Quote Originally Posted by fellgazelle View Post
In my opinion the most important section to recce is from Kinder Downfall, across the plateau. There is no obvious line and it is definitely not wise to follow others here (not even Dark Peak-ers!)as everyone seems to take different lines with varying degrees of success.
Made a massive hash of this last year in the fog and snow on my own at the back. Thought I was doing well as the footprints were going my way then completely lost them on the route I had planned (taking a direct bearing to where Grindslow Knoll path joins the kinder edge path- not recommended) . Its my third year of recceing this and only now is Kinder revealing its secrets. That's the greatest thing about this race so much route choice. Like others I would recommended a linear recce from Crowden to Edale- logistically a bit difficult to organise but well worth it. Before that everyone goes pretty much the same route and not much choice.