I am looking for a chance to run round the 3 Peaks. I have a day off tomorrow Thursday 14th March, but I strongly suspect there will be too much snow lying. Does anybody know how passable (at running pace) the route is at the moment?
Thanks, Phil.
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I am looking for a chance to run round the 3 Peaks. I have a day off tomorrow Thursday 14th March, but I strongly suspect there will be too much snow lying. Does anybody know how passable (at running pace) the route is at the moment?
Thanks, Phil.
Did Whernside and Ingleborough on Sunday. Compact snow, variable depth (nothing to an inch or two with the odd drift). Very runnable. A thin wind up top, with Whernside especially exposed to the easterly. Wind has dropped considerably but expect it to be very noticable on top with the chill factor. Given it's the 3 peaks and it's winter, I'd say the conditions today and (looking at the forecast for tomorrow morning) are about as good as you can get. Just make sure to carry enough kit to cover any unexpected stops. Enjoy!
There were blizzards on Monday night (the Horton road was pretty tricky apparently) so the snow may be a bit deeper now. Stolly and I were up on Great Shunner Fell yesterday and it was fantastic. Good powdery snow that you could run through although the drifts were two foot deep in places and there was some ice left over from the last snow. I reckon a run of the Three Peaks tomorrow will be great, if I wasn't teaching I'd be tempted to come along!
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Originally Posted by offcumdun
It'll be great. The only bit that might be tricky, especially if its icy, is the race line up Whernside. If in doubt take either of the blue lines on the map below up Whernside rather than the red racing line. The lower blue line best replicates the climb of the race whilst the upper is nicely runnable all the way but longer.
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I did most of it yesterday (missing out PYG as usual) and it was mostly ok, Whernside wasn't too bad although descent was a little dodgy in places. The top of Ingleborough was pretty bad, the steep bit before the gate near the top was around knee deep in snow most of the way up and very icy, the path was difficult to spot and the stream was solid ice most of the way down. I got up it fine in fell shoes using my hands to more or less climb but it's not something I would do alone and would definitely not have wanted to come down that way in a hurry. It may have changed since but I would expect it to still be pretty bad given the snow flurries we've had all day in Leeds. I'm not sure what the weather has been like there today though
Thanks guys, really helpful.
How did it go? Hope you had a good run.
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Originally Posted by Philg
I'm afraid to have to admit I didn't go in the end. Robs comments about the climb and top if Ingleborough put me off, particularly as I would be up there early in the day on my own. It's a long drive from Hull to have to abort half way round and ultimately my wife wasn't too keen on me being up there on my own under the predicted conditions. My next free day is 26th May, so here's hoping things have warmed up by then...
we are doing most of it tomorrow morning leaving Horton at 8.30 to the hill Inn if anyone fancies joining usQuote:
Originally Posted by Philg
Me and Hes are doing the whole caboodle a bit later Adrian :)
shame we missed you. ended up missing out whernside top as Gary hurt his back but still did 14.5 miles. a lot of people out walking itQuote:
Originally Posted by Stolly
We had a great day out doing the whole shebang yesterday. Snow was really wet and slushy for some of it but deep near the tops and they were shrouded in cloud. We stuck to the walkers' route up Whernside because of the snow. Bit slippery in places but otherwise fine. Really enjoyed it! Loads of walkers out and about and we saw a couple runners too.
Looking at a run of the three peaks on Wednesday this week?Quote:
Originally Posted by Stolly
How accessible is it up there at present and do you feel the run would be on - or simply too much snow. Any heads up on this will be great.
Cheers all
It would be doable but there is tons of snow on the tops and the wind might very well cut you in half :)Quote:
Originally Posted by fellrunner kev
Thought that might be the case -think I'll have to give it a miss as I would quite like to get to Ingleton on the 27th in one piece!Quote:
Originally Posted by Stolly
How are conditions up in the Dales now - any Fellsman/Three Peaks routes getting passable? Wanting to head up on Sunday.Quote:
Originally Posted by fellrunner kev
The snow looks to be melting on the tops. For sure the main paths on the 3 peaks will be okay, albeit still snowy in places, as will the pathy and tracky bits of the fellsman. I suspect Blea Moor, Dodd Fell, Fleet Moss and Middle Tongue on the Fellsman will still be a bit more tricky.Quote:
Originally Posted by fellrunner kev
I am thinking of a run of the 3 peaks then on Sunday - anyone up for a steady run?Quote:
Originally Posted by Stolly
Does anybody have any thoughts about whether a solo recce with a 7.30 start tomorrow (wednesday) would be doable in reasonable safety - or is this a bit foolhardy (as I suspect). Is the Ingleborough climb still bad?
Thanks, Phil
It will be great fun, no probs. The Ingleborough climb is okay, but has been dodgy going down. Its a bit different I guess because I'm local but I'm up and around one, t'other or all of the 3 peaks all of the time, mostly on my own. There's bound to be walkers about too any wayQuote:
Originally Posted by Philg
A group of us reccied it on Sunday. The climb up ingleborough was a bit tricky. It was my first time around the peaks but you could just manage to hold onto the top of the fence going up and then we had to put our feet in the steps that had been made in the snow and ice.
Im presuming that as we could only just grab the top wire of the fence, the snow and ice must've been a couple of feet deep leading up the climb. The duckboards and steps were fine though. Wasn't bad heading off down the other side
Thanks for your advice Stolly and Rozzer. After your encouraging comments I went for it and had a stonking time. It was bright and sunny (albeit very cold on PYG at 8am - so cold my iphone camera wouldn't work) and with all the snow still around it was stunningly beautiful. It was warm and quite spring like in the valleys. As I approached the steep climb on Ingleborough it looked like I'd need crampons and an ice axe and I would have been worried but for your advice. I got up without drama using the fence for balance (except for a small section where it was completely buried!) and the footsteps in the snow - in fact it was faster than clambering up the rocky path!