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PEAK DISTRICT - HIGGER TOR 23rd JANUARY 2007

Location -
Peak District - Millstone Edge & Higger Tor
Map -
The Peak District Dark Peak Area - OL1
Route -
Car Park (25153, 80092), Millstone Edge, Higger Tor, Cowper Stone, Upper Burbage Bridge, Burbage Bridge, Owler Tor, Car Park
Distance -
6.25 Miles
Weather -
Sunny with plenty of lying snow
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Route Map -
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Image produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map service. Image reproduced with kind permission
of Ordnance Survey and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland.


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At the very start of the walk leaving the car park for open land. Despite the complete lack of snow at
lower levels it looks like I'll get exactly what I came here for, a winter walk in glorious sunshine.


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Reaching Millstone Edge it was quite difficult to pick my way through some of the drifts
and avoid the gaps between the rocks.


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Overlooking the Hope Valley with Castleton and Mam Tor in the distance.
A little different from my previous visit here in October.



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Looking ahead to my first objective Higger Tor.
The path skirts around to the left and almost comes up from behind the summit


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From the top of Higger Tor looking down the Hope Valley again.


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Looking along the summit of Higger Tor showing the accumulated snow and the fantastic sky.


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Similar to the photograph above but with a change in position to include the foreground rock.


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Passing through this gate from Higger Tor I headed to The Eastern edge of Stanage Edge and Cowper Stone.


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I don't think that you could do 40mph today. My objective is the ridge on the right.


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Just below the ridge I spotted these millstones, well worth a short detour to photograph.


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From the Duke of Rutland's Drive looking up to Carl Wark (left) and Higger Tor (right).


Thanks for visiting.