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| Name: | Great Whernside |
| Hill number: | 2781 |
| Height: | 704m / 2310ft |
| RHB Section: | 35B: The Central Pennines |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Yorkshire Dales - Southern Fells |
| County/UA: | North Yorkshire |
| Catchment: | Ouse (York), Catchment Boundaries, Wharfe |
| Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Hewitt, Nuttall, Buxton & Lewis, Bridge, Clem (Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim,Hew,N,BL,Bg,Cm) |
| Grid ref: | SE 00205 73912 |
| Summit feature: | very large cairn |
| Drop: | 288m |
| Col: | 416.4m SD 7894 8319  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 98 (1:25k) OL30S |
| Observations: | rock 3m S is highest visible ground but higher ground may lie under cairn; trig point (SE 00201 73905) and rock 4m E are lower |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 797 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| jofaire | 19/05/2781 | |
| GuyF | 04/04/2781 | |
| oliversalmon | 09/04/2024 | |
| abbo0001 | 13/03/2024 | |
| Parked just past the cattle grid and went straight up and down in truly awful conditions! Lots of deep snow, mist and windy. Was great to be out though! | Nicky C | 13/02/2024 |
| LauraHall17 | 14/01/2024 | |
| Gavin Theobald | 02/10/2023 | |
| Parked at Tor Dike, and walked up to Buckden Pike. Then back down, over the road and up to Great Whernside. | simocity | 13/09/2023 |
| TimJenny | 11/09/2023 | |
| littleclaret1882 | 08/09/2023 | |
| BugglePopples | 02/08/2023 | |
| ringo | 30/07/2023 | |
| dave g | 25/07/2023 | |
| Circular walk - from the excellent YHA Kettlewell - via Hag Dyke to Great Whernside (for my last English Hewitt) and Little Whernside with return via Tor Mere Top and Top Mere Road. | RobB | 18/07/2023 |
| 3rd of 6 hills on a 33km circular from Middlesmoor. From Meugher, passed between two gills then followed boundary to Stone Head Crags where i had a break. Easy from there to top. Continuation on ridge heading for Little Whernside... | Dazingdale | 28/05/2023 |
| Tor Mere Top, Great Whernside | keithouk | 14/05/2023 |
| Great Whernside and Buckden Pike from Kettlewell. Up by Hag Dyke to the trig at the top of Great Whernside, then north along the ridge, turning left along the Bridleway from Scar House and following it to the Coverdale / Kettlewell road at the top of the pass. Straight across and up the track by the fence to the ridge wall and then in a short distance to Tor Mere Top. Turned NW and followed the often boggy track by the wall to the Polish War Memorial and along the flagstones to Buckden Pike's trig and summit cairn. Down the track to Buckden and back along the Dales Way to Kettlewell. 27km with 800m ascent, taking me 7 hours. | silverwolf_alan | 07/05/2023 |
| Alfa1M | 11/04/2023 | |
| haylesb | 19/03/2023 | |
| assynt_bob | 18/02/2023 | |
| willc9999 | 01/01/2023 | |
| Christmas Eve walk. Revisit. Unfortunately in the cloud when I reached the trig but have enjoyed the views previously. /D | meltdiceburg | 24/12/2022 |
| The Tyke | 01/12/2022 | |
| Mike The Tyke | 01/12/2022 | |
| Smog | 29/10/2022 | |
| Dales 30 number 29. With Tony & John | LANGDALE | 17/10/2022 |
| Stephen Hall | 08/10/2022 | |
| Janice Barker | 08/10/2022 | |
| Climbed up from Kettlewell via Hag Dyke, walked along ridge to north and came back down to the road. Walked back to Kettle well along green lane. Easy to navigate on this beautiful day. Accompanied by MCW. I first climbed this in 1975 on my first Youth hosteling trip. | Woolly Hattie | 17/09/2022 |
| fedupofuserids | 11/09/2022 | |
| PhilD96 | 28/08/2022 | |
| Really hot day. Did Great Whernside + Buckden Pike from Kettlewell. | andrewr282 | 13/08/2022 |
| AJWSmith | 07/08/2022 | |
| Second time of hiking this one. Hiked to wild camp at the top. It was damp and windy so we took shelter by a wall, thankfully we were able to keep the views of angram | NCurtis | 04/08/2022 |
| Valeriemac8 | 13/07/2022 | |
| Took easy route from top road whilst up with gold DofE group. Did some geocaching near the top. Great views S and W | robphys | 05/07/2022 |
| From Kettlewell: Buckden Pike, Tor Mere Top and Great Whernside. Blustery cool June day, but the thunderstorms that were forecast didn't materialise. | Lazylizzie | 25/06/2022 |
| granitegirl | 29/05/2022 | |
| Scar House reservoir, crossed the dam and followed track past ruined village of Lodge and onto ancient footpath that contours below Little Whernside to the coll at SE012768, then up ridge and round to summit. Back same way to coll and then over Little Whernside and Dead Man's Hill. | Flatfield | 09/05/2022 |
| David S | 08/05/2022 | |
| Great and Little Whernside from Kettlewell, good walk but a bit boggy around the top of Little Whernside. Parking easy in the main car park of Kettlewell. | JazDisney | 07/05/2022 |
| Galltywenallt | 05/05/2022 | |
| cumbria mammoth | 02/04/2022 | |
| With the Explorer Scouts, up from Kettlewell on the south side of Dowber Gill, north along the ridge, back along the bridleway to the top of Park Rash and then down from Tor Mere Top. Rather misty on the summit. 16.5km with 620m ascent in 5h 45m. | silveracorn_alan | 23/01/2022 |
| Dav52yrk | 16/01/2022 | |
| Trig point not reached due to snow/boggy ground | Cessarine | 02/12/2021 |
| Visited Dead Man's Hill, Little Whernside and Great Whernside during the fourth day of our circular walk around the Yorkshire Dales National Park from Braidley to Kettlewell. A stunning day, with superb visibility extending from the North York Moors to the Lake District. With Annette, Christine, Geoff and Steve. 17km with 630m ascent in 6 hours. | silveracorn_alan | 04/11/2021 |
| Circular from Kettlewell, Great Whernside-Tor Mere Top-Busckden Pike, Buckden, Dales Way back to Kettlewell. | Dan Baddeley | 18/09/2021 |
| ketzster | 17/09/2021 | |
| Great Whernside and Buckden Pike from road pass in between. | Topographer57 | 31/08/2021 |