Midlife Hikers weekend away at Malham YHA
Schedule
Fri, 17 Oct, 2025 at 05:00 pm to Sun, 19 Oct, 2025 at 05:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
YHA Malham | Skipton, EN
From Friday 17 to Sunday 19 October we will be heading to Malham explore the stunning scenery, waterfalls and caves in this part of the Yorkshire Dales. This promises to be a really fun weekend with lots of laughter, great walks and fantastic company.(Please see below for booking details. NB - marking yourself as "going" on Facebook does not book you a place)
🚶 Walks
There will be two walks: one on Saturday and one on Sunday.
Malham – 11 miles: A classic circular walk straight from our accommodation, we visit Janets Foss waterfall, Gordale Scar, Malham Tarn and the Cove. This is a fantastic walk that covers all the essential highlights for a visit to Malham.
Settle – 11 miles: A circular walk with lots of features, starting from the village of Langcliffe on the outskirts of Settle. There are three waterfalls - Stainforth Force (and the chance to spot leaping salmon), Catrigg Force and Scalaber force. There are also lots of caves to explore – including Jubilee and Victoria Cave.
Walks may change depending on the weather.
🏠 Accommodation
We have several 4 bedded en-suite dormitories with bunk beds booked at the YHA. Rooms will be filled on a single sex basis and we have space for 18 of us in total.
There is limited car parking at the hostel – but Malham has a very large pay and display car park about a 5 minute walk from the YHA.
A drying room is available for boots and wet clothes after the walk.
There are communal areas to hang out and chat, play board games etc
Bedding is provided but towels are not.
🍽️ Food
Friday night you can choose to cook your own meal in the YHA kitchen (it is very well equipped), book to eat at one of the village pubs or make your own arrangements. On the Saturday night we have a group booking to eat at the pub next door to the YHA – The Lister Arms.
The hostel do a cooked breakfast but this needs to be booked at the hostel, the night before.
You will need to bring your own lunch provisions and tea, coffee, milk etc. Food needs to be labelled when stored in the shared kitchen.
✅ Booking details
The accommodation is £75 per person for the 2 nights, Friday to Sunday.
The weekend away is open to Ramblers members only and there are limited spaces.
To book, please email [email protected] with your Ramblers membership number and request a place. Your booking will only be confirmed after Michelle receives payment.
Be prepared to provide your Ramblers membership number and pay in full. Bookings are on a first-come, first-served basis, and your place will be confirmed upon receipt of payment.
Once all places get booked up you can ask to join a waiting list, to get priority in case of cancellations.
Cancellations: refunds cannot be guaranteed unless some else is able to take your space.
Sorry but dogs are not permitted.
If you do not secure a place on this trip then sorry, you cannot book accommodation elsewhere and join us for the walks. Spaces for the weekend and all walks are limited to 18, all people to stay at the YHA.
https://www.ramblers.org.uk/go-walking/events/malham-yha-weekend
