Description
Book SynopsisA guidebook to 41 scrambles in the Peak District National Park. Covering the Dark Peak and Roaches areas, the routes are graded 1–3 and range from those that are suitable for adventurous walkers to harder routes that require some climbing experience.
Alongside a route description, information on approach, link routes, variants and extensions is provided allowing the routes to be adapted to suit you.
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1:25,000 OS maps are included for each route
- Four winter routes are described including Mam Tor and Black Tor gullies
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Easy access from Manchester and Sheffield
- Local points of interest include Kinder Scout and Bleaklow
- Advice on equipment, access and conservation restrictions
Table of ContentsOS key Overview map Preface Introduction Scrambling in the Dark Peak Warnings and precautions Equipment Maps About the routes Access Conservation The Chew Valley area 1 Rimmon Pit Clough/Trinnacle/Holme Clough 2 Alderman's Rocks 3 Dovestone Quarry Central Gully 4 Charnel Clough The Wilderness Gullies 5 Wilderness Gully West 6 Wilderness Gully East 7 Wilderness Gully Far East 8 Wilderness Gully Far Far East 9 Wilderness Gully Far Far Far East 10 Chew Brook The Crowden area 11 Oaken Clough 12 Coombes Clough Bleaklow 13 Shining Clough 14 Deer Knowl 15 Lawrence Edge No 1 16 Lawrence Edge No 2 17 Wildboar Clough 18 Torside Clough 19 Torside Gully 20 Yellowslacks Brook/Dowstone Clough 21 Ashton Clough 22 Alport Castles Tower 23 Alport Castles Gully Kinder Scout 24 Blackden Brook 25 Fair Brook 26 Fair Brook Gully 27 Nether Red Brook 28 Upper Red Brook 29 Far Upper Red Brook 30 Square Chimney Exit 31 Kinder Downfall Climb 32 Arpeggio Gully 33 Red Brook 34 Crowden Clough 35 Grindsbrook Clough 36 Ringing Roger Outlying areas 37 Back Tor Gully 38 Mam Tor Gully 39 Elbow Ridge 40 Roaches Lower and Upper Tier Ridges 41 Chrome Hill/Parkhouse Hill Appendix A Index of routes Appendix B Further reading Appendix C Useful contacts
