Bleaklow

Bleaklow isn't a place for the fainthearted in a whiteout! Not the easiest place to navigate, it is a good place for practicing map and compass skills. A great place to be able to roam, there are 100s of potential routes there....my favourite would be along past Alport Castles, West End Moor Trig, Alport Head and round to the Pennine Way.

(Written by: Flying_Duck)

Leaving your car, walk straight onto the moor. Best walk is to Bleaklow Head, or Bleaklow Stones if you have the time. A bog trotters paradise. (addictive) In summer, a pleasant walk, with distractions. Interesting in winter in thick mist ! A great apprenticeship to be had here on route finding for the larger ranges. Best view point, Higher Shelf Stones.

(Written by: old_cragrat)

Not a bad little hill really, perfect for getting to grips with Peat and its often vice like properties. The Pennine way snakes across it, but to really challenge yourself go off road as it were, and use your compass skills-you better hope theyre up to scratch though! Easiest to walk in winter when the top layer is in a permafrost like state as the peat looses some of its vice like abilities, which makes crossing the cloughs and hags a lot easier.

(Written by: HikerPunk)

Every route as its good points; - The Pennine Way; busy but fun to watch people walking in circles - From Glossop; great views but no real taste of the wilderness Bleaklow can offer - From Longdendale; provides access to the great cloughs along the northern edge (wildboar clough) but you cannot avoid Longdendale Trail - Best route via Alport Dale, a true gem of the Peak District. Also try Middle Black Clough

(Written by: colclough9@talktalk.net)

Bleaklow is where I first got to grips with hags and cloughs i.e. lots of sucky, mucky peat Its just a really big lump of peat but I have a sneaking fondness for it. Best route is from Old Glossop up to the Wainstones, then to the trig point, and head towards Old Woman, pick up the Doctor's Gate path and head back down. Or if the peat is exhibiting superglue like properties, head for the Pennine Way behind the Wainstones and take that to Old Woman. Its not spectacular for views but you can see all of Manchester laid out including the Beetham tower. I like this route because the route up as far as the Wainstones is usually empty - I only occasionally see D of E groups but once you hit the Pennine Way its normally quite busy with people parking up on the Snake Pass and wandering down.

(Written by: angryred)