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Mill Hill from top of Snake Pass

Start/Finish

The top of the Snake Pass, the A57 between Sheffield and Glossop where there is usually plenty of verge parking.

Distance/Time

8 km About 2 hours

Peaks

Mill Hill, 544 m, SK 061 504. OS Outdoor Leisure 1: Dark Peak. OS 110 (1:50 000).

Introduction

This is an easy walk. Apart from the first 50 m and the last 20 m on Mill Hill, the entire route is a slabbed path. Starting at the top of the Snake Pass minimises the ascent as it is at 512 m. This is an ideal walk for a short winter's day but the slabs can be quite slippery when iced up and it doesn't take much snow to hide the slabs.

Route

(1) On the S side of the Snake Pass summit is a gate and a sign for Ashop Moor. Follow this path which soon becomes a slabbed path and eases the crossing of the boggy moorland. The path winds around a bit but it very easy to follow. After about 4 km it reaches a large but low cairn which is the summit of Mill Hill, 544 m. There is a crossroads of paths here. Left is the Pennine Way to Kinder and Edale, ahead is a faint path heading towards Leygatehead Moor and right is the descent to the Grouse Inn.

(2) Retrace the outward route back to the top of the Snake Pass.

Notes

(a) This walk took place on 10^th December, 2018.