Katrina stretching from above for the perfect shot of Winnats Pass We follow a gentle ridge walk to Mam Tor, which takes an hour before descending towards the limestone pinnacles to view Winnats Pass from above. Track conditions Leaving Edale to commence ascent to Mam Tor We lunch halfway down the gorge that forms part of the Cave Dale Walk. Just a packed lunch and water in a day pack with suitable hiking gear is all you need. She also has a GPS with preloaded GPX files of the completed route as another reference point, but walkers in England are very adept at reading detailed Ordnance maps. For quick reference fold the bag up towards you to read the perfectly oriented map. A full Ordnance Survey Map of the area is placed upside down in a clear plastic waterproof sleeve or bag and hung around her neck. Jacqueline is equipped like every English walker. I can forget about navigation and follow her sure steps. Winnats Pass Who walked with me?Īn Australian friend of mine, Jacqueline Ballard, living in Northern England, guides me today. We walked on top of the limestone plateau and looked down at this winding road deep beneath the cleft. Winnats Pass is a 9.3km road which winds around a cleft surrounded by towering limestone pinnacles. It is a dominating link between the eastern end of Rushup Edge and the western end of the Great Ridge, which together separate the Hope Valley to the south from Edale to the north, and is a popular ridge walk. Mam Tor is on the southern edge of the Dark Peak (sandstones) and overlooks the White Peak (limestones), including the notable dry gorge of Winnats Pass. These landslips, caused by unstable lower layers of shale, also give the hill its alternative name of Shivering Mountain. Its name means ‘mother hill’, so called because frequent landslips on its eastern face have resulted in a multitude of ‘mini-hills’ beneath it.
Mam Tor is a 517m (1,696ft) hill near Castleton in the High Peak of Derbyshire, England. June 2018 Edale, Peak District, Derbyshire, UK 13.7km (8.5 miles) 6 hours Mam Tor, meaning ‘Mother Hill’, is a short and family-friendly trail near Castleton that is steeped in ancient history and takes in one of the Peak District’s most iconic views.
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