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Fountains Fell Summit Cairn – Darnbrook Fell Trig Point loop from Pen-y-ghent

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United Kingdom

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Yorkshire And The Humber

Malham Moor

Fountains Fell Summit Cairn – Darnbrook Fell Trig Point loop from Pen-y-ghent

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Fountains Fell Summit Cairn – Darnbrook Fell Trig Point loop from Pen-y-ghent

04:11

14.5km

330m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 17, 2026

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Yorkshire Dales National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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1.46 km

View of Pen-y-ghent from the southeast

Highlight • Viewpoint

2.12 km

View of Pen-y-ghent

Highlight • Viewpoint

View Of Pen y ghent

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3.32 km

Fountains Fell Pennine Way Summit

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This isn't the true summit of Fountains Fell but it is the highest point that the Pennine Way trail passes on this wonderful mountain in the Yorkshire Dales. Fantastic view from here to the Yorkshire 3 Peaks of Pen y Ghent, Ingleborough and Whernside.

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3.33 km

Three Cairns

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4.90 km

Fountains Fell South Top

Peak

5.83 km

Fountains Fell Summit Cairn

Highlight • Viewpoint

Lying a few hundred meters south of the Pennine Way trail, the true summit of Fountains Fell is at 668m. There are great views south across Malham or northwest towards Pen-y-Ghent.
Watch out for the sinkholes left over from mining in this area; it's advised that you stick to the paths.

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7.13 km

View of Fountains Fell

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Darnbrook Fell

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8.66 km

Darnbrook Fell Trig Point

Highlight • Natural Monument

Bit boggy on the way to this one

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14.2 km

Limestone Pavement and View of Pen-y-ghent

Highlight • Natural Monument

There is a limestone pavement at Dale Head, right next to the car parking area, including a totally stunning, awesome and unbelievable view of Pen-y-ghent, which seems to look good in just about any weather you might have with you on the day.

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14.5 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.41 km

3.42 km

2.45 km

195 m

Surfaces

7.84 km

3.42 km

2.45 km

765 m

Elevation

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Highest point (660 m)

Lowest point (410 m)

Weather

Thursday 3 September

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Comments

September 2, 2025,Y2K Route 1 - Fountains Fell and Southern Top and Darnbrook Fell Trig loop

First route in walking the 2,000ft peaks in the Yorkshire Dales

June 5, 2024,Darnbrook Fell, Fountains Fell & Fountains Fell South Top Fell loop from Dale Head — Yorkshire Dales National Park

Darnbrook Fell, Fountains Fell, and Fountains Fell South Top Fell loop from Dale Head

The penultimate Dales hike. This was a 15 kilometre hike from Dale Head up around Darnbrook Fell with its quirky trig point and then across to Fountains Fell with its South Top neighbour. There were lovely views of Pen y Ghent all the way around, and …

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Fountains Fell Summit Cairn – Darnbrook Fell Trig Point loop from Pen-y-ghent

View of Pen-y-ghent from the southeast

View of Pen-y-ghent

Fountains Fell Pennine Way Summit

Three Cairns

Fountains Fell Summit Cairn

View of Fountains Fell

Darnbrook Fell Trig Point

Limestone Pavement and View of Pen-y-ghent

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