A hut-to-hut traverse of the Veyra massif
From Cairn Foot to Northgate, with five nights in mountain huts. Scroll and you walk it: the map moves with you, the profile below tracks the height, and every number comes from one terrain.
Stage 01 · km 0.0–13.5
Cairn Foot to Aske Hut
A steady climb out of Cairn Foot on an old drove road, under the south flank of Brannock. The hut sits on the shoulder above Tarn Aske, with the whole of Hoar Crag in front of it.
WaterSprings to km 9, then the tarn
Stage 02 · km 13.5–27.9
Aske Hut to Hoar Bothy
The biggest climb of the week. The path leaves the tarn and works up the west side of Hoar Crag on cairns to the highest hut on the route.
WaterNone after the tarn: carry two litres
Stage 03 · km 27.9–42.3
Hoar Bothy to Blea Refuge
The route’s high point comes early on the shoulder of Hoar Crag, then a long descent on scree and grass into the bowl that holds Blea Water.
WaterSprings below the scree
Stage 04 · km 42.3–55.8
Blea Refuge to Sella Hut
Down past Blea Water to the valley floor, then the second big climb of the week: a long pull through pasture and up the zigzags to Sella Hut, under Sella Grande.
WaterTroughs in the pasture
Stage 05 · km 55.8–70.2
Sella Hut to Lenn Hut
A traverse beneath the east side of Sella Grande, exposed in two short places, then a long descent to Lenn Hut. Lenn Tarn is half an hour’s walk east of the hut.
WaterLenn Tarn, off the route
Stage 06 · km 70.2–84.5
Lenn Hut to Northgate
Rolling ground north under the Tor of Lenn with the whole massif behind you, then down to the road and the bus at Northgate.
WaterStream crossings every hour
Plan
Waymark is a concept: the huts are fictional and nothing is reserved.