The Monday Yorkshire Dales Walk: Great Coum and Gragereth

We’ll be walking in the real Yorkshire — not the administrative patchwork left behind by 1974, but the true county as tradition and topography demand. And we’ll measure our climbs the proper way: in feet, not in metres. Yorkshire holds around 36 hills rising above 2,000 feet, and many of them lie within easy reach of Penrith, waiting patiently for those ready to explore their wild beauty.

1. Great Coum (2,254 ft) & Gragareth (2,057 ft): A ridge walk with cairns and wide views to the Lakes and Bay.
2. Baugh Fell (2,224 ft): A quiet plateau with hidden tarns and a strong sense of remoteness.
3. Great Knoutberry (2,205 ft) & Dodd Fell (2,192 ft): Overlooking Dentdale and Wensleydale, peaceful and little‑visited.
4. Whernside (2,415 ft, from Dentdale): The Dales’ highest summit, reached by a quieter valley route with sweeping views.
5. Great Shunner Fell (2,349 ft) & Lovely Seat (2,198 ft): Windswept Pennine heights, one on the Pennine Way, the other more solitary.
6. Rogan’s Seat (2,205 ft) & Water Crag (2,191 ft): Moorland summits above Swaledale, vast horizons and a feeling of wilderness.