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Dales High WayLocation: Yorkshire, Cumbria OS Maps: Explorer™ OL27, OL2, OL19
The walk can conveniently be undertaken in 8 days, with plenty of
time to enjoy the market towns and villages along the way. The guidebooks
recommendation for the daily stages is as follows:
Acknowledgement - Text for this page has been adapted from the guide book by Tony and Chris Grogan
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Distance: 144km (90m) Walking Time - 8 days
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The
Dales High Way starts from Saltaire in West Yorkshire and crosses some
of the finest and most spectacular scenery the Dales have to offer,
finishing at Appleby-in-Westmoreland in the lush Eden Valley. The return
journey is made on the famous Settle to Carlisle line - the most beautiful
railway in England. There can surely be no better and more relaxing
way to return to the start of this wonderful walk.
The
90 mile route covers some of the most beautiful scenery in the Yorkshire
Dales from the darkly mysterious Rombalds Moor, with its Stone Age rock
art, to the dramatic limestone scars of Malhamdale. It meanders along
the banks of the River Ribble, where in autumn salmon can be seen leaping
up the waterfalls of Stainforth Force, and passes the isolated splendour
of Sunbiggin Tarn. It climbs mighty Ingleborough, favourite of the Three
Peaks, and in a breath-taking six mile ridge walk crosses the velvety
folds of the Howgill Fells.
Accommodation
is generally plentiful except at Chapel-le-Dale, so when planning the
walk book there first. Alternatively consider heading for Ribblehead
where there is a pub and a bunkbarn. This adds 1.9 miles to day 5 but
saves 2.7 miles the following day. The guidbook includes alternative
bad weather routes for the highest sections, Ingleborough and the Howgill
Fells. The guidebook authors maintain an accommodation listing on the
trail website 
