Quote Originally Posted by One-eyed Wonder View Post
There's a potentially useful circular recce route from Kings Tree to Slippery Stones then Cut Gate and all the way to Bleaklow Head and then back via 'The Swamp', Ravens Clough and Black Dike. Is this madness? Is the two car option (Cutthroat and Snake Top) better?
The most critical part might be before that where you have to veer off-path for 1.8 miles to Howden Edge after Back Tor. If you're doing a solo recce, starting from Cutthroat Bridge and working out a route back there might be more useful. I've heard that 20 miles should do it, which is precisely what I did last Saturday from Edale to Cutthroat Bridge and back (just plotted on Tracklogs).