Scrambles in the Dark Peak

A guidebook to scrambling in the Dark Peak and Roaches areas of the Peak District. Year-round graded scrambling routes for all abilities, including classics such as Wilderness Gully East and Wildboar Clough. 41 scrambles with link routes, variants and extensions, from scrambly walks to difficult rock climbs and winter ascents grade 1-3.

Over 40 summer and winter scrambles are described with many links, variants and extensions to make up longer, more challenging days on the moors. Routes are graded 1-3, from scrambly walks to difficult rock climbs and winter ascents, including classics such as Wilderness Gully East, Wildboar Clough and in the Roaches. The easy scrambles are suitable for adventurous walkers with good fitness and navigation skills, harder routes require some rock climbing experience. In winter conditions, Scottish winter grades 1-2/3 apply and crampons and ice axes will be needed. The Peak District National Park contains a wealth of beautiful, interesting and often unexpected places to visit. Being so close to the major cities of Sheffield, Manchester, Derby and Nottingham it has been a very important area for walking and climbing for over 100 years. As a result, there are many well established footpaths criss-crossing the Peak District that provide reasonably straightforward access to the most popular locations and summits the area has to offer.

OS 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