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Dales High Way

Regional route145 km · 90 miBest Apr–Oct

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Best time to hike

Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 10–18 °C (50–64 °F)

  1. J5°0°170
  2. F5°0°123
  3. M7°1°114
  4. A10°3°81
  5. M13°6°83
  6. J16°9°85
  7. J18°11°97
  8. A17°11°103
  9. S15°9°114
  10. O11°6°151
  11. N7°3°162
  12. D5°1°163

Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.

How we pick months

Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.

About this trail

Runs from Saltaire (West Yorkshire) to Appleby-in-Westmorland (Cumbria) roughly following route of Settle and Carlisle railway

OpenStreetMap (ODbL).

Trail facts

Length (signed)
145 km · 90 mi (OSM distance tag)
Mapped length
144 km · 89 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
Best months
Apr–Oct
Country
United Kingdom
Region
North Yorkshire
Continent
Europe
Route type
Regional route
Route centre
54.2095, -2.1579
Route start
54.5800, -2.4865
OpenStreetMap
relation 7152429
Wikidata
Q24993806
Official info
daleshighway.co.uk/
How it’s scored

Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.

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