Dales High Way
Waymarked Way · Cumbria
2,500
XP
a 6-day route
Runs from Saltaire (West Yorkshire) to Appleby-in-Westmorland (Cumbria) roughly following route of Settle and Carlisle railway
714 m
384 m
54 m
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Heights: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 © DLR e.V. 2010–2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014–2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA.
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Climb
3676 m
Drop
3759 m
Highest
673 m
Lowest
68 m
Walking time
about 34 h 50 min
A 6-day route, walked in stages. 2,500 XP for the whole route, claimed with a photo from it.
Which way round
Downhill: Climbs 15% for 1450 m midway, comes down 17% for 2270 m early on.
Uphill: Climbs 17% for 2270 m near the end, comes down 15% for 1450 m midway.
Shown as the descent, the way a graded trail like this is ridden — the climb back up is usually the forest road.
How the 143.5 km splits
Flat
55.5 km
Climbing
35.8 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
1.3 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
3.8 km
Descending
44.0 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
1.0 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
2.3 km
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Settle Loop
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