W9: A Linear Walk From Kirby Stephen To Garsdale Over Wild Boar Fell

Leave Richmond Station car park at 9.15am. Rendezvous on Garsdale Station platform LA10 5PP (GR: SD789919, What3Words: ///snores.likely.bulbs ) to catch the 10.52am train to Kirby Stephen. 13 Miles. Hard. 7. Participants will be asked to purchase their own rail ticket (5.10) bring you railcard if you have one.Wild Boar Fell and its distinct sharp outline is well known to travellers on the A66 or to Kirkby Stephen. After a short but picturesque train ride, we set off from Kirkby Stephen station across open fields and moorland to the curiously named High Dolphinsty overlooking the Upper Eden valley. A steep climb along the top of the steep cliffs, takes us up to the summit of Wild Boar Fell, at 708 metres with the Howgill Fells spread out to the West and High Dales Fells to the East. We will visit the strange stone pillars before the ridge walk down to Swarth Fell and Swarth Fell Pike. From here its a gentle if boggy descent back to Garsdale Station.