The Great Outdoors

9 The Edale Skyline Peak District ENGLAND

32km/20 miles/9-10 hours

Ascent 1096m/3596ft

Francesca Donovan guides you on a fine Peak day challenge

THE EDALE SKYLINE is the most fun you can have in the Peak District on two feet. That is, if you find admiring sweeping views across the most popular (read: best) hillwalking territory in our first national park fun. This route, which skirts the edges above the entire Edale valley, is a well-loved trail run; but it can be squeezed into a day of walking too. There’s only one sustained ascent

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