Friday Night Scramble: Wilderness Gully East

Route: Wilderness Gully East

Meet at: Dovestones Reservoir Car park, OL3 7NE. As an environmentally conscious group, we actively encourage car sharing. Further details of car sharing arrangements from Sheffield will appear in the comments section nearer the time.

As Peak district scrambles go, Wilderness Gully East is one of the very best. It offers continuous high quality and often steep scrambling with several tasty pitches, two of which can be rather tricky.

The evening will include a short hike from Dovestones Reservoir, a Grade 3 scrambling ascent of Wilderness Gully East, and a Grade 1 descent of Wilderness Gully West before returning back down the valley to the car park.

Difficulty: Grade 3 scrambling. For more information on scrambling grades see:

https://www.thebmc.co.uk/understanding-scrambling-grades

Experience Required: Some previous higher grade scrambling and/or climbing experience is essential

What to bring: Headtorch, waterproof clothing (there may be some water coming down the gully), drinks and snacks, walking boots or approach shoes, change of clothes (there is a distinct possibility of getting wet on this one!)

Duration: Approx. 6km with total height gain of approx. 300 metres. Estimated time 3.5 hours.

Ordnance Survey Map: OS 110 Sheffield & Huddersfield Landranger 1:50 000 Scale.

Guidebook: Scrambles in the Dark Peak published by Cicerone Press.

As always, if any of the participants in this meet want to contribute £2.00 towards our Meet Up costs that will be great.