|
|
Kinder
via Grindsbrook - 13th June 2009
|
|
WALK
STATISTICS
|
| Date |
13th
June 2009 |
Description |
Kinder
via Grindsbrook |
| Start
Point |
Edale
Car Park |
Peaks
Climbed |
Kinder
Low 633m |
| Total
Time |
4hrs
40min |
|
|
| Walking
Time |
3hrs
45min |
|
|
| Stopped
Time |
0hrs
55min |
|
|
| Distance |
8.25
miles |
|
|
| Moving
Average |
2.2
mph |
Start
Grid Ref |
SK
12430 85340 |
| Elevation
at Start |
238
metres |
Temperature |
18°C |
| Total
Ascent |
550
metres |
Weather |
Sunny |
| Max
Elevation |
633
metres |
Walking
With |
Janet |
|
WALK
NOTES
|
Edale
- Grindsbrook - Grindsbrook Knoll - Wool Packs -
Kinder Low - Jacobs Ladder - Edale
On
a lovely sunny and warm day we walked the classic
route up to the Kinder Edges via Grinsbrook Clough
and returned via the Wool Packs and Jacobs Ladder.
Also visited Kinder Low Summit Trig Point. |
|
PROFILE |
|
REFERENCE |
Reference
Books Used
|
None
|
| Maps
Used |
OL24
Explorer - Peak District (White Peak Area)
|
|
MAP
- OVERVIEW
|
|
|
© Crown
Copywright. All rights reserved. Licence number 100047125 |
PHOTOGRAPHS |
Edale
Car Park before start of walk
|
|
|
|
|
|
MAP
- OVERVIEW 2 |
|
© Crown
Copywright. All rights reserved. Licence number 100047125 |
PHOTOGRAPHS |
Stream
from Golden Clough
|
|
Path
in Grindsbrook Clough
|
|
|
Path
in Grindsbrook Clough
|
|
|
MAP
- OVERVIEW 3 |
|
© Crown
Copywright. All rights reserved. Licence number 100047125 |
PHOTOGRAPHS
|
Stop
for a quick water break!!
|
|
A
few steps before the path becomes more of a challenge!!
|
|
|
|
|
|
A
small waterfall in Grindsbrook Clough
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Zooming
into the last steep ascent
|
|
|
Here
we go - it's the steep and rocky section
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Getting
nearer to the top of Grindsbrook Clough
|
|
Getting
nearer to the top of Grindsbrook Clough
|
|
An
audiance awaits at the top (see them at the top
right of the path)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grindsbrook
Clough from the top
|
|
The
top of Grindsbrook Clough
|
|
|
|
The
path follows the Kinder Edge
|
|
|
|
|
Wool
Packs from Crowden Tower
|
|
|
|
|
|
Walking
through the Wool Packs (a peaty landscape)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Approaching
Kinder Low Trig Point
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Path
descends from Edale Rocks
|
|
|
Leaving
Kinder Low Summit (an eerie landscape)
|
|
Edale
Rocks and slabs for path repairs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
National
Trust - Jacobs Ladder
|
|
|
Bridge
at bottom of Jacobs Ladder
|
|
Bridge
at bottom of Jacobs Ladder
|
|
|
|
Path
back to Edale (Lose Hill on right)
|
|
|
