Walking and Climbing

For more info on the Malham Area of the Yorkshire Dales visit www.malhamdale.com

Excellent website is www.malhamdale.com, thanks for the informative link you provided. The wife and I are off up to explore Malham for the 1st time ever this weekend.

For a nice route try up Gordale Scar ( an easy short scramble) where ever you fancy on the tops depending on how long you want the walk then back down the side of Mallam Cove.

Jules that's pretty much the same walk as this weeks route, but you may as well wander over to Malham Tarn on the way :)

Nice spot for lunch Mallam Tarn.

Well we went to Malham yesterday, it was great. Janets Foss was very picturesque, Gordale Scar was just awesome. We waited in-line for 15mins to scramble up the knuckle which was interesting. The walk over to the Tarn was good too I couldnt believe the size of the water channels that would have fed Gordale with so much ice-melt!

Even with the sun out yesterday the wind got a good bite on my ear whilst eating at the side of the Tarn.

Malham cove was a buzz with walkers and climbers alike, some cows paraded there thick curly black winter coats, the cove area is huge, what an amazing place.

I took sometime to talk to the National Trust guy who was touting for new members, a family walked passed and he said Hello to them and asked if they'd heard of the National Trust...they replied "NO!!, we are Townies and we dont want to join." We all just fell about laughing, so funny.

Anyway its a great day out for all ages and plenty of wonderful geological information to taken in, excellent for field trips.

I was at Malham yesterday too. We too had to wait for what seemed like an age to scramble up the side of the waterfall at Gordale Scar - well worth it though. Without doubt an absolute classic of a walk which I'd have no trouble in recommending to anyone. The view from the top of the cove southwards is absolutely breathtaking.

Definitely somewhere I shall be visiting again.

I did the walk yesterday. Excellent. Thanks for suggesting it.
We couldn't do the climb up Gordale Scar - far too much water, so we had to do the detour.

Cheers.

Thanks to everyone for the feedback :)) It's great to know the routes are being followed - being a relatively new development on OM, and even better to hear your impressions.

An excellent walk from beginning to end. Well worth the climb up Gordale scar. Once you've got up the first rock at the beginning it gets much easier. We were worried we might get up the first bit then find something steeper round the corner but that is not the case.

Malham links up pretty well with Wharfedale (via Mastiles Lane) and also over towards Pen-Y-Ghent (over Fountains Fell way) if you want to make a bigger day of it. It's a lovely area, that's for sure!

Didn't get to return, no, I walked down the river to Ilkley and got a train back towards home the next morning just before the weather turned silly.

I grew up in Ilkley, still get there on an almost daily basis. You could have carried on along the Dales Way, and turned left around Dent!

I'm (sort of) from Guiseley, so i still love to get back up to God's own county whenever I can. I have quite a mental list of walks and places to go that I like

The scramble up the side of the waterfal, which a lot of folk mention here ,does seem to put people off,even some fairly experienced ramblersIt is fairly easy if you get the right start line but it can be amusing to sit back and watch on a busy weekend .Aren't we cruel!!

I'd like to get to Malham this weekend. Any suggestions of a 10-12mile circular walk including Goredale Scar and the Cove?

There are two good start points. One is just left of centre and the other is in the far left corner by the left hand wall. The first is easier but wetter.