Distance: 7 miles (approx)
Duration of walk: between 3 and 4 hours
Difficulty: easy/moderate
Terrain: well defined paths throughout duration of walk
Parking: NT Mam Tor car park or lay by on A6187 (SK126832)

1. If you have parked your car in a layby on the A6187, then procede through the pictured gate and walk along the obvious path that climbs up to the National Trust defined path for Mam Tor.

Alternatively, if you have parked in the National Trust car park, take the only path out of the car park up towards Mam Tor.

2. From either start point, the layby on the road or NT car park, the pictured gate is where these two routes meet. Walk through the gate and start the ascent to the trig point. This is a very popular route and is an easily accessible trig point, so expect to be joined by many people. The path is made up of laid stone slabs and are arranged as steps which makes the walking up to the trig point easy.

3. The Trig Point! (SK 12769 83612)
The footpath along the ridge from Mam Tor to Losehill is one of the most popular in the Peak District, providing breathtaking views in every direction, including the Edale Valley , Kinder, the Derwent Moors, Stanage Edge, and the limestone plateau to the south. Moving on from the trig point, carry onward along the well laid stone path.

4. Leaving the trig point behind, begin to walk the spectacular ridge towards Hollin's Cross (marked with a red dot on the picture). On a good day and if conditions are right you are likely to see paragliders soaring the ridge.

Hollin's Cross is a junction of path's, do not deviate and carry on up Barker Bank.

At this point it is worth looking back towards Mam Tor and the ridge, the view is spectacular!

5. At this point take the route that takes you off the "ridge" path for the first time, and go over the stile and up onto Back Tor. There is a short, steep climb to the top of Back Tor. Upon reaching the top it is an ideal point to stop and take in the view towards Kinder.

6. Keeping to the obvious path, head away from Back Tor and lock Lose Hill (also known as Ward's Piece) in your sights. This is the end of the Great Ridge that runs from Rushup Edge to the west (over Mam Tor, Hollins Cross and Back Tor).

7. After entering the National Trust land of Lose Hill, walk up to the top. Take in the view from the top of Lose Hill, and from here you can see Hathersage and Stanage Edge, Edale and the Kinder Scout Plateau, look across the Hope valley towards Camphill and you may well see fixed wing gliders in the air.

After appreciating the view from the top of Lose Hill, walk down off the hill (there is only one path).

8. Exiting the National Trust land of Lose Hill you will pass over a stile. Look to your right and within 100m there is another stile, head for this and take the path into the fields. The path is obvious and runs at a lower level and parallel to the ridge above that you have just walked to get to Back Tor and Lose Hill. This path will take you through a number of fields and then a wooded area known as Brockett Booth. After exiting Brockett Booth you find yourself back at Hollins Cross... see next step...

9. Upon reaching Hollin's Cross you are faced with a number of paths to take, so facing in the direction of Mam Tor at Hollin's Cross, look to your left (towards the Castleton side of the ridge) and there are two choices of paths. Here you need to follow the path to the right, see picture.

10. At this point take the path that leads you into the wooded area heading towards Mam Farm.

11. Exiting the wooded area, follow the track and pass Mam Farm. At the top of the track to Mam Farm the choice is to stay with the defined walk or take the equally interesting alternative (and shorter) route.

12. At the end of the track there is a point of interest that is worth exploring. The red box donates "The Mam Tor Landslip". Here you can shorten the walk, do this by walking along the closed 'slipped' road until you meet the A6187 where you started.

Making the walk longer, turn left at the top of the farm drive and head in the direction of Castleton.

13. Walking from Mam Farm you will pass a number of points of interest including Animal Farm and Treak Cliff Cavern. Keep an eye out Speedwell Cavern to the right and at the sign cross a small field that delivers you to the Speedwell Cavern car park at the bottom of Winnats Pass.

14. Using the path adjacent to the road, head up the dramatic Winnats Pass.

15. Upon reaching the top of Winnats Pass, you meet the road junction and you need to turn right, this is signed for Chapel-en-le-Frith.

16. Look for a gate in the wall and take this route over Windy Knoll towards the end of the walk and that is it.

Walk Done!