The Yorkshire Three Peaks – known as Britain’s classic hillwalking challenge is a tough 24-mile walk through the idyllic Yorkshire Dales, where you summit the peaks of Pen-y-Ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough, in under 12 hours.

Yorkshire 3 Peak Facts

• Yorkshire 3 Peaks situated in the Yorkshire Dales
• Summit Pen-y_Ghent - 697m, Whernside 736m and Ingleborough 723m
• 24-mile circular route
• 12-hour completion time
• The fastest recorded time is 2 hours 29 minutes 53 seconds

On the Day

Grade: Hard

Duration: 12 hours

Start Location: Horton-in-Ribblesdale

Finish Location: Horton-in-Ribblesdale

Guides: Qualified Mountain Leaders (First aid qualified and highly experienced)

Parking: Holme Farm Campsite Car Park

Schedule

06:30 – Meet the Sky Blue Adventures Team at Horton in Ribblesdale 

07:00 – After a team briefing commences the first climb of the day on Pen y Ghent

08:20 – Reach Pen-y-ghent Summit and enjoy the views 12:00 – Stop for Lunch

13:30 – Arrive at Whernside Summit

16:30 – Reach Ingleborough Summit

19:00 Arrive back in Horton-in-Ribblesdale

• The participants will be divided into groups of 10
• Each group will have a maximum of 10 participants to 1 Mountain Leader (ML)
• The ML will be responsible for the welfare of the group and will walk at the pace of the slowest person within the group
• The ML will have overall responsibility for their group and all participants must follow their instructions to ensure the overall safety of the whole group