Middleboot Knots, Round How, Great End, Bowfell N Top
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Wainwrights: Great EndHewitts: Great End
Date walked: 26/08/2019
Distance: 17.8km
Ascent: 1366m
Views: 5
Aye Gill Pike
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Date walked: 14/08/2019Distance: 8.3km
Ascent: 360m
Views: 7
Idle Hill
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Date walked: 17/07/2019Distance: 11.3km
Ascent: 375m
Views: 11
Long Man Hill and Bullman Hills
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Date walked: 08/07/2019Distance: 16km
Ascent: 520m
Views: 14
Carnedd y Filiast North Top and Elidir Fawr
This post is not published on the Walkhighlands forum Hewitts: Carnedd y Filiast (Glyders), Elidir FawrDate walked: 04/07/2019
Distance: 9.3km
Ascent: 714m
Views: 8
Low Saddle and Ullscarf
This post is not published on the Walkhighlands forum Wainwrights: UllscarfHewitts: Ullscarf
Date walked: 23/06/2019
Distance: 11.8km
Ascent: 740m
Views: 14
Plynlimon and Disgwylfa Fawr
This post is not published on the Walkhighlands forum Hewitts: Plynlimon (Pumlumon Fawr)Date walked: 19/06/2019
Distance: 9.1km
Ascent: 600m
Views: 1
Cown Edge
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Date walked: 09/06/2019Distance: 7.2km
Ascent: 352m
Views: 27
Dufton Pike and Backstone Edge
Date walked: 22/05/2019
Time taken: 5.3 hours
Distance: 15.4km
Ascent: 799m
These are two hills in the North Pennines which don't make the Walkhighlands lists.Dufton Pike is a 481m Marilyn, while the Nuttall top of Backstone Edge (not to be confused with Blackstone Edge which is in the South Pennines) is over 2000 feet high but not prominent enough to be a Hewitt.
I parked in the small village of Dufton and followed a track which goes north east, making a detour over the Pike.
The track goes up through the steep valley as far as the shooting hut near Great Rundale Tarn, and then half a kilometre of pathless bog trotting leads to the small summit cairn.Fortunately the bog was mostly dry.
It's not the most impressive summit, just a small bump on the long flat ridge which leads up to Cross Fell and beyond.
I then went down to the beaten-up trig point, and followed a path around the edge of the plateau as far as Narrowcove Beacon, where there's a large cairn overlooking High Cup Nick.
I could see the Pennine Way path a short distance below, but the drop down to it was a bit steep and bouldery.
Once you're on the Pennine Way it's an easy walk back to Dufton.
I parked in the small village of Dufton and followed a track which goes north east, making a detour over the Pike.
- Dufton Pike
- This looked like a path but turned out to be a loose scree slope.
- Dufton from Dufton Pike
- Dufton Pike summit
- Eden Valley and Lake District hills
- Descent
The track goes up through the steep valley as far as the shooting hut near Great Rundale Tarn, and then half a kilometre of pathless bog trotting leads to the small summit cairn.Fortunately the bog was mostly dry.
- Looking down at Dufton Pike
- Great Rundale Tarn
It's not the most impressive summit, just a small bump on the long flat ridge which leads up to Cross Fell and beyond.
- Backstone Edge summit
- Lake District hills
I then went down to the beaten-up trig point, and followed a path around the edge of the plateau as far as Narrowcove Beacon, where there's a large cairn overlooking High Cup Nick.
- Narrowgate Beacon
I could see the Pennine Way path a short distance below, but the drop down to it was a bit steep and bouldery.
Once you're on the Pennine Way it's an easy walk back to Dufton.
- Pennine Way
- Dufton Pike again
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Comments: 2
Snowdon via Llechog and Y Lliwedd
This post is not published on the Walkhighlands forum Hewitts: Snowdon - Yr Wyddfa, Y LliweddDate walked: 15/05/2019
Distance: 19km
Ascent: 1500m
Views: 1
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