It’s beginning to look a lot like winter.
Recently we’ve been bombarded with a mix of arctic blasts and torrential downpours. After a Saturday of downpours, Sunday was looking nice and clear.
A few options looked appealing but with the promise of snow on the peaks, we decided for a Yorkshire Dales favourite: Crina Bottom.
The route is simple enough. Start at the bottom of Fell Lane and follow it up all the way to the hanging valley of Crina Bottom, complete with magnificent views of Ingleborough.
We did extend the hike this time by clambering above Crina Bottom to White Scar limestone pavement, complete with snow covered clints and grykes. Glorious.
All photos taken on my new iPhone 17 Pro Max. RAWs developed in Lightroom, merged in Photomatix, then edited and finalised in Photoshop.
Along Fell Lane a partial collapse in the dry stone wall allowed for a nice framing composition of a snow capped Whernside.
Arriving at Crina Bottom, Ingleborough commands your attention. Don’t fells look even taller with snow on them?
My lovely Lisabet getting those intimate snaps she’s fond of. This track heads straight to the only building in Crina Bottom, the farm. The path onward is just below the farm track.
Heading up above Crina Bottom, I stopped for some cracking compositions of the limestone here, such as these two pillars looking like a gateway.
An ultra-wide composition from just below Crina Bottom’s limestone pavement edge.
Smooth and carved limestone boulder shows evidence of the limestone’s origins in the sea.
Up on top of White scar pavement, the clints and grykes covered in snow and Ingleborough’s shape looking impressive.
Carefully stepping around the clints and grykes so I don’t snap an ankle, seeking compositions of some of the glacial erratics left on the pavement.
On the way back down, beautiful light caresses Keld Head Scar above Kingsdale as the cloud cover arrives.