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The Three Peaks Cyclo-Cross race follows a longer, 61 km (38 mi), route across the peaks. Yorkshire 3 Peaks Ultra, is a 70 kilometres (43 mi) self navigation trails ultra marathon held annually in October. Starting in Hawes, joining the classic Yorkshire Three Peaks route around Whernside, Ingleborough and Pen-y-ghent. Returning to Hawes via ...
The Three Peaks Race is a fell race held annually on the last weekend in April, starting and finishing in Horton in Ribblesdale. The course traverses the Yorkshire Three Peaks . The present distance is about 23 miles (37 km).
The Three Peaks Cyclo-Cross is an annual cyclo-cross event over the Yorkshire three peaks of Ingleborough, Whernside and Pen-y-ghent, in Yorkshire, England. It is organised by Bradford Racing Cycling Club on the last weekend of September.
The National Three Peaks Challenge is an event in which participants attempt to climb the highest mountains of England, Scotland and Wales within 24 hours. It is frequently used to raise money for charitable organisations. Walkers climb each peak in turn, and are driven from the foot of one mountain to the next. The three peaks are:
This part of the national park is popular with walkers due to the presence of the Yorkshire three peaks. The Yorkshire Dales National Park is a 2,178 km 2 (841 sq mi) national park in England which covers most of the Yorkshire Dales, the Howgill Fells, and the Orton Fells. The Nidderdale area of the Yorkshire Dales is not within the national ...
South of this, the main line of the Pennines (often called "the backbone of England") continues into the Yorkshire Dales around the Stainmore Gap, a limestone-dominated area of broad valleys and moorland. The Yorkshire Three Peaks are some of the highest summits in the area, which became a national park in 1954.
1971: The National Three Peaks Challenge (Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon): 11 hours 54 minutes including driving time; 1973: The Welsh 3000s – the 14 peaks of Snowdonia in 4 hours 46 minutes (record stood until 1988) 1974: The Pennine Way: 3 days, 4 hours, 36 minutes (record stood until 1975) [7] 1976: Robin Hood Bay to St Bees: 41 hours
Ingleborough (723 m or 2,372 ft) is the second-highest mountain in the Yorkshire Dales, England. [1] It is one of the Yorkshire Three Peaks (the other two being Whernside and Pen-y-ghent), and is frequently climbed as part of the Three Peaks walk.