The highest mountain in Yorkshire is usually climbed from Ribblehead. It is good but better is to approach from Dentdale in the west, quieter and always interesting.
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Dales 30
A fine mountain with many excellent routes of ascent (from Clapham is best). The plateau like summit is a distinctive sight from miles around.
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A celtic name for a fine mountain, the smallest of the Yorkshire 3 Peaks. From Horton the distinctive flat topped summit is accessed via a short scramble. Fun.
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Overlooking Dentdale with views further north to the Howgills. The summit is innocuous but a few yards away the trig at Crag Hill is more impressive.
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Along the summit ridge of Pen-y-Ghent is Plover Hill, overlooking the head of Littondale. The peace and tranquility to be found is in sharp contrast to its more famous neighbour.
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Fountains Fell is east of Pen-y-Ghent, a stones throw from the Pennine Way and the summit is potted with open mines and spoil heaps.
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Lower and to the east of Ingleborough lies some flat moorland. A barely discernible rises with a small cairn marks the summit of Simon Fell.
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The highest point of a broad, long ridge between Ingleton and Dent. The summit is in Lancashire (its highest mountain) but in the Yorkshire Dales! Linked to Great Coum further north.
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The rough neighbour of Fountains Fell. A collapsed trig sat on a peat hag sums up this largely unloved fell. The views however are excellent.
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The newest member of the Dales 30 Calf Top is the high point of a long grassy ridge running alongside the lovely valley of Barbondale.
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