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Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton to Ribblehead) Walk

Easy route over Yorkshire's finest via the limestone paradise that is its easterly end: limestone pavement, caves, a dramatic gorge and chasm, a pot with the longest waterfall, views

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Walking group on Moughton Scars

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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Limestone Pavement (detail)

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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Trow Gill Gorge

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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Gaping Gill

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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Final ascent to the top plateau of Ingleborough

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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Little Ingleborough, Ingleborough, Simon Fell from Morning Shortcut

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead) [Sulber Nick Route]

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Fell Beck towards Gaping Gill, from Morning Shortcut Route

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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Pen-y-ghent from Platform 2 at Horton in Ribblesdale Station

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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Limestone Bands in Ingleborough NNR

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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Sulber Limestone Cragface

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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Limestone Crag this side of Simon Fell and Ingleborough

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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Left-to-right: Little Ingleborough, Ingleborough, Simon Fell, Park Fell

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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Old Grouse Butt and Limestone Pavement

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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Crummack Dale

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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Moughton Scars above Crummack Dale

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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Moughton Scars

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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All of Ingleborough, beyond limestone plateau

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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Crummack Dale, with the Austwick Beck emerging from a cave

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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Little Ingleborough, Ingleborough, Simon Fell

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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Limestone Pavement

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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Layers of Limestone

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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Beggar's Stile

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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5m-high limestone wall at end of dry valley

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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Thieves Moss, towards Crummack Dale

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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Cragface of Sulber and Thieves Moss plateau

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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Sheep overlooking Thieves Moss (Pendle Hill in far distance)

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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Pen-y-ghent beyond Thieves Moss and Sulber

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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View of the distant hills east of Settle: Sugar Loaf Hill, Settle Scar, Rye Loaf Hill

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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Cairn on Long Scar with Ingleborough beyond

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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Trow Gill Gorge

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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Trow Gill Gorge's chasm

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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View down the path through Trow Gill's chasm

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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Tree growing out of pot hole wall

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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Fell Beck (dry on the surface at the time) arriving at Gaping Gill

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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Gaping Gill

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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Lip of Gaping Gill

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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Cairns on Little Ingleborough with Ingleborough top plateau beyond

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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Ingleborough in hazy weather: Trig point, pile of stones, storm shelter

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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View towards Twistleton Scars (Ingleborough top plateau)

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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View towards Gragareth and Whernside (Ingleborough top plateau)

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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View towards Ribblehead Viaduct (Ingleborough top plateau)

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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View along the scarp to Simon Fell and Park Fell (Ingleborough top plateau)

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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View towards Whernside (Ingleborough top plateau)

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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Descent path off Ingleborough (Three Peaks Route in reverse)

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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Backview to descent path off Ingleborough

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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Backview from Humphrey Bottom to Ingleborough top plateau

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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Twistleton Scars and Gragareth

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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Whernside from Humphrey Bottom

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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Boardwalk on descent

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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Trees growing out of limestone bands (Scales Moor)

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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Limekiln on Philpin Sleights

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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Sheep Barrier across Winterscales Beck (dry on the surface)

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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Winterscales Beck disgorging at lower level into pot hole NE of Philpin Farm

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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Bend in Winterscales Beck with resurgence (top right)

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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Ribblehead Viaduct across Parker's Moss

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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Backview to the tiered flank of Ingleborough

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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Ribblehead Viaduct, from near Gunnerfleet Farm

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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Ribblehead Viaduct with views through arch to Ingleborough

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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Cross-shaped storm shelter on top of Ingleborough

SWC Walk 440 - Ingleborough via Moughton Scars and Gaping Gill (Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead)

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