Sunday morning and the Peak District being local to the airport made the most sense.
I'd always fancied a crack at the full edge walk around Kinder - to give a full impression of the hill and also because it just looks cool on a map. I've been to the proper summit twice and have no real desire to go again.
On the hill just after 5am and down by midday - which worked out perfectly as I visited the busier side before anybody else got there...although heading down the narrow path in William Clough at midday was awkward with a mass of people coming up the other way.
A beautiful walk this one but best saved for a clear day as the real charm of the walk is the different views you get as you head around the edges although there are many highlights along the way and the total amount of ascent is a surprise.
More or less bone dry underfoot and at times it certainly felt like walking in another country.
- Kinder Reservoir at first light
- Looking back down William Clough
- On the edge now along the popular Western side overlooking Hayfield
- A pretty dry Kinder Downfall
- Approaching Kinder Low
- Heading for the Woolpacks
- Noe Stool
- Woolpacks - just after 7am and I'm losing my base layer and it was shorts and t shirt for the rest of the walk
- Looking back at Crowden Tower
- Down Crowden Clough to Rushdup Edge and Mam Tor
- Heading for Grindslow Knoll
- Looking back along the Southern Edge overlooking Edale
- Grindslow Knoll
- Down Grindsbrook Clough to Lose Hill
- South Eastern Edge ahead
- Win Hill and Ladybower Reservoir from Crookstone Knoll
- Alport Castles
- The less popular Northern Edge now ahead
- The Northern Edge was probably my favourite part of the walk - some impressive steep cliffs and a much remoter feeling to the area
- Crossing Blackden Brook
- Back along the extensive Northern Edge
- Northern Edge rocks
- Northern Edge again
- Nearly back where I came in and ready for the descent
33km sounds a real epic.............