Pen y Ghent as an exemplar. Tourism and how it causes footpath erosion and some management strategies used.

1. Pen y Ghent Footpath Erosion

2. Ingleborough - the Three Peaks Yorkshire Dales

3. Pen y Ghent, is on the Three Peaks walk

4. Bracken bottom Main Routeway - Primary New Secondary Future ?

5. New steps opening up path

6. The pole is 1.5 m high how much material has been removed?

7. Estimate

8. Scale of scar

9. Tripartite

10. Puddling, compaction, pinchpont

11. Precipitation increases with altitude

12. Damage = Tourism?

14. Walkers take the ‘Dark Path’

15. Bank Erosion indicates width of bypass

16. Cycles exacerbate the problem

17. Natural pinch point deepened by limestone clints

18. Full width erosion

20. Pinch point outcome?

21. Alternative Paths

22. Altitude increases and so does MANAGEMENT

23. PROCESS Increase height Decrease Temperature Increase Precipitation

24. Limestone Scar

25. Managed Path

26. Unmanaged = Puddling

27. Limestone blocks

29. Scale

30. Cross Drainage

31. Why?

33. Plastic Alternative

34. Sandstone blocks