Higger Tor - Peak District Walk
Wednesday 11th January 2006
The sun came out for the first time in over a week today so I made the most of it and headed out to Hathersage to walk a previously unvisited stretch of the edges, taking in Higger Tor as well. The paths however remain very wet and muddy, at one point I thought I was going to get stuck as my boot and leg sunk ever deeper into the mud, thank goodness for gaiters!!
Start: Car park in Hathersage (SK 2312 8141)
Route: Hathersage - Higger Tor - Upper Burbage Bridge - Cowper Stone (TP) - White Path Moss - Hathersage
Distance: 6.75 miles Ascent: 411 metres Time Taken: 3 hrs 50 mins
Weather: Sunny with some cloud, breezy on the edges.
Pub Visited: None Ale Drunk: None
Mam Tor ridge is clearly visible from the road out of Hathersage.
Higger Tor from Mitchell Field.
The path up to Higger Tor is clearly visible, I took the one going left.
A very wet path down from Higger Tor heading towards Upper Burbage Bridge.
Cowper Stone comes into view.
Win Hill and the Kinder plateau from the trig point on Cowper Stone.
Looking in the other direction White Path Moss disappears into the distance.
Stanage Edge in the distance and my route along the edges.
The distinctive Stanedge Pole from the edge path.
Somewhere up there is Robin Hood's Cave.
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