Quote Originally Posted by ratfink View Post
not done before!

i'm limited to wk end reccying

did snake to nearly crowden and back the other week , hoping to do marsden to crowden this wk end.

all this plateau is a navigational education!
Hi Ratfink, just a suggestion for if your time is limited, Marsden to Wessenden Head is on a broad track and there will be plenty of people about so not totally necessary to recce it, unless you have the time.
Better to concentrate on Wessenden Head to Crowden and Torside Crossing (parking at Torside visitors centre and using Longdendale to get to Torside) to Snake and then park at Snake Inn and climb Seal Edge, do the "5" minute crossing but, unless you want the down and the back up, just get to the top of the decent to Grindsbrook and turn round back to your car.
Wessenden Valley, Snake Road and Grindsbrook are straight forward.