W6: High Cup Nick

Leave Station car park at 9.00am. Start at Dufton Car Park (Toilet available) (GR: NY 690 250, What3Words: ///terminal.relaxing.cashiers ) at 10.15am 10 Miles. Hard. £7

In 2023 the weather defeated us on this one! Our walk takes us to one of the icons of the North Pennines, and one no serious walker should miss. From Dufton village we climb steadily to over 600m through disused mine workings on very good tracks. Once the climbing is complete, we traverse Blackstone Edge past the remote Great Rundale Tarn. Please note this section of the route is over rough ground which will be boggy in places. There are spectacular views in every direction. Approaching High Cup Nick from the west provides a ‘wow’ moment. We follow this ravine, using the Pennine Way, to descend back to Dufton.