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11th Mar 2025  14:30  by MKP

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Folk have been hacking at it to try and remove.

15th Dec 2024  12:45  by ted

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Revisit. Sunday morning walk up from Huby via Rigton, commuter villages for Leeds and Harrogate. Red Kites circling. Very windy on top; couldn't stand upright. Profile of the large bolt visible but close approach not attempted. Great views over Wharfedale.

17th Nov 2024  11:12  by eon

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(3953) Busy area today. Grabbed the last parking spot close to the stile - which sports a BM - and then a steady walk up and onto the crag. A surprising amount of graffiti has been carved into the gritstone outcrop. Headed for the highest point and there she was. A scuffed 3'' bolt. Four brass ferrules are located nearby - witness marks? Lovely far reaching views from the summit.

Great Alms Cliff ©eon
Approach ©eon
Bolt location ©eon
Closer view ©eon
1 of 4 ferrules - witness marks? ©eon

27th Jun 2024  15:23  by Lynnebe

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From North Rigton street parking, footaths past Newhouse Farm to Almscliff Crag. Down W and road past Crag Farm. Good marked footpath to Holly Hill. Quiet road towards Weeton. Marked footpath past Meadowbrook to just N of Healthwaite Hall. Track to mast and yellow arrow into barley field, then nothing. Followed perimeter clockwise W of mapped path. No marked path exiting field.Carried on using tractor tracks to Healthwaite Hill. Then due N through gate and down fence line through 2 more gates to Dunkeswick Lodge. Busier but ok road back to N Rigton. 11km, 266m climb 3hrs taking my 82 year old mum for an explore.

17th Apr 2023  11:20  by Trigger

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20th Feb 2023  09:30  by Mickandkim

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Easy parking and walk up but had to crawl over rocks due to 40mph winds

30th Mar 2022  09:57  by Northern_Exile

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Retrospective log

2nd Feb 2022  12:05  by Cerridwen

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Too windy to get to the bolt today

23rd Oct 2021  15:30  by Noynek

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Cemented in metal pin / bolt benchmark only so no pillar. Been here a few times over the years and didn't realise it was here. Greatocation and views all around. Easy short but steep in places walk up on path from road with lots if parking. Easier to get up on to the top from the back /east side as it slopes up on that side.

7th Oct 2021  14:00  by sheepsocks

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What a lovely location! Obviously very popular local landmark. Went on to visit its little brother .

31st Dec 2020  15:00  by BasilDowl

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Having visited Almscliffe Crag several dozen times, I'd not previously realised it was a trig point (albeit a bolt; what a pillar this would have been!). I set out on a final walk of 2020 with stunning winter light, and Almscliff did not disappoint. Glorious views in every direction. Bolt has some major dents and scrapes, but it's there and it's not going anywhere. A wonderful trig to end the year.

The bolt
Close-up
Stupendous views

26th Sep 2020  10:30  by Delsey

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13th Jun 2020  07:23  by COVID Trig Point Challenge

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17th May 2020  11:58  by COVID Trig Point Challenge

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Iconic crags overlooking Wharfedale. Very busy today as first weekend as lockdown is relaxed.

22nd Mar 2019  10:54  by amblerbob

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Cloudy day but views good. Plenty of climbers/boulderers on crags

20th Feb 2019  11:45  by ted

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Revisit for the first time in a long while. Compared to how I recalled it, the cement around the bolt has been scraped out- attempted theft? But from the photos, this must have happened a few years ago.

Great Alms Cliff bolt
Great Alms Cliff bolt

14th Jul 2017  10:53  by Ant1974

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15th Apr 2017  12:00  by bwm

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17th Jun 2016  12:15  by Akayess

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Akayess at Great Alms Cliff ©Akayess

31st Jul 2015  21:22  by peregrinus

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Superb. 3" bolt. Spotted a ferrule then seeing CJO log found two more but fourth eluded me, in failing light.

6th Jun 2015  13:30  by gs48

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Very good views, gale force winds

7th Mar 2015  16:30  by iang

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Good views

28th Feb 2015  11:30  by stan toon

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Great views from impressive rock outcrop

©stan toon

3rd Feb 2015  12:33  by vegibagger

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Riveting bolt on Almscliff crag

Riveting silhouette ©vegibagger

23rd Sep 2014  00:00  by rupertal

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1st Mar 2014  13:30  by Bangkok_ian

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Superb views from here. A pillar would have really spoiled the view of the tor but the bolt is just right. I now know the difference between a bolt and a rivet.

Ian at Great Alms Cliff bolt

16th Feb 2014  12:25  by Particle

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Muddy and windy up there today. Been up lots of times but hadn't known about the bolt before.

9th Feb 2014  11:55  by redDragon

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Easy to find bolt on highest rock on this crag. Good views today but very windy

25th Jan 2014  16:10  by catman

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Revisit. Quickly up from road. Very windy at top.

11th Jan 2014  10:20  by dugswell2

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Cool and frosty morning plus a popular spot on a Saturday morning. Photo on Flickr.

28th Sep 2013  09:44  by Earby Rambler

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20th Sep 2013  16:51  by Andy D

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Easy walk up from road.

Bolt on top of Almscliff Crag©Andy D

15th Aug 2013  13:46  by FrankR

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Nice crag. Lovely spot, but can be a tad busy.

10th Aug 2013  09:44  by CJO

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Has a few dents but otherwise in good condition. 3" bolt. Brass ferrules to west, north and south - are these witness marks or the fixings for a long gone a fence?

Great Alms Cliff

24th Aug 2012  18:56  by rowleybirkin

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First visited here on 25/04/09 - a beautiful, clear day. Unaware it was a trig point and didn't climb to the top on that occasion. This time weather not so good but views all round are outstanding. Summit can be reached in about 10 minutes from road - no need for rock scrambling, just choose route carefully. Great Alms Cliff is a great landmark - hard to miss when travelling towards Leeds on the A 660 and very prominent when viewed from The Chevin.

Information
The bolt

27th Apr 2012  17:30  by fell-finder

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Walked up from Harrogate Road after getting the 36 bus. The highest most nearest point to where I live, and a really distinctive landmark, Great Almscliff Crag has some great views of Wharfedale and towards Ilkley Moor and Otley Chevin. A strange type of Trig Point this one being a bolt, first one I've bagged like this! Cold Wind today, and very muddy surrounding the crag.

Bolt Almscliff Crag Trig Point

19th Feb 2012  09:45  by painterman61

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Easy parking good scramble to top big bolt on highest slab, must be top bolt in Yorkshire!

bolt ©painterman61
bolt ©painterman61

14th Feb 2012  19:06  by blackboot29

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Easy to spot on highest point on crag

31st Oct 2011  15:30  by PeteBoggs

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About as good a bolt gets - wonderful airy spot with good views

©PeteBoggs

7th Oct 2009  18:37  by Triggers

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climbed here many times

23rd Aug 2008  19:29  by Aye Jimmy

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Large flattened bolt. Used to come here on a daily basis during the climbing years.

Great Alms Cliff The battered bolt and location.

19th Jun 2008  14:10  by Dusty

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SE44 T153 Bolt. Good views.

Trigpoint
Bolt & view
Almscliff Crag
Mrs Dusty on Crag
Another view from Crag

22nd Jan 2007  15:00  by ted

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Log added retrospectively after Dusty's report. A scuffed bolt at the highest point on the crag; also marked with a triangulation symbol on earlier OS maps. Good views of central Wharfedale. Footpaths up from road are muddy.

Great Almscliff OS 1:25000 (1974)
Great Almscliff View across Wharfedale with bolt in foreground. Arthington viaduct in the middle distance, then Pool, Bramhope and Cookridge beyond.