All The Gear But No Idea: Yorkshire Dales

The Yorkshire Dales is an upland area of the Pennines in Northern England in the historic county of Yorkshire, most of it in the Yorkshire Dales National Park created in 1954.

The Dales comprises river valleys and the hills, rising from the Vale of York westwards to the hilltops of the Pennine watershed. In Ribblesdale, Dentdale and Garsdale, the area extends westwards across the watershed, but most of the valleys drain eastwards to the Vale of York, into the Ouse and the Humber. The extensive limestone cave systems are a major area for caving in the UK.

The northern area of the Yorkshire Dales sits north of Wensleydale and Garsdale and is home to some of the parks more expansive, wilder moorland. Despite this, three of the five highest points in the national park can be found here.

Great Shunner Fell (716m)