KINDER SCOUT - Finding The Official Summit - Peak District Solo Hike

Hey dude, just found your channel. Really enjoying the videos

You wasn't joking about it being bleak and vast up there! 😮. I like the video and that time lapse at the end 🙌.

I swear by the OS maps app. Can save so much time when you need it😊

Hi Alex how about a route up kinder via jaggers clough.. not many vlog that... And that route can be fun! Cheers Simon

Desperate to get back to the Peak District had our first outing in October and absolutely loved it. Kinder Scout, Jacobs Ladder on our bucket list at first opportunity. I checked out your winter hiking gear list as that is something else we need to invest in, out of interest what gear did you have on for this hike. Definitely going to get the OS App. Thank you for a great video.

Great video. It is a real shame that Kinder Low is not the highest point. The true summit is one of the most pointless places to visit. Been up Kinder and various places on and around the plateau over thirty times now, but only ever bothered to do the true summit once, just to say I've done it. It is actually quite hard to believe when you are up there that it is definitely the highest point. So much land around you looks higher. It would be interesting to know when the entire plateau was last surveyed. With it being so eroded over the decades I reckon it is probably lower than when it was originally surveyed. I was camping up on Kinder in -5 on Sunday, the sunrise was well worth the long cold night.

Kinder is a special place mr, it has an elegance of time and beauty bringing people together. I religiously take this route and extend the walk forking off to brown knoll. A good old pint at ramblers in and chips n curry 😮. Will say helloi if I come across in summer, sir.

lovely Alex, just lovely!! :) We did wonder if your "and i've done all that without being waist deep in bog", suddenly you disappear waist deep in bog 🤣 (glad you didn't tho!!)

Brilliant Alex and like after 40 years I’ve not been there so that’s it I’m going and maybe a camp too.
Thanks for the inspiration.
🏕️🙏👍

Pretty sure i read that there isn't a trig point is due to it being a peat bog the highest point is often changing

Had some great walks up on kinder last year …. Looking forward to more this year

Nice one Alex! Have you been up Blackden Brook? I think thats my favorite. Summit is nice to bag but a tad lacklustre

Looks a fantastic walk, reminds me of one of the best walks I've ever done a couple of summers ago. Up past Otter Brook and Ringing Roger late in the afternoon, follow the path to the eastern edge of the plateau and then along the nothern edge to spend the night bivvying under Madwoman's Stones. In the morning I struck out across the plateau to hit up all three trigs before coming down via Jacobs Ladder. High summer so a lot of the bogs had dried out, but the flipside meant there was no water to be had anywhere. All the cloughs completely dry. Never had (filtered) river water tasted so good as when I finally made it to the little ford at the foot of Jacobs Ladder!

This was my final Ethel, the 95th. It was quite emotional to tell you the truth. Love the time-lapse too Alex. Another great video. Thanks for sharing.

Great walk - thanks for sharing. Took 30 colleagues from work up in September for a team event - so glad to get them all down again !

Been on kinder many times but not dun the actual top summit 😮
Luvly video ALEX but think I will try the peak in May or June , getting old.😂

Another gorgeous cinematic masterpiece my friend! Absolutely brilliant composition and execution 🔥🔥

Another inspiring video Alex. I’ve done a lot of that in recent years, but like you never really sure I was at the summit. Never get tired of Kinder! 😀. Thanks!

Hi Alex, another lovely hike there! I never tire of Kinder and have explored some of the Plateau in the last few years, including the “7 minute crossing” which was a handy route to the top of Blackden Brook. You are right, the Official summit area is pretty flat and would make for a camping pitch, at least if it wasn’t blowing a gale due to the exposure up there. That part of the plateau isn’t too bad, but a little distance to the east, the Peat gruffs are pretty sizeable and it’s hard going in wet weather! I haven’t ticked the summit off yet, thank you for making the route so clear. Looking forward to the next video 👍

I think most people that have done kinder have never actually got to the highest point. It needs to have a massive cairn up there🤣

I was there today mate, January 15th, did the same route 8 am, it was freeeezing up there, with the wind at least -15º.

Another Great video 😀 ,

The time lapse footage is ace!

Beautiful colours on show too - I've loved Kinder whenever I've visited, but the memories are always very grey/brown 😅

Hi Alex. My very first wild camp in the UK (am originally from South Africa) was following your video of up Grindsbrook and camping at Woolpacks and got bitten immediately, not just by the midges lol. Yes, that would be a cool even if barren place for a camp 😀

Thanks for the video!! Keep them coming!